August Holzhaus

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August is an early inhabitant of Castroville, Medina County, Texas. He settled in Castrvoville immediately following the Civil War. He married a local Alsatian widow, Catherine Mehr Schmitt.

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The Civil War

1861 | Ohio

August enrolled as a private into Co. K, 1st Regiment Ohio Infantry in Cincinnati, Ohio on 16 April 1861 at the approximate of 23 and was honorably discharged 2 August 1861 in Columbus, Ohio. This was only a 3-month Unit as Abraham Lincoln thought that he could quell the South in that amount of time.

August re-enlisted 1 November 1861 in Company K, 47th U.S. Infantry and mustered out on 11 June 1865 in Baltimore Hospital, Maryland.

He re-enlisted 20 June 1866 in Troop K, 4th U.S. Cavalry and mustered out on 20 June 1869 in Brownsville, Texas.

Created by christman26 29 Dec 2007

Castroville, Medina County, Texas

Castroville, Medina County, Texas

August married Catherine Mehr Schmitt. She had 3 children, Mary, Theresa and Ida. They had 8 children together; Bernardina, August, Joseph Otto, Ida, Mary Afra, Adolph, Clara Maria and Arthur.

The majority of physical descriptions in his Civil War pension case file concur that August had sandy hair, blue eyes, fair complexion and stood 5'11" tall.

Created by christman26 29 Dec 2007

Catherine Mehr Schmitt Holzhaus

Castroville, Medina County, Texas

Catherine was born 29 November 1842 in Oberentzen, Alsace, France. She immigrated to Texas with her parents and settled in Castroville.

Created by christman26 29 Dec 2007

The couple at home

Castroville, Medina County, Texas

This is a photograph of August and Catherine on the porch of their home in Castroville. The image is blurry, but it is one of only three photographs that we have found of the couple and we treasure it! Because the original was in a frame, we decided to photograph it and not scan it. We did not want to damage the original.

Created by christman26 01 Jan 2008

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Holzhaus

I forgot to mention my email address: dick@holzhausinternational.com

27 Feb 2009

Holzhaus

I might have found the German link. I have two documents in which one August Holzhaus is mentioned. Probably not your August but it might be a lead. One was born 9-3-1779 in Lohne and died 30-4-1855. There are many Augusts as second or third birthname. In another document from Lohne Anton Friedrich August Holzhaus born in 1832 would enter the time frame but in 1867 he married to Maria Anna Grotmann in Lohne. The Holzhaus familiy in Lohne can be traced back to Georg Holzhaus, a surgeon in 1662. As far as I know the family has a Swiss origin, the family coat of arms features a red pyramid shaped hat on a knights helmet which suggests 'Revenge' the shield sports two interlocking swans which could be mistaken for snakes. I'll be happy to send you these documents as they might help you finding your August. It is a strange fact that even though Holzhaus means nothing more than Woodhouse in Holland the name is unique to one single family. And even in Germany there are not as many Holzhaus families as you might expect. The German roots of the Dutch Holzhaus family are just three generations away. A relative has created the Dutch family tree, visit: www.hiltemann.info/start/ Mr. Hiltemann can possibly be instrumental in finding August. Best regards Dick G.R.A.M. Holzhaus

26 Feb 2009

christman26

I worked on this last year...my goal this year is to find him in Germany! ~Andrea

19 Jan 2009

mrkempf

Andrea - Good work on Holzhaus family! Did you do this 01 Jan 2008 or this year? Mom

06 Jan 2009