Heinrich Conrad Ahrens was born on February 26, 1806, in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. He had three sons with Dorothea Witte between 1834 and 1842. He died on April 26, 1884, in Fredericksburg, Texas, having lived a long life of 78 years, and was buried in Gillespie, Texas. [1]
↑1850 Census:
"1850 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1850; Census Place: Fredericksburg, Gillespie, Texas; Roll: 910; Page: 312a; Line Number: 37 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #6972972 (accessed 25 October 2022)
Conrad Ahrens (44), Butcher, in Fredericksburg, Gillespie, Texas, USA. Born in Germany.
↑1860 Census:
"1860 United States Federal Census"
The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Precinct 1, Gillespie, Texas; Roll: M653_1295; Page: 2; Family History Library Film: 805295 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #35193202 (accessed 25 October 2022)
Henry Ahrens (52), Farmer, in Precinct 1, Gillespie, Texas. Born in Hanover.
↑1870 Census:
"1870 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1870; Census Place: Cherry Spring Settlements, Gillespie, Texas; Roll: M593_1587; Page: 347A Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #5155438 (accessed 25 October 2022)
Conrad Arnst (63), Farmer, in Cherry Spring Settlements, Gillespie, Texas. Born in Hannover / Hanover.
↑1880 Census:
"1880 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1880; Census Place: Gillespie, Texas; Roll: 1305; Page: 303D; Enumeration District: 155 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #7576744 (accessed 25 October 2022)
Conrad Ahrns (72), married, Farmer, head of household in Gillespie, Texas, USA. Born in Hanover.
↑Passenger List:
"U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s"
Place: Texas; Year: 1845; Page Number: 4 Ancestry Record 7486 #3916278 (accessed 25 October 2022)
Name: Conrad Ahrens; Arrival Year: 1845; Arrival Place: Texas; Primary Immigrant: Ahrens, Conrad; Source Publication Code: 5012.11; Annotation: Date and port of arrival. Name of ship and, often, place of origin also provided. Name on cover is Comal County, Texas, and New Braunfels German Immigration Ships, 1845-1845.; Source Bibliography: McMANUS, J. Comal County, Texas, and New Braunfels, Texas, Germans, 1845-1846. St. Louis, MO: Ingmire (Frances T. Ingmire, 10166 Clairmont Drive, St. Louis 63136), 1985. 58p.; Household Members (Name): Henrich Conrad Ahrens Christian Ahrens Conrad Ahrens Dorothea Witte Ahrens.
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