Joseph Wolff
1830 - 1902 (72 years)-
Name Joseph Wolff Born 30 Apr 1830 Alsace, France 
Gender Male Immigration 24 Feb 1852 New Orleans, Orleans, LA, USA [1, 2, 3] Occupation 1860 Medina, TX, USA Farmer Possessions 15 Feb 1861 Medina, TX, USA [4] Naturalization 7 Oct 1873 Medina, TX, USA [5] Occupation 1900 Medina, TX, USA Stock Raiser Died 27 Sept 1902 Buried Woodsmen of the World Cemetery, D'Hanis, Medina, TX, USA [6] Person ID I183 Martin Ancestry Last Modified 19 Aug 2007
Father Xavier Wolff, b. 1809, Alsace, France Mother Regine, b. 1808, Alsace, France Immigrated 24 Feb 1852 New Orleans, Orleans, LA, USA [7, 8] Census 13 Jun 1860 D'Hanis, Medina, TX, USA [9] Census 11 July 1870 D'Hanis, Medina, TX, USA [10] Family ID F215 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Therese Rudinger, b. 19 Sep 1836, Alsace, France , d. 6 Nov 1921 (Age 85 years) [11] Married 5 Dec 1856 Medina, TX, USA [12, 13] Census 13 Jun, 1860 Medina, TX, USA [14] Census 12 Jul 1870 Medina, TX, USA [15] Census 1 Jun 1880 Medina, TX, USA [16] Census 8 Jun 1900 D'Hanis, Medina, TX, USA [17] Notes - Looks like some of the children are buried in St. Dominic's cemetery, Medina County:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~txmedina/st_dominic_cemetery.htm
9 12 Wolff, Marian no marker
9 12 Wolff, Regina
9 12 Wolff, Theresa no marker
Children 1. Regina Wolff, b. 1857, TX, USA 2. Theresia Wolff, b. 1859, TX, USA 3. ? Wolff, b. 1859, TX, USA 4. Sebastian Wolff, b. 1863, TX, USA 5. Joseph Wolff, b. 1865, TX, USA 6. John J Wolff, b. 1867, TX, USA 7. Mary M Wolff, b. 1869, TX, USA 8. August A Wolff, b. Jul 1871, TX, USA 9. Mary T Wolff, b. 1873, TX, USA 10. Xavier Wolff, b. 1875, TX, USA 11. Emil Wolff, b. Jan 1877, TX, USA 12. Stephen Wolff, b. 8 Aug 1879, d. 9 Jul 1903 (Age 23 years) Last Modified 17 Aug 2007 Family ID F78 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Looks like some of the children are buried in St. Dominic's cemetery, Medina County:
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Notes - b. ca 1840 Alsace
Contact: Margaret Simpson
Email: msimpson57@houston.rr.com
Occupation: farmer 1860 Medina County, Texas 2
NATU: 07 OCT 1873 Medina County, Texas
Note: Dist Ct Min No 3 p 430 3
Immigration: 24 FEB 1852 New Orleans, Louisiana
Note: departing Havre 1851 on the "Maid of Orleans" 4
Father: Xavier WOLFF Jr b: 01 JUL 1808 in Meyenheim, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France
Mother: Reine BALL b: ABT 1806 in Meyenheim, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France
Marriage 1 Therese RUDINGER b: 17 SEP 1836 in Heiteren, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France
Married: 18 DEC 1856 in Medina County, Texas 5
Census: 1860 in Medina County, Texas
Note: household #239 D'Hanis 2
Census: 1880 in Medina County, Texas
Note: household #83 Precinct 3 6
Census: 1870 in Medina County, Texas
Note: household #322 D'Hanis 7
Children
Regina WOLFF b: ABT 1857 in Medina County, Texas
Theresa WOLFF b: ABT 1859 in Medina County, Texas
Josephine WOLFF b: ABT 1859 in Medina County, Texas
Marian WOLFF b: ABT 1860 in Medina County, Texas
Sophie WOLFF b: ABT 1864 in Medina County, Texas
Fabian Sebastian WOLFF b: 10 JAN 1864 in Hondo, Medina County, Texas
Joseph WOLFF b: ABT 1865 in Medina County, Texas
John J WOLFF b: ABT 1866 in Medina County, Texas
Mary Magdalene WOLFF b: 25 JUL 1869 in D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas
August WOLFF b: ABT 1871 in Medina County, Texas
Mary Theresa WOLFF b: ABT 1873 in Medina County, Texas
Frank Xavier WOLFF b: 30 JAN 1875 in Medina County, Texas
Emil M WOLFF b: 21 JAN 1877 in D'Hanis, Medina County, Texas
Stephen WOLFF b: AUG 1879 in Medina County, Texas
Sources:
Title: The History of Medina County, Texas
Abbrev: Hist Medina Co
Author: Compiler: Castro Colonies Heritage Association
Publication: Castro Colonies Heritage Association, Castroville, Texas
Title: 1860 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas, Subject: Medina County
Abbrev: 1860 Census
Author: Compiler: Family Quest
Publication: Family Quest
Title: WPA Index to Texas Naturalizations 1846 - 1939
Abbrev: Medina Co Natlztn
Publication: WPA: Texas District & County Courts, Medina County
Repository:
Name: Clayton Library for Genealogical Research
Title: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana 16 Dec 1851 - 30 Apr 1852, Record Type: Passenger List, Name Of Person: Multilple, Ship Name: Maid of Orleans, Series: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1820-1902, Roll: Roll No. 35, Film: M-259
