Bock, Karl Christian Friedrich Ferdinand

1834 - 1913  (79 Jahre)

• Name	Bock, Karl Christian Friedrich Ferdinand
  Geboren	11 Jan 1834	Wenzen
  Geschlecht	männlich
  Gestorben	2 Feb 1913	Harlingen, Cammeron
  Personen-Kennung	I61582	Vennekohl
  Zuletzt bearbeitet am	10 Feb 2023

  
  

  Familie	Pelzer, Catharine Halina,   geb. 5 Aug 1838,   gest. 16 Sep 1906, Oakland, Lavaca, Texas, USA  (Alter 68 Jahre)
  Verheiratet	J  [1]
  Kinder	1. Bock, Sophia   2. Lebend   3. Bock, Mary   4. Bock, Ophelia   5. Lebend   6. Bock, Annie   7. Lebend
  Zuletzt bearbeitet am	10 Feb 2023
  Familien-Kennung	F22867	Familienblatt  |  Familientafel

  
  

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  [S122] Internet, 7 Feb 1913. Here out of the news paper "Weimar Mercury, 07 Feb. 1913" The first Texas Ranger is Dead. Charles Bock, Sr., of this city died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. S. Weller, at 11 o´clock after an illness lasting about five weeks. Mr. Bock was born in the village Verncen, (Wenzen) Braunschweig, Germany, in the year 1833. In 1843 he sailed for America from Bremen, on the Ship Siaona, and landed in Galveston, from where he walked to Harrisburg and then to Housten and later to Columbus, Texas. At the age of 18 he joined the Texas State Rangers at Goliad. Captain Henry was then in command and he was the first Ranger to be accepted. He fought the Indians for two years and was a Confederate soldier under General Bates in the civil war, being a private in Captain Sander´s company of Major Brown battalion; In 1858 he married Miss Katheryne Pelzer in New Braunfels. five children of this union survive.