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

Casper tries to clear up the rumors. April 28. 1916..ahahahha
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Casper gets his Boiler ! April 21, 1916..
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A BIG give away for a brand new CAR in Sinton, for WOMEN only !
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Listing of the number of "points" by Sinton Women. It seems that Thelma Hollingsworth is probably SELMA, one of cousin Sally Gerdes' aunts, originally from Louisiana..(she must have really wanted that car.. and a big spender !)
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1917
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1917 Casper Sr. gets a new car, the 473rd Ford !
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Looks like Casper Sr.'s gin is doing fairly well.
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1918 - WAIT ! He just got that Ford!.. what the heck? Now he goes out and buys a Nash?
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April 1919.. Joseph E. Gerdes, and Winfred Henry "Uncle Top" Gerdes
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June 27, 1919, Benjamin Franklin Gerdes ...botched operation???
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July 11, 1919- Obituary of Benjamin Franklin Gerdes
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Obituary of Benjamin Franklin Gerdes, continued
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May, 1919... "Dick" Gerdes, and he was.... was actually Gaylord ADOLPH Gerdes, but back in those days, the name "Adolph" sorta lost its popularity. Anyway, he was a crook. I'm sorry, he just was. He and my dad, "Dilly", were brothers and partners in the Retama Gin Company that dad built 7 miles south of Sinton in Sodville. Dick used to brag about keeping two sets of books. Anyway, the "Oil Mill" (cottonseed in Corpus) were furnishing financing for the gin, and when they did an audit back in the '50's, they caught Dick and informed him that they would not file charges on him if he sold out to dad. So he dodged jail on that one. Crook.
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August 29, 1919--Interesting that he said "no oil mill interests whatever"....
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Just because.
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July 16, 1920. Marguerite Elizabeth was the daughter of John Gerdes, who was one of the sons of Henry and Mary Franziska Rumpf. John Henry was Casper Sr.'s brother.
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July 21, 1920..
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October 8, 1920. My website is wrong, as they apparently were not married in Grimes County.
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December 17, 1920
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April 23, 1920. This one made me laugh...This same ad was in the April 30 edition.
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September 24, 1920. Looks like old Casper is KICKIN BUTT in Sinton..
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August 27, 1920, Leonard Ben... who would have guessed? Wonder where the "Cozy" was?
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May 21, 1920. She died on that day of the paper date.
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In a previous post, I said that I didn't know of a connection to Victoria, but it shows here. Henry died in 1899, and census data shows that in 1900, Mary Frances lived with one of their sons, Otto in Victoria. So in 1899 perhaps they both were staying with Otto. Also, Otto is shown as a cotton ginner in Victoria. Then in 1910, Otto and wife, Alice, and Mary Frances had moved to San Antonio, where he is listed as being the proprietor of a Bakery, and their address as of 12 Sep 1918, 622 E. Cincinnatti Ave., San Antonio
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This is most likely the home where Otto and his mother, Mary Frances lived. But of course it could be a newer version. So I'm just guessing.
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September 17, 1920...Casper does it again. And this tabulation doesn't even include the Odem Gin. Kickin' Butt !
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Funny Story, in Three Parts.
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October 28, 1921. Casper Sr. and son, Hubert Charles buy another gin. Holy cow.
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December 9, 1921. Well, it looks like Uncle Dick (Gaylord Adolf) made it through high school. I thought it surely was a strange choice of words he used in the second to the last sentence. Weird dude.....
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November 21, 1921, Guessing that it's Casper Sr. , as Casper, Jr. later married Clyde Hollingsworh and they were the parents of Sally Gerdes.
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Two gins in Sinton.. (lost the date on this one.. sorry)
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Yes, you read that correctly. hahaha.. Archie married my Aunt Hulda Gerdes, Dad's sister. I don't remember EVER seeing either of them, but Mom told me about them... both kinda crazy... .
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This is an image of a book I found at the Dallas Library which shows where the ship's manifest was published. I still have not found an original. See the information in the following images on Vincent and Joseph Meyer, Frank Appelt, Joseph Elstner, Frank Schaefer, Frank Hausmann, and K. Schroeder and their families. The publishers picked a single example of the ship's manifest which happened to be the Bark Friedrich Grosse. Pure luck that had that information.
Freidrich Grosse
Ships listing from 1847 to 1861 and destination ports. Bark Friedrich Grosse listed.
New Lands
Alphabetic listing of individuals/families who immigrated in the time period 1847 to 1861. Those that came over on the Bark Friedrich Grosse showing the families that arrived from Bremen and went on to Indianola and then to Hallettsville. They all stayed together.
New Lands
Alphabetic listing of individuals/families who immigrated in the time period 1847 to 1861. Those that came over on the Bark Friedrich Grosse showing the families that arrived from Bremen and went on to Indianola and then to Hallettsville. They all stayed together.
New Lands
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This is not a picture of any of my family, but it IS a picture of a family of German immigrants. These people are TOUGH...Most Americans today can't even imagine what hard work these folks did all their lives ... after enduring 6 weeks at sea.. Study their clothes and their faces, boots, and expressions..And they probably built everything in the background with their bare hands.. no nail guns, no chop saws.. just axes and hammers and the will to make a life for themselves!.... This picture is now my most favored in the WORLD! Colorized by David L Wallace...
Tough German immigrants