Results of searches for "GERDES" in the San Patricio County News starting in 1916

This gallery consists of a mix of photos and other images from my personal archives and also screenshots of the San Patricio County News where "Gerdes" is mentioned then extracted from the website named "https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/TDNP/browse/?q=gerdes&t=fulltext&fq=str_title_serial%3ASan+Patricio+County+News". You can go to that site and set your own filters (The first filter here is "gerdes", and for your own search, delete "gerdes" and use your own primary search criteria), then you can set a second filter, I selected "year", and selected starting in 1916. When you get the results, you scroll down to your selected edition, click on it and you will get the first page in a large image. Click on the large image to open it to full screen, then click the blue area labeled "ZOOM" then you can flip through the entire edition by clicking the little blue arrows on the left and right. When you click your "back" button on the upper left corner of your browser screen and tap and hold for a second, you can go back to the primary search criteria, and pick another edition, or click the back again and change the year to whatever you want. Your primary search criteria ("gerdes") will be retained so then you just pick another year.

This is just one gallery of 56 (to date) of photos, narratives, and other information that I have posted over the last 10 years. If anybody is interested in perusing my mother's side of the family, click the "Home" icon in the upper left of the screen and scroll down to the gallery named "Family Photos of the William Charles Stephenson Clan".

The site for the paper is operated by the University of North Texas, and they have archives of HUNDREDS of newspapers all over the place, so you can search any of the papers that they have by going all the way back to the home page of the UNT website... LOTS of information for ANYBODY doing any kind of historical date.

As time permits, I'll be searching around on the Hallettsville paper for more stuff....

Click on any picture to zoom in. Any or all images on this site can be downloaded for your own use by clicking the little down arrow under the picture.

Starting with pictures of Casper Sr. and other members of the family.

February 11, 1921 - First occurence of Roger Francis Gerdes (b. 28 Apr 1907, d. 15 Oct 1998), Father of a HUGE family, and son of Benjamin Franklin Gerdes. Back in those days, I guess it was ok to beat the hell out of the celebrant
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July 20, 1922 H- mmm... well, it's a good thing that nobody's name is mentioned in this article (Except for O.K. Crow, who was more than likely Ward Crow's daddy). But it's interesting to also note that there doesn't seem to be a single racist term/word in the whole article. Just a bunch of folks having a huge barbecue !!!
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August 17, 1922 - Notice the bale count of the Valley Gin Company, then see the half page ad as you scroll down further--- Looks like old Casper bought another gin, and he's the biggest ginner in the area !
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Miss Elsie Gerdes, Daughter of Joseph E. Gerdes, Grand daughter of Henry and Franziska Gerdes marries Adolph Mutchler at 6 A.M. ! ! ! Sometimes, back in the early days, weddings were scheduled in the mornings due to the overbearing heat in South Texas......but 6 A.M.???
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Casper Sr. is NOT fooling around in his forging ahead to be the biggest ginner around. In July, 1922, this article mentions he owns FIVE gins !.. And he ginned the first bale, which was Acala long staple cotton, and the bale which may have been bought by a New Braunfels miller to make Bluebonnet gingham, the first dress goods ever manufactured in the state of Texas !
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Half page ad in the paper. If I didn't know better, it looks like these guys are about to get bought out for pennies on the dollar by old Casper. They sound frantic in this ad....
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February 2, 1922 - John Henry Gerdes, another Son on Henry Gerdes. Most of the family ended up and around Sinton.
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I skipped ahead to 1936 to look for confirmation of Casper Sr.'s death. Early January, 1936.
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Early in the season, 1922..Valley gin is sucking air. 4 bales?? I bet it never occurred to them that they picked the wrong name
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July 1922
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Hubert Charles, February, 1922
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August, 1922-- note how poorly Valley Gin is doing...
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1922, announcing the Beeville Rialto. My other grandfather, William Charles Stephenson, was the Architect of the Beeville Rialto, as well as the Bee County Courthouse.
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August, 1922...these guys sound desperate..second half page ad
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Uncle "Top" marries Aunt Allie..September 1923.. they both had such joyful personalities always smiling and laughing.
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January. 1924 --Leonard Ben was Roger Francis' brother
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Grandma Antonio took Uncle Top's new wife to Hallettsville probably to introduce her to the rest of the remaining family in Hallettsville
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Uncle "Dick" marries Sudie Hamilton, May, 1924
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September 1924...low numbers for this late in the season..First appearance of Retama Gin, the name of my Dad's, but this was when he was still a child, so I don't know what's going on just yet........14 gins in the county.. Also, notice that the Valley Gin is not listed.. did they sell or go out of business in 1923/1924??
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A gin AND a store?... never knew this before
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VIDEO ! First stage of my project to make 3D drawings of Casper's Chiltipin Creek gin and home and other outbuildings!! If you missed the full video on page one, click HOME button in the upper left and scroll page 1.
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January 1925
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Casper builds a new gin in Taft, 1925
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The child is either Leonard Ben junior or Thomas Franklin
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This is either Hubert Charles Sr. Or Jr. ..Uncle H.C. was called Huby.
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September, 1925, probably a renter, since Casper moved to Corpus for some reason..weird..
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June 1925
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September 1926...kicking butt, as usual
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September 1926, Casper Jr. probably, but not sure.
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September 1926
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Another September 1926..23 gins in the county?.
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Tax report in 1926 paper. Will be trying to confirm location.. stay tuned.. probably the Gin Site, but that's just a guess.
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This was Robert "Bob", Cathryns brother. For some reason I missed him on my ancestry website.. wasn't very noteworthy anyway... weird guy...
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Summer of 1926
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Another renter? 1926..Casper still living in Corpus
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25 gins in the County, 1927
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Just "because"
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