Descendants of Jakob Petmecky
Generation No. 1
1. JAKOB1 PETMECKY. He married ANNA BRUENKMANN.
Child of JAKOB PETMECKY and ANNA BRUENKMANN is:
2. i. GOTTFRIED J.2 PETMECKY, b. August 01, 1809, Hradisch, Bohemia, Austria; d. May 1871, San Antonio, Bexar Co, TX.
Generation No. 2
2. GOTTFRIED J.2 PETMECKY (JAKOB1) was born August 01, 1809 in Hradisch, Bohemia, Austria, and died May 1871 in San Antonio, Bexar Co, TX. He married (1) ANNA HUEBINGER April 04, 1834 in Holler Catholic Church at Limburg on the Lahn. He married (2) JOHANNA RICHTER August 08, 1853 in New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas.
Notes for ANNA HUEBINGER:
As stated in the book "Pioneers in GOD's Hills" about Fredericksburg, Texas and Gillespie County, Anna died of the dread cholera that swept the German colonies of Texas, however, I have info from William Atherton, a descendant of the Petmecky's that a death record from the church states that she died in childbirth.
Marriage Notes for GOTTFRIED PETMECKY and ANNA HUEBINGER:
Gottfried and Anna were married by his brother, the Reverend Franz Josef Petmecky, priest in Holler Catholic Church.
Notes for JOHANNA RICHTER:
Johanna was first married to a Mr. Kuhfuss who died of one of the many illnesses that claimed so many lives in the early settlement days.
Marriage Notes for GOTTFRIED PETMECKY and JOHANNA RICHTER:
This was a second marriage for both Gottfried and Johanna.
Children of GOTTFRIED PETMECKY and ANNA HUEBINGER are:
3. i. ANNE MARIE "MARIANNE"3 PETMECKY, b. Stahlofen, Province of Mantebaur, Nassau, Germany.
ii. JOSEPH C. PETMECKY.
Notes for JOSEPH C. PETMECKY:
A famed gunsmith who with his famiy operated a gunshop in Austin, Texas for more than one hundred years.
iii. OTTILIE PETMECKY, b. 1849; d. 1934, Boerne, Texas; m. RUDOLPH CARSTANJEN.
Notes for OTTILIE PETMECKY:
Buried in the Boerne Cemetery, Kendall County, Texas. The Boerne Cemetery is located on School Street at the end of W. Frederick Street in Boerne, Texas.
iv. FRANZ PETMECKY.
v. THERESA PETMECKY.
vi. LISETTE "LIZZIE" PETMECKY.
Children of GOTTFRIED PETMECKY and JOHANNA RICHTER are:
4. vii. A. W.3 PETMECKY, b. April 01, 1859, San Antonio, Bexar Co, TX; d. January 30, 1938, Fredericksburg, Gilliespie CO, TX.
viii. LENA PETMECKY, m. RONNENKAMP.
Notes for LENA PETMECKY:
Lived in El Paso, Texas for many years.
Generation No. 3
3. ANNE MARIE "MARIANNE"3 PETMECKY (GOTTFRIED J.2, JAKOB1) was born in Stahlofen, Province of Mantebaur, Nassau, Germany. She married HEINRICH WESCH 1861, son of HEINRICH WESCH and DOROTHEA BORMANN.
Notes for ANNE MARIE "MARIANNE" PETMECKY:
Church records also show the last name spelled as Bedmecky which is incorrect since the name Petmecky appears in a lot of other records in Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, Texas and she appears has the daughter of a PETMECKY.
Children of ANNE PETMECKY and HEINRICH WESCH are:
i. KARL JOSEPH4 WESCH, b. April 09, 1862, Texas.
Notes for KARL JOSEPH WESCH:
Church records handwritten show his birthdate as November 9, 1862 while a type record from the church records show his birthdate as April 9, 1862. There is also a second hand written church record that shows April 9, 1862 as his birthdate.
Baptismal sponsors Dec 25, 1862 were: Christian Moehrig, August Koehler, Johann Adam Kneuper, Johann Kneuper, Dorothea Mohrhof, Hermann (or Hermine) Petri.
ii. HEINRICH WILHELM "WILLY" WESCH, b. April 18, 1864, Texas.
Notes for HEINRICH WILHELM "WILLY" WESCH:
Hand written church records show his bithdate as May 18, 1864 while typed records show it as April 18, 1864.
Baptismal sponsors August 14, 1864 were: Jakob Keupper, Wilhelm Hubertus, Eva Bechlhold, Lisette Hoehe, Katherine Koehler, Marie Schuederling, Julius Wesch.
iii. AUGUST ERNST PETER WESCH, b. September 07, 1866, Texas.
Notes for AUGUST ERNST PETER WESCH:
Baptismal sponsors December 25, 1866 were: August Wesch, Peter Joseph Kneuper, Sophie Holden, Mrs. Marie Kneuper, Wilhelm Grieburt.
iv. ANNA JUSTINE KATHRINE WESCH, b. August 02, 1870, Seguin, Guadalupe County, Texas.
4. A. W.3 PETMECKY (GOTTFRIED J.2, JAKOB1) was born April 01, 1859 in San Antonio, Bexar Co, TX, and died January 30, 1938 in Fredericksburg, Gilliespie CO, TX. He married AUGUSTA MUELLER February 02, 1892 in Fredericksburg, Gilliespie CO, TX.
Children of A. PETMECKY and AUGUSTA MUELLER are:
i. ALFRED J.4 PETMECKY.
ii. WILLIAM M. PETMECKY.
iii. EDWIN H. PETMECKY.
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