Metta BROSSMANN

1866 - 1928  (61 years)

• Name	Metta BROSSMANN  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Born	12 Aug 1866	Bellville, Austin Co., Texas
  Gender	Female
  Census	1870	Bellville, Austin Co., Texas
  	aged 4, born in Texas
  Census	1900	Justice Precinct 1, Hallettsville, Lavaca Co., Texas
  	aged 34 (b. Aug. 1865--apparently an error); born in Texas; father born in Saxony and mother in Hanover
  Died	5 Aug 1928	Houston, Harris Co., Texas   [5]
  Buried	6 Aug 1928	St. James Episcopal Church, Hallettsville, Lavaca Co., Texas   [6]
  Notes	In the picture of the trio, Metta is on the right of the picture; the others are Lisette Schenck von Rosenberg, and Clara Laughauner in the center. The picture of her older is from 1927, the year before she died. A book of hers was preserved at Essex (the poems of Thomas Moore, a not very well-known 18th-19th century English poet) which was given to her by a friend named Jennie Ballantine. Alma von Rosenberg, her daughter, later wrote this note on the inside front cover (as best as can be made out): "Miss Jennie Ballentine was sister of Judge Crump where they lived on a very large Brazos River Plantation in Austin Co. near Bellville Texas. When C.H. Brossman came to Texas from Germany at the age of 17 years (1856) he worked there. Miss Jennie taught him the English language (b. Mar. 1839; d. Jan 13, 1905). His son-in-law Wm. von Rosenberg of Hallettsville, died Feb. 5, 1905. In early 1870s elected County Treasurer held office 20 years. He been educated in ? . . . children. Built many homes in H'ville."
  Person ID	I17	Lansdales and Pitards
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2012

  
  

  Father	Charles Henry BROSSMANN,   b. 2 Aug 1839, Auma, Thuringia, Germany ,   d. 12 Jan 1905, San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Catrina Margretha (Elise) UMLAND,   b. 20 Dec 1845, Germany ,   d. 28 Sep 1924  (Age 78 years)
  Married	22 Sep 1865	Austin, Travis Co., Texas   [7]
  Family ID	F2334	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Husband	William Carl VON ROSENBERG,   b. 9 Aug 1863, Evergreen Farm, Texas ,   d. 5 Feb 1905, Hallettsville, Lavaca Co., Texas  (Age 41 years)
  Married	9 May 1889	Bellville, Austin Co., Texas
  Children	+ 1. Alma Julie VON ROSENBERG,   b. 11 Aug 1890, Hallettsville, Lavaca Co., Texas ,   d. 16 Jan 1963, San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas  (Age 72 years) + 2. Hilmer Carl VON ROSENBERG,   b. 5 Nov 1892, Hallettsville, Lavaca Co., Texas ,   d. 7 Sep 1963, Florida  (Age 70 years) + 3. Leslie August VON ROSENBERG, Sr.,   b. 11 Nov 1894, Hallettsville, Lavaca Co., Texas ,   d. 9 Jun 1970, Yoakum, Lavaca Co., Texas  (Age 75 years)   4. William Eduard VON ROSENBERG,   b. 4 Nov 1896, Hallettsville, Lavaca Co., Texas ,   d. 26 Jan 1939, San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas  (Age 42 years) + 5. Irma Carlotta (Nookie) VON ROSENBERG,   b. 30 Sep 1902, Hallettsville, Lavaca Co., Texas ,   d. 28 Sep 1938, Rankin, Upton Co., Texas  (Age 35 years)
  Family ID	F9	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 12 Aug 1866 - Bellville, Austin Co., Texas  Census - 1870 - Bellville, Austin Co., Texas  Married - 9 May 1889 - Bellville, Austin Co., Texas  Buried - 6 Aug 1928 - St. James Episcopal Church, Hallettsville, Lavaca Co., Texas   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S35] The Von Rosenberg Family of Texas, (Boern: Toepperwein, 1949), 65, 80-82. [S109] The Von Rosenberg Family Record, (Waco). [S110] The Von Rosenberg Family of Texas, (Austin: Nortex, 2001). [S584] Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, John Henry Brown, (Austin: L.E. Daniell), 389. [S716] Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J6BJ-4Z1. [S35] The Von Rosenberg Family of Texas, (Boern: Toepperwein, 1949), 82. [S715] Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977, This lists the marriage as 29 Sept. 1865.