George Frederick Block b. Jan 1808 Lassan, Prussia d. 25 Mar 1893 Orange, Orange Co, Texas: Our Family History

1808 - 1893 (~ 85 years)

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Name	George Frederick Block
Birth	Jan 1808	Lassan, Prussia
Gender	Male
Immigration	31 May 1846	"Bark Constitution," Bremen, Prussia
	Port of New Orleans
	Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Bark Constitution --------------------------------------------- DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI....PORT OF NEW-ORLEANS. Another transcription of this ship can be found in Volume 10 I, H. Rothfos Master or Commander of the Brem. Bark Constitution do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the within list, signed by me, and now delivered to the Collector of this District, contains the names of all the Passengers taken on board the said Bark, at the Port of Bremen or at any time since, and that all matters therein set forth are, according to the best of my knowledge and belief, just and true. I do further swear that two, of the said Passengers have died on the voyage. (signed) H. Rothfos Sworn before me this 31 day of May, 46 (signed) ??? Collector Columns represent: Passenger Number from original list, Name, Age, Occupation, Chests & Trunks, Guns, Wherefrom, Destination List of Passengers on Bord the Bremen Barque Constitution H. Rothfos Master from Bremen to New Orleans 75 Block Gg Mich 42 Painter 15 3 Lassa? Texas 76 Block Auguste 29 Lassa? Texas 77 Block Emilie 19 Lassa? Texas 78 Block Wilhelm 11 Lassa? Texas 79 Block Carl 9 Lassa? Texas 80 Block Albert 5 Lassa? Texas 81 Block Georg 2 Lassa? Texas 82 Block Leopold 1/4 Lassa? Texas 83 Wippernitz Ad Wwe 52 Lassa? Texas 91 Knuppel August 23 4 1 Lassa? Texas --- others to Texas: 84 Witt Johannis 33 Farmer 10 2 Lassa? Texas 85 Witt Dorothea 35 Lassa? Texas 86 Witt Dorothea 11 Lassa? Texas 87 Witt Johannis 9 Lassa? Texas 88 Witt Auguste 3 Lassa? Texas 89 Witt Carl 2 Lassa? Texas 90 Schunemann August 17 Lassa? Texas --- Transcriber's notes: 75 Block Gg Mich - Listed as "M G Block" in the QA. Later known as George Frederick Block, he was an early settler of Port Neches, Jefferson County, Texas, and the great-great-grandfather of this transcriber. 76 Block Auguste - Second wife of passenger #75, George Block, and great-great-grandmother of this transcriber. 77 Emilie Block - Daughter of #75, George Block, by his first wife. 78-82 Other children of #75 and #76, George and Augusta Block. Carl Block, #79, later known as Charles Louis Block, is the great-grandfather of this transcriber. 83 Wippernitz Ad Wwe - The lower case portion of "Wwe" is small, raised,and underscored. This is an abbreviation for the German word "witwe",or widow (of). She was almost certainly the mother-in-law of #75, George Block, and great-great-grea-grandmother of this transcriber. In the 1850 U.S. Census of Jefferson County, Texas, she was listed as Maria C. E. Wippenitz (sic). If anyone has ever encountered either form of this surname, Wippernitz or Wippenitz, anywhere else in the world, this transcriber would berateful to know about it. 91 Knuppel August - Umlaut over the "u" in Knuppel 75-91 Lassa? - Either "Lassau" or "Lassan". No current German location named Lassau can be found. However, there is a location Lassan, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, in the area where the Block family is known to have lived prior to immigrating. On some 19th century maps, this location is labeled "Lassahn". This transcriber would appreciate any information you may have about Lassau, Lassan, or Lassahn. --- About the Bark Constitution According to a spokesperson for Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum (German Maritime Museum) of Bremerhaven, this is the second of two barks named Constitution which were owned by H. H. Meier & Co of Bremen (later to become Norddeutscher Lloyd). The first, launched in 1820, was lost in 1833. This Constitution replaced her, was launched November 7, 1833, and carried immigrants for almost 25 years. She was about 90 feet long and 25 feet wide. No picture of this Constitution is known to exist. National Archives Records Administration Captain's List: Microfilm M259 