Abbrev: Pass-N.O. 1851:Dec-Apr 1852
Publication: U. S. National Archives
Title: Marriage License Book D, Medina County, Texas
Abbrev: Medina Co Marrs Bk D
Author: Compiler: Foster, Calvin D
Publication: Our Heritage, San Antonio, Texas, 1978
Repository:
Name: Clayton Library for Genealogical Research
Title: 1880 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas, Subject: Medina County
Abbrev: 1880 Census
Author: Compiler: Family Quest
Publication: Family Quest
Title: 1870 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas, Subject: Medina County
Abbrev: 1870 Census
Author: Compiler: Family Quest
Publication: Family Quest - --- Ancestry.com ---
--- Father ---
Contact: Margaret Simpson
Email: msimpson57@houston.rr.com
ID: I969
Name: Xavier WOLFF Jr 1
Sex: M
Change Date: 09 NOV 2003
Birth: 01 JUL 1808 in Meyenheim, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France 2
Immigration: 24 FEB 1852 New Orleans, Louisiana
Note: departing Havre 1851 on the "Maid of Orleans" 3
Father: Xavier WOLFF Sr b: in Alsace, France
Mother: Barbe RIEGEL b: in Alsace, France
Marriage 1 Reine BALL b: ABT 1806 in Meyenheim, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France
Married: 14 JUL 1829 in Alsace, France 2
Children
Sebastian WOLFF b: in Alsace, France
Joseph WOLFF b: 03 APR 1830 in Meyenheim, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France
Jacques WOLFF b: 12 MAR 1832 in Meyenheim, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France
Reine WOLFF b: 21 JUL 1836 in Meyenheim, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France
Sebastian WOLFF b: 23 JAN 1840 in Meyenheim, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France
Sources:
Title: St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County, Texas
Abbrev: St Louis Church Gedcom
Author: Compiler: LDS Microfilm
Publication: GEDCOM by an unknown person
Repository:
Name: Marie Rosine /Haasenforber/
Date: 28 JUN 2001
Date: 1785
Place: Oberentzen, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France
Title: The History of Medina County, Texas
Abbrev: Hist Medina Co
Author: Compiler: Castro Colonies Heritage Association
Publication: Castro Colonies Heritage Association, Castroville, Texas
Title: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana 16 Dec 1851 - 30 Apr 1852, Record Type: Passenger List, Name Of Person: Multilple, Ship Name: Maid of Orleans, Series: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1820-1902, Roll: Roll No. 35, Film: M-259
Abbrev: Pass-N.O. 1851:Dec-Apr 1852
Publication: U. S. National Archives - --- Ancestry.com ---
--- Mother ---
Contact: Margaret Simpson
Email: msimpson57@houston.rr.com
ID: I1533
Name: Reine BALL 1
Sex: F
Change Date: 09 NOV 2003
Death: 15 APR 1886 in Medina County, Texas 1
Burial: St Dominic Catholic Cemetery, D'Hanis, Medina County 1
Birth: ABT 1806 in Meyenheim, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France 1
Immigration: 24 FEB 1852 New Orleans, Louisiana
Note: departing Havre 1851 on the "Maid of Orleans" 2
Father: Francois Joseph BALL b: in Alsace, France
Mother: Marie Madeleine KNITTEL b: in Alsace, France
Marriage 1 Xavier WOLFF Jr b: 01 JUL 1808 in Meyenheim, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France
Married: 14 JUL 1829 in Alsace, France 1
Children
Sebastian WOLFF b: in Alsace, France
Joseph WOLFF b: 03 APR 1830 in Meyenheim, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France
Jacques WOLFF b: 12 MAR 1832 in Meyenheim, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France
Reine WOLFF b: 21 JUL 1836 in Meyenheim, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France
Sebastian WOLFF b: 23 JAN 1840 in Meyenheim, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France
Sources:
Title: The History of Medina County, Texas
Abbrev: Hist Medina Co
Author: Compiler: Castro Colonies Heritage Association
Publication: Castro Colonies Heritage Association, Castroville, Texas
Title: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana 16 Dec 1851 - 30 Apr 1852, Record Type: Passenger List, Name Of Person: Multilple, Ship Name: Maid of Orleans, Series: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1820-1902, Roll: Roll No. 35, Film: M-259
Abbrev: Pass-N.O. 1851:Dec-Apr 1852
Publication: U. S. National Archives
- b. ca 1840 Alsace
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Sources - [S12] 1900 US Federal Census, D'Hanis, Medina, TX, USA: Sup 5, Dist 59, Sheet 2.
