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Subject:           Jean Ulrich ZURCHER

Birth:                              __ ___ 1797    Mulhouse, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.1

Marriage:           before __ ___ 1844    Alsace, France.2

Immigratn:                       8 Apr 1844    Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Strasbourg 22 Nov 1843 on the "Heinrich."1

Document:                    12 Sep 1844    Castroville, Medina County, Texas; signer of the document that named and founded the town.3

Death:                before __ ___ 1851    4

Deed:                            26 Feb 1851    Medina County, Texas; File 939, Sections 111 (Abstract 1053) and 379 (Abstract 1054) 640 acres; Grantee - Jean Ulrich Zurcher, deceased.  Patentee - Heirs of Jean Ulrich Zurcher.  CC Cert. #5.4

Father:            Jean Ulrich ZURCHER

Mother:           Catherine Marie SCHOERRER

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Spouse:           Dorothea ?

Birth:                     circa __ ___ 1797    Mulhouse, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.2

Father:

Mother:

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Two Known Children

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F            Marie ZURCHER

Birth:                     circa __ ___ 1823    Mulhouse, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.2

Immigratn:                       8 Apr 1844    (w); Jean Ulrich ZURCHER and Dorothea ?; Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Strasbourg 22 Nov 1843 on the "Heinrich."1

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F            Hortense ZURCHER

Birth:                     circa __ ___ 1841    Mulhouse, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.2

Immigratn:                       8 Apr 1844    (w); Jean Ulrich ZURCHER and Dorothea ?; Galveston, Galveston County, Texas; departing Strasbourg 22 Nov 1843 on the "Heinrich."1

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Endnotes 

1. Lyons, Louis Phillipe, Jean Key and Heinrich, Ship Passenger Lists, 1843 departures, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Travis County, Texas. 

2. Cornelia Schrader-Muggenthaler, compiler, The Alsace Emigration Book Volume I (n.p.: Closson Press, 1989). Hereinafter cited as Alsace Em Bk I

3. A J Sowell, compiler, Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas (n.p.: n.pub., 1900). Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers

4. Texas General Land Office Land Grant Search, online http://wwwdb.glo.state.tx.us/central/LandGrants/LandGrantsWorklist.cfm. Hereinafter cited as TX GLO.

Alsatian Roots & More - Jean Ulrich Zurcher updated on 06/18/09

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