Ahrens
According to the shipping list found in Pioneers in
God’s Hills Volume I, Conrad Ahrens, his wife, Dorothea Witte
Ahrens, and their children, Conrad, Heinrich, and Christian came to
Texas on the ship Brig Margarethea.
Their home had been in Oberg, Hanover, Germany, and they
sailed from Bremen on 1 September 1845 arriving in Galveston, Republic of
Texas, on 1 December 1845.
After settling in Fredericksberg, Conrad Ahrens is
listed as a butcher in the 1850 census. They had three additional children, born
in Texas. They included Carl, William and Dorette. Conrad and Dorothea
are buried in Cherry Springs in a family cemetery located on the Elias Rode
property.
Conrad Henry Ahrens is said to have developed
pneumonia after walking seven miles to his son Carl’s home to tell him the sad
news of the death of Dorothea Ahrens Schuch, Carl’s sister. Conrad Ahrens
died thirteen days later on 26 April 1884. It is believed that Dorothea Witte
Ahrens died approximately 11 years after Conrad
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Anna Ahrens, daughter of Carl Ahrens and Martha Frantzen. She was born May 25, 1877 in Fredericksburg, Texas and died July 31, 1954, in Globe, Arizona. (Photo courtesy of Ahrens descendant, Cyndi Morrison.) |
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Robert J. Bronson Sr. Bronson married Anna Ahrens, daughter of Carl Ahrens and Martha Frantzen. They had one son, Robert J. Bronson Jr. (Photo courtesy of Ahrens descendant, Cyndi Morrison.) |
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Robert J. Bronson Jr., son of Anna Francis Ahrens and Robert John Bronson, married Alice Lake. (Photo courtesy of Ahrens descendant, Cyndi Morrison.) |
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Robert J. Bronson Jr., Joe Bronson, Bernice Bronson, Robert J. Bronson III. (Photo courtesy of Ahrens descendant, Cyndi Morrison.) |
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