Roll 25 Quarterly Abstract: Microfilm M272 Roll 3 Transcribed by Gerald W. Block (gwbgen1@gmail.com) for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 18 March 1999 http://www.immigrantships.net/1800/constitution460531.html ____________________ CONSTITUTION The bark CONSTITUTION was built by Johann Lange, of Vegesack/Grohn, for the Bremen firm of H. H. Meier & Co--whose owner, Hermann Heinrich Meier 1808-1898), later founded Norddeutscher Lloyd--and was launched on 7 November 1833, as the successor to a bark of the same name, built in 1820, that had been lost earlier in the year. 127 Commerzlasten; 27,6 x 7,7 x 4,7 meters (length x beam x depth of hold). She sailed for almost 25 years in the packet service between Bremerhaven and New York. Captains (in turn): J. F. Volckmann, G. C. Ahlhorn, J. F. G. E. G. Thormann, Hermann Rothfos, F. G. Schelling, J. D. Luth, W. Lauer, and Jurgen Hake. She was sold in Bangkok in 1859; her later history and ultimate fate are not known. Source: Peter-Michael Pawlik, Von der Weser in die Welt; Die Geschichte der Segelschiffe von Weser und Lesum und ihrer Bauwerften 1770 bis 1893, Schriften des Deutschen Schiffahrtsmuseums, Bd. 33 (Hamburg: Kabel, c1993), p. 181, no. 121. - [Posted to the Enigration-Ships Mailing List by Michael Palmer - 28 February 1998] http://www.fortunecity.com/littleitaly/amalfi/13/shipc.htm _____________________
		Bark Constitution Ship Manifest 31 May 1846 George Block and Augustus Knupple and families (d) Family members who sailed this voyage are linked to the respective pages within this file. Albert Joachim Bernard Block (I21400) Charles (Carl) Lewis Theodore Block (I22688) Emile Block (I22686) Frederick Wilhelm Block (I22687) George Frederick Block (I22685) George Lewis Block (I22689) Maria Friederica Charlotte Keil (I22694) Augustus (Knickkel) Knupple (I22615) Augusta Charlotte Wippernitz (I22691)
Census	14 Nov 1850	Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
	Sabine Pass residence 253 George Block 46 1804 Laborer Germany Augusta 32 1818 Germany Friderick William 14 1835 Germany Charles 14 1836 Germany Albert 9 1841 (attended school)Germany George 6 1844 (attended school)Germany Leopold 4 1846 Germany Adolph 1 1849 Germany Maria C.E. Wippenitz 57 Germany Residence 251: Patridge, Worthy 32 1818 New York collector (also census taker) Clementine 23 1827 Louisiana Rosalia L. 4 1846 Texas Laura Ann 0 1850 Texas Delano, Norman 31 1819 Ohio Hustin, John C. 55 1875 New York Gentz, Elvine 15 1835 Germany (dau of Geo Christian Gentz) Residence 259: Joseph P. Pulsifer 44 1806 druggist Massachusetts Fredenburg, Rebecca 45 1805 Pennsylvania McCall Francis 21 1829 seaman Pennsylvania McCall, James 19 1831 seaman Pennsylvania McCall John 17 1833 Seaman Illinois Podel, Elisabeth M. 8 1842 Texas Black, Mary Ann 23 1827 Gentz, Fredericka 16 1834 Germany (dau of Geo Christian Gentz)
		Prussian Immigrants A closer look at the Gentz, Maass, Knupple, Koch and Block families in Southeast Texas in 1850. (d)
Census	24 Jun 1870	River Settlement (Port Neches), Jefferson Co, Texas
	residence 87 Block, G.F. 66 1804 Prussia Augusta 53 1817 Prussia Leopold 23 1847 Prussia Adolph 21 1849 Texas August 18 1852 Texas Joseph 16 1854 Texas residence 88 Block, G.L. 26 1844 Prussia Jane 23 1847 Louisiana Myrta 4 1866 Louisiana Ihmer 2 1868 Louisiana Westly 7/12 1869 Texas residence 90: Gtz Charles 30 1840 farmer Matilda 20 1850 Christopher 3 1867 Mary E. 1 1869 Charlotte 62 boarding Prussia Block, Wm 35 1835 Prussia Mary 28 1842 Indiana George 11 1859 Texas Flora 6 1864 Texas John 5 1865 Louisiana Edward 2 1868 Texas
		1870 - Texas, Jefferson County, River Settlement (Port Neches) census Charles and Matilda Hayes Gentz, Charlotte Gentz, also Block families.
Census	8 Jun 1880	Jefferson Co (District 41), Texas
