KORDZIK
Jujudemoss@aol.com wrote:
To Wanda Qualls
Gillespie County Historical Society
Hi, Wanda ~ I was just looking over the website on rootsweb.com
& found something for which I really do need a lookup.
I have been searching for info on
the Kordzik family who immigrated to Fredericksburg from East Prussia
, some in 1859, & some in 1860.
My great grandparents are Theresa Kordzik
& Ernest Nimitz, first child of Capt. Nimitz.
I found a listing in Ella Gold's translation
of the Kirchen-Buch Death records that may explain what happened to
Louis Kordzik, brother of Theresa Kordzik Nimitz:
Louis Kurdzick (Kordzick), born
4/30/1848, died 03/14/1871, age 22
1. Can you check this out for me?
2. Was this Louis the son of Daniel & Maria Magdalena
Kordzik?
3. Was he the sibling of sisters Carolina James,
Wilhelmina Vander Stucken, Theresa Nimitz, & brothers Henry, Julius,
& Otto Kordzik?
4. Do you know anything else about him?
Kenny Kordzik (you may know him) and I have been sending info back &
forth for several years, trying to piece together this older Kordzik
generation & my Nimitz/Kordzik line with the rest of the Fredericksburg
Kordziks that he knows about.
I am a dues-paying member of the Gillespie Historical
Society, and appreciate so much all the work you all do. Thanks
so much for any help you can give me, & I will be very happy to pay any
costs, fees, expenses etc.
Sincerely,
Judy DeMoss (Mrs. Harold DeMoss, Jr.)
6231 Valley Forge
Houston TX 77057
Phone 713-781-6754
FAX 713-785-7570
Response #1
This was the only reference I could find to
the Kordzick family and it might explain why there weren't many more. It
was taken from the book Bremer and their Kin in Germany and Texas pg. 1023.
Emil van der Stucken, b circa 1841 Antwerp, younger brother of Frank and
Felix, arrived in Texas sometime in the latter 1850's, his first job being
that of a clerk in Frank's mercantile business. He later lived in Menard
and at Sonora. Emil's wife, the former Minna Kordzik, had arrived in
Texas in 1858, accompanying her brothers Heinrich and Julius and her sister
Lina, from Angerburg, Ostpreussen. Four years later, her parents, Daniel
Kordzik, Lehrer (teacher) and the son and grandson of teachers. and his wife,
nee Magdalene Simon, arrived with two other brothers, Louis and Otto and
a sister Theresa. Following their arrival in a country engaged in a
bitter war, the death of two family members prompted most of the Kordzik
family to return to Germany, Minna remaining as did her brother Heinrich
(b. March 7, 1837 and D. May 30, 1928, who md. January 30, 1868 Auguste Meyer,
by September 21, 1850 and D. June 24 1930, the daughter of Carl Meyer, b
circa 1817 Markoldendorf, Hannover,
I did find in the 1870 Henry Kordzik and his wife and child..
This is what I found in the Kurchen Book:
To George James was born by his wife Caroline, nee Kordzik, on 19
October, 1862, a son who on 27 July was baptized and received the name: Hugo.
Baptismal witnesses were: Heinrich Kordzik and Julius Kordzik. To the
same was born on 7 February a daughter who was likewise baptized on 27 July
and recieved the names: Auguste Minna. Present were: Minna Kordzik,
Auguste Max, Katharine Menges.
In 1864 Louis Kordzik was confirmed and in 1865 Therese Kordzik was confirmed.
To George James was born by his wife Caroline, nee Kordzik, on 4 August
1865 a son who on 11 September was baptized and received the names: Hermann
Emil. Present were Emil van der Stucken and Louis Kordzik
Julius Kordzick married Hedwig Martin on 30 December 1868
Emil v. d. Stucken married Wilhelmine Kordzik on September 11 1865
I hope some of this helps. Wanda
Response #2
One more note to what I sent
Otto Korzik was confirmed in 1869. I'm sure it should be Kordzik.
Wanda
Response #3
I just found another reference to the Kordzik
Family. It is in Pioneers in God's Hills on pg. 98-100. Since
it is extended I can't type out the entire thing but it did say that Henry
Kordzik enlisted in the Confederate Army in Frank Vander Stucken's
company and received a shoulder wound. It did say he came to Gillespie
County with sisters Lina and Minna and brother Julius in 1858. His
parents came four years later. with brothers Louis and Otto and sister Theresa.
Two children died but it doesn't say which two so I would assume Louis
who would have been 22 was one of them. You might try to find a listing
of the Confederate Army and see if Louis joined and this may explain how
he died. Wanda
Note there is also a picture of Henry in the book.
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