Born: Germany
Father: Germany
Mother: Germany
Immigrated: 1852
Years in US: 47
Naturalization?: Yes - [S5] the Alsace Emigration Book, Cornelia Schrader-Muggenthaler, (Closson Press, Apollo PA, 1989), 978-1558560352., 272.
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
about Joseph Wolff
Name: Joseph Wolff
Year: 1851
Place: Texas
Family Members: Daughter Regine; Son Jaques; Son Joseph; Son Sebastien
Source Publication Code: 8123.10
Primary Immigrant: Wolff, Xavier
Annotation: Date of emigration with intended destination. Author used several sources; although most of the entries were extracted from the Alsace Emigration index, a microfilmed card file which is among the holdings of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Y
Ancestry.com Source Citation: Place: Texas; Year: 1851; Page Number: 272. - [S45] Immigration: New Orleans Passenger Lists, 1820-1945.
Port of Departure: Le Havre, France
Departure Date: 1851
Number: 68
Name: Joseph Wolf
Age: 22
Occupation: Farmer
Birth Place: France
Embarked: Alsace
- [S46] Texas Land Title Abstracts.
Grantee: Joseph Wolf
Patentee: Joseph Wolf
Patent Date: 15 Feb 1861
Acres: 160
DISTRICT: Bexar
County: Medina
File: 5706
Patent #: 318
Patent Volume: 32
Class: Bex. 3rd. - [S18] TXGenWeb Archives for Medina Co., TX - Naturalizations, Margaret Meyer Simpson, (TXGenWeb Archives for Medina Co., TX), Index to Naturalizations S - Z.
Name: Wolf, Joseph
Reference: Dist. Ct. Min. No. 3, p. 459
Court: Dist. Ct.
Country: France
Age: 30
Date: 14 May 1860
Nature: Dec. of Int.
Name: Wolf, Joseph
Reference: Dist. Ct. Min. No. 3, p. 430
Court: Dist. Ct.
Country: -
Age: -
Date: 7 Oct 1873
Nature: Grant of Cit. - [S21] Woodsmen of the World Cemetery - D'Hanis, Medina, TX, US, Debbie Marquis Payne , (Margaret Meyer Simpson).
Name: Wolff, Joseph
Birth: Apr. 30, 1830
Death: Sept. 27, 1902
Notes: sp. Theresa Rudinger
** Notes are that of Ms. Margaret Simpson
Theresa is buried with her husband Joseph and son Stephen who's inscription reads: 'Son of Theresa & Joseph Wolff' - [S32] Immigration: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Ancestry.com).
Name: Xavier Wolff
Year: 1851
Place: Texas
Family Members: Daughter Regine; Son Jaques; Son Joseph; Son Sebastien
Source Publication Code: 8123.10
Primary Immigrant: Wolff, Xavier
Annotation: Date of emigration with intended destination. Author used several sources; although most of the entries were extracted from the Alsace Emigration index, a microfilmed card file which is among the holdings of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Y
Source Bibliography: SCHRADER-MUGGENTHALER, CORNELIA. The Alsace Emigration Book. Vol. 1. Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1989. 277p.
Page: 272 - [S45] Immigration: New Orleans Passenger Lists, 1820-1945.
Of Passengers arrived on the __ day of February 1852, at the Port of New Orleans State of Louisana on board of Ship Maid of Orleans of New York in ?? of which Edward F. Dennis? was Master for said voyage; said vessel being owned by William Nelson of New York and consigned to A. Cohen of New Orleans. E.P. Fennis, First Mate. J. Pratt, Second Mate.