	Note: It appears the first page is the Sparks Settlement. And the 2nd page seems to be the Port Neches, Grisgsby Bluff area, a few miles north. 7 Jun 1880 District 41 Justice Precinct No. 2 Page 1 residence 1 Gentz Fred 35 Dec 1845 laborer Prussia Prussia Prussia R. Belle 28 Aug 1852 TX NC TN Welby 8 Jun 1872 TX NC TX H.M. 7 Feb 1873 TX NC TX M.J. dau 6 1874 TX J.W. son 4 1876 TX Buler 2 dau May 1878 TX J. Lee 4/12 son Jan 1880 TX Charlotte 77 mother widow Prussia NC TX (census taker just carried the NC down the columns. Only person from NC is Belle's father. residence 2 Lee, Samuel 62 farmer Denmark Denmark Denmark E. Jane 36 Oct TX NC TN Emma A. 12 Jul 1868 TX Hayes, Eliza Black 19 Jan 1861 servant Texas Texas Alabama Eddy, Albert 37 Jul 1843 carpenter Ireland Ireland Ireland Sparks, William E. 27 Mar 1853 TX residence 3 Melinda Sparks 61 Mar 1819 TN VA TN Worthy 24 Mar 1856 TX NC TN James 26 son Dec 1854 TX NC TN Ella 23 Nov 1857 dau-in-law TX TN PA Thomas George, Black 8 1872 servant TX residence 4 Sparks, Caroline 60 May 1820 self widow SC VA SC Sparks, J.M. 26 Aug 1854 son TX residence 5 Kilgore, James S 28 1852 Mar Michigan Michigan Michigan Elizabeth 50 Oct 1830 mother wid Michigan Michigan -- Columbus 28 25 May 1855 brother Texas Michigan Michigan Susan F. 20 Feb 1860 sister Texas Michigan Michigan Eugenia 17 Jun 1863 sister Texas Michigan Michigan Swift, Fuller 3 May 1877 nephew Texas Michigan Michigan Swift, Ida 3/12 Feb 1880 niece Texas Michigan Michigan residence 6 Brewton, W.P. 47 Aug 1833 Sarah C. (Sparks) 30 Dec 1850 Grace 15 Feb 1865 TX Silas F. 10 Oct 1870 TX Esther 8 Dec 1872 TX Almond 6 Apr 1874 TX Inas 3 dau Aug 1877 TX John Smith 14 June 1866 TX TN PA residence 7 Gray, H.L. 33 head Sep 1847 Michigan VA MI Gray, S.E. 33 wife Aug 1847 LA PA Indiana Carey, Coy 11 son May 1869 TX Indiana Louisiana Clara 7 dau Mar 1873 TX Indiana Louisiana Gray H.E. son 9 Sep 1871 TX MI TX Smith, T.F. 21 Apr 1859 TX TN PA Courts, E.M. 20 1860 TX unk TX ___________ page 2 8 Jun 1880 residence 8/1 Yantz (Gentz), Wm Apr 42 1838 farmer Prussia Prussia Prussia Susan 31 Jan 1849 wife TX GA LA Leuvinia 12 Jan 1868 dau William Y. 10 Jan 1870 son H.L. 6 mos Nov 1879 son residence 9/2 J. T. Rogers 28 Aug 1852 TX TN TX Izzie J. Rogers 27 Aug 1853 TX NY LA C. O. Rogers 3 Dec 1877 Wm. A. Rogers 1 Sep 1879 Levina Keith 68 Feb 1812 mother-in-law tx ga tn residence 10/3 Keith, O 39 Feb 1841 Self TX OH LA Margaret 39 Jun 1841 TX TN TN George 7 Jun 1873 son LA TX TN William O. 5 Mar 1875 son Berry, Lethean female 11 Jan 1869 servant TX Prussia Prussia 11/4 Remes, J.T. and family 12/5 Stockholm, P.D. May 1855 working on farm Texas New York unk Ella D. 27 Sep 1853 Texas Texas Texas Maggie dau 2 Jan 1878 Texas A.E. son 1 Feb 1879 Texas 13/6 Stockholm, George 26 1854 working on farm May Texas New York Gorgia Mafa 25 1855 Apr Texas New York Texas 14/7 Remly, Sam and family residence 15/8 G.F. Block 76 Jan 1804 painter Prussia Prussia Prussia Augusta 64 Jan 1816 wife Prussia Prussia Prussia Leopole 32 Oct 1848 son Prussia Prussia Prussia residence 16/9 Block Joseph 26 Sep 1854 self farmer Texas Prussia Prussia Maggie 17 1863 Dec wife Texas Sweden Joseph 8/12 son Nov 1879 Texas residence 17/10 Block August 27 Jul 1853 Texas Prussia Prussia Nancy 15 June 1865 wife Texas Ireland unk Brown, William A. 21 Dec 1859 bro-in-law Laborer TX Sweden Unk (new page) residence 2 Block Albert 39 Sep 1841 self farmer Prussia Prussia Prussia Urcilla 30 May 1850 LA LA LA Martin 12 Sep 1868 Texas Ernest 9 Dec 1871 Texas Willie 8 Aug 1872 Texas Albert 4 Jun 1876 Texas Matilda 3 Apr 1877 Texas C.S. female 1 Sep 1879 dau Texas
		1880 Texas, Jefferson County, District 41 (pg 2)
Death	25 Mar 1893	Orange, Orange Co, Texas
Notes	George F. Block and wife Augusta had 3 more sons born at Beaumont between 1848 and 1853, and by 1880 there were eight Block families living in Grigsby?s Bluff. Between 1866 and 1882, G. F. Block and his 8 sons were both farmers and operators of a shingle mill, where they made 333,000 shingles in 1869. F. W. Block and his wife died at Smith?s Bluff about 1880. Between 1866 and 1882, George F. Block served for 16 years as Jefferson County commissioner and a part of that time as Justice of the Peace for Precinct 3, Grigsby?s Bluff (such was possible then). Albert Block served as both constable and the last postmaster prior to his death in 1893. Between 1892 and 1896 Will Block, Sr. served as Justice of the Peace at age 22, prior to his marriage to Dieuwertje Koelemay of Nederland in 1899.[9] (W.T. Block http://www.wtblock.com/wtblockjr/smith.htm)
Person ID	I22685	Roots
Last Modified	25 Jun 2012

Family 1 (Mrs. George Frederick) Block, b. 1816, Lassan, Prussia d. Bef 1834, Lassan, Prussia (Age 18 years)

Marriage Abt 1825 Lassan, Prussia

Children

1. Emile Block, b. 1826, Lassan, Prussia

d. Aft 1846 (Age 21 years)

Family ID F8265 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 10 Feb 2011

Family 2 Augusta Charlotte Wippernitz, b. 1817, Lassan, Prussia d. 1885, Orange, Orange Co, Texas (Age 68 years)

Marriage 27 Oct 1833 Lassan, Ostvorpommern, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Prussia

Place of Marriage: Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lassan, Germany
Date of Marriage: 27 October 1833
Name of Groom: Georg Carl Friedrich Block, painter, Lassan, 3rd son, 30 years old
Name of Bride: Auguste Charlotte Wippernitz, only daughter, 17 years old
Father of Groom: Georg Block, police officer1 retired, Pasewalk2, deceased.
Mother of Groom: Christina née Bagaer3
Father of Bride: Adolph Wippernitz, burgher and painter, Lassan
Mother of Bride: Friederica née Keil
Officiating Minister: Rev. H. P . George
(W.T. Block)

Notes

Place of Marriage: Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lassan, Germany
Date of Marriage: 27 October 1833
Name of Groom: Georg Carl Friedrich Block, painter, Lassan, 3rd son, 30 years old
Name of Bride: Auguste Charlotte Wippernitz, only daughter, 17 years old
Father of Groom: Georg Block, police officer1 retired, Pasewalk2, deceased.
Mother of Groom: Christina née Bagaer3
Father of Bride: Adolph Wippernitz, burgher and painter, Lassan
Mother of Bride: Friederica née Keil
Officiating Minister: Rev. H. P . George

http://www.wtblock.com/wtblockjr/marriage_record.htm
Place of Marriage: Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lassan, Germany
Date of Marriage: 27 October 1833
Name of Groom: Georg Carl Friedrich Block, painter, Lassan, 3rd son, 30 years old
Name of Bride: Auguste Charlotte Wippernitz, only daughter, 17 years old
Father of Groom: Georg Block, police officer1 retired, Pasewalk2, deceased.
Mother of Groom: Christina née Bagaer3
Father of Bride: Adolph Wippernitz, burgher and painter, Lassan
Mother of Bride: Friederica née Keil
Officiating Minister: Rev. H. P . George

http://www.wtblock.com/wtblockjr/marriage_record.htm

Children

+	1. Frederick Wilhelm Block, b. 8 Jul 1835, Lassan, Prussia d. 16 Feb 1911, Port Neches, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age 75 years)
+	2. Charles (Carl) Lewis Theodore Block, b. 12 Jun 1836, Lassan, Prussia d. 7 Sep 1910, Orange, Orange Co, Texas (Age 74 years)
+	3. Albert Joachim Bernard Block, b. Sep 1841, Lassan, Prussia d. 18 Aug 1893, Port Neches, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age ~ 51 years)
+	4. George Lewis (or Ludwig) Block, b. 11 Sep 1843, Lassan, Ostvopommern, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany d. Bef 1900, Orange, Orange Co, Texas (Age 56 years)
+	5. Leopold John Martin Block, b. 13 Nov 1845, Lassan, Prussia d. 2 Apr 1929, Orange, Orange Co, Texas (Age 83 years)
+	6. Adolph B. Block, b. Oct 1846, Jefferson Co, Texas d. Aft 1910, of, Johnsons Bayou, Cameron Parish, Louisiana (Age ~ 64 years)
+	7. August Frederick Block, b. 31 Jul 1851, Jefferson Co, Texas d. 17 Aug 1934, Orange, Orange Co, Texas (Age 83 years)
+	8. Joseph Block, b. Sep 1854, Grisby Bluff, Jefferson Co, Texas d. Aft 1880, of, Jefferson Co, Texas (Age ~ 26 years)

Family ID F8264 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 22 Jun 2011

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Census - 14 Nov 1850 - Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas

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