Port of Departure: Le Havre, France
Departure Date: 1851
Number, Name, Age, Occupation, Nation or Birth Place, Race or Color, Where Embarked
66, Xavier Wolf, 43, Farmer, France, , Alsace
67, Regine, 43
68, Joseph, 22
69, Jacques, 20
70, Regine, 15
71, Sebastian, 9 - [S8] 1860 US Federal Census, D'Hanis, Medina, TX, USA: Pct 4 and 3.
Dwelling #267:
Regina Wolf, 54, F, , Stockraiser, , 315, France
Jacob ", 28, M, , Farmer, 300, 281, France
*Living next to son/brother Joseph Wolf (and family). - [S9] 1870 US Federal Census, D'Hanis, Medina, TX, USA: Pct 4, Page 38.
Living with son, Jacob
Dwelling #282
...
Regina Wolf, 64, F, W, Keeping House, , 700, France, father and mother of foreign birth - [S21] Woodsmen of the World Cemetery - D'Hanis, Medina, TX, US, Debbie Marquis Payne , (Margaret Meyer Simpson).
Son Stephen is buried here. The inscription of his headstone reads: "Son of Theresa & Joseph Wolff". - [S12] 1900 US Federal Census, D'Hanis, Medina, TX, USA: Sup 5, Dist 59, Sheet 2.
Married: 43 Years - [S36] Marriage: Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002 , (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005).
Name: Joseph Wolf
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 5 Dec 1856
Spouse: Theresia Rudinger
Marriage city: Medina
Marriage State: Texas
Source: Texas Marriages, 1851-1900 - [S8] 1860 US Federal Census, Pct 3&4, Medina, TX, USA: Page 4.
Dwelling 268:
Joseph Wolf, 30, M, Farmer, 300, 513, France
Theresia ", 24, F, , , , France
Regina ", 3, F, , , , Texas
Theresia ", 1, F, , , , Texas
(?) ", 1 month old, F, , , , Texas
Living next to mother, Regina Wolf, who is a Stockbreeder living with her son (his brother) Jacob. - [S9] 1870 US Federal Census, Pct 4, Medina, TX, USA: Page 44.
Dwelling #326:
Joseph Wolf, 40, M, W, farmer, 250, 693, France, father of foreign birth, mother of foreign birth
Theresia ", 32, F, W, keeping house, , , France, ", ", Cannot read or write
Sebastian ", 7, M, W, , , , Texas, ", "
Joseph ", 5, M, W, , , , Texas, ", "
John J. ", 3, M, W, , , , Texas, ", "
Maria ", 1, F, W, , , , Texas, ", " - [S10] 1880 US Federal Census, District 113, Medina, TX, USA: Sup Dist: 6, Enum Dist: 113, Page 12.
Dwelling #83:
Joseph Wolff, M, 50, married, Farmer, Alsace, Alsace, Alsace
Theresa Wolff, F, 43, married, wife, keeping house, ", ", "
Sebastian ", M, 18, son, Farm Laborer, Texas, ", "
Joseph ", M, 16, son, ", Texas, ", "
John J ", M, 14, son, ", ", ", "
Mary M ", F, 11, daughter, Keeping house, ", ", "
August ", M, 9, son, , ", ", "
Mary T. ", F, 7, daughter, , ", ", "
Xavier ", M, 5, son, , ", ", "
Emil ", M, 4, son, , ", ", "
Stephan ", M, 10/12 Aug, son, , ", ", " - [S12] 1900 US Federal Census, D'Hanis, Medina, TX, USA: Sup 5, Dist 59, Sheet 2.
Dwelling #36:
Joseph Wolff Sr, Head, W, M, Apr 1830, 70, married, 43 years, Germany, Germany, Germany, immigration year 1853, years in US 47, Naturalized, Stockraiser, can read, can write, can speak English, own home, owned free, farm, farm schedule 28
Therisa ", wife, W, F, Feb 1837, 63, married, married 43, 14 children, 9 children alive, Germany, Germany, Germany, immigrated 1845, 55 years in US, cannot read, cannot write, can speak english
Emil ", son, W, M, Jan 1877, 23, single, Texas, Germany, Germany, Farmer Laborer, can read, can write, can speak english
- [S12] 1900 US Federal Census, D'Hanis, Medina, TX, USA: Sup 5, Dist 59, Sheet 2.