Robert Espar Hillebrandt

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 21 May 1910, Beaumont (Precinct 6), Jefferson Co, Texas
• Military: 1918, Guffey, Jefferson Co, Texas; draft registration card
• Census: 23 Apr 1930, Beaumont (Precinct 6), Jefferson Co, Texas

Notes:

Census:
Railroad Avenue
Hillebrandt Robert E 36 1874 m1 3 yrs Texas LA LA
Lena 24 1886 m1 3 yrs 1 birth 1 living TX TX TX
Anastasia dau 3/12 1910 TX
Clemintine (sister) 48 1862 TX LA LA

Military:
Robert Esper Hillebrandt
residence, Guffey, Jefferson, Texas
age 45, June 15, 1873
farmer, self, Guffey, Jefferson, Texas
nearest relative: Magdelene Hillebrandt, wife
Guffey, Jeff, Texas
medium height, medium build, blue eyes, dark hair
9-12-1918

Census:
5200 Highland Avenue
Hillebrandt, Robert S head own 2000 55 age married 30 can read/write Texas Louisiana road worker, county
Lena F. wife 45 married age 20 cannot read/write Texas Scotland Scotland
Madeline dau 18 1912 TX
Thelma dau 16 1914 TX
Espar son 13 1917 TX
Mary dau 11 1919 TX
Ceclia dau 6 1924 TX
Alice 2 5/12 1927 TX

Robert married Magdelene "Lena" Ferrich in 1907 in Jefferson Co, Texas. Magdelene was born on 11 Apr 1886 in Texas; died on 5 Feb 1973 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Hillebrandt Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Anastasia Hillebrandt was born in Feb 1910 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; died after 1910.
2. Mary Magdelene Hillebrandt was born on 5 Feb 1912 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 14 May 2008 in Rye, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Hillebrandt Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
3. Thelma Ann Hillebrandt was born in 1914 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died after 2009; was buried in Hillebrandt Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
4. Robert Espar Hillebrandt, Jr. was born on 20 Dec 1916 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 11 Dec 1978 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Hillebrandt Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
5. Mary Elizabeth Hillebrandt was born on 18 Oct 1919 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 18 Feb 2007 in Inez, Texas; was buried in Hillebrandt Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
6. Ceclia Hillebrandt was born on 13 Feb 1924 in Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 28 Jun 2009 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Hillebrandt Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
7. Alice Hillebrandt
8. Frederick Hillebrandt

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 15 Jun 1880, Beaumont (District 4), Jefferson Co, Texas

Notes:

C.E., "abt 1851, in company with Samuel Lee, now living below Nederland, made a visit to Denmark to see his father's people. Mr. Lee is a native of that country and made a visit to his home people."

He was sole executor and major beneficiary of his father's will.
However, A year later, the father died as well, and a series of suits and countersuits in the district court in Beaumont left the Hillebrandt estate in limbo for two years. In their suit, Levi and Caroline alleged in their petition that their father "was mentally incapable of making a will." Finally, all of the children reached a family agreement out of court in June, 1860, which broke the will and settled the estate share and share alike.

Espar Hillebrand ranched and farmed on the old place until 1895 when he sold out his 5,000 acres to rice farmers. He died there in 1905.


Census:
Hillebrandt, C.E. 50 Feb 1830 Texas Denmark LA farmer
Astasie 42 wife May 1838 LA LA LA
Clementine 18 Dec 1862 TX at school
Christian 15 Dec 1865 TX at school
Henry C. 13 Dec 1867 TX at school
Eurazie 11 Jan 1869 TX at school
Selazie 9 Jan 1871 TX
Robert E 6 Jun 1874 TX
Albert 4 Nov 1874 TX
Alfred Nov 1874 TX
Joseph 2 Jul 1878 TX
C.A. dau 5 mos Dec 1879 TX

Christian married Anastasia Hebert about 1862 in Jefferson Co, Texas. Anastasia (daughter of Zenon Hebert and Celeste Trahan) was born on 11 Apr 1839 in Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana; died on 2 Apr 1886 in Fannett, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Hillebrandt Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1820, Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
• Emigration: 1831, Sour Lake, Hardin Co, Texas
• Residence: 1831, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Property: Bef 1 May 1838, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Census: 16 Oct 1850, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas

Notes:

First Settlers of Jefferson Co., TX by Gifford White from the originals in the GLO & TX State Archives. #119 Christian Hillebrandt - whose oath was taken in accordance with the land law, and proved by Joseph Grigsby and Stephen Jackson on the oath that he emigrated to TX in 1831, that he was a citizen and head of a family at the date of the Declaration of Independence and since.

by W.T. Block
"Hillebrandt was a an energetic accumulator of land and personal property, and in the last year of his life, he bought 3,000 steers from the estate of a neighbor and 1,500 acres of land in the north end of Beaumont.. Hillebrandt died in Aug 1858, and the inventory of his estate indicated that he owned 9,000 cattle, worth $60,000, that roamed over parts of Liberty, Orange, and Jefferson counties, and 1,000 horses worth $20,000, which along with his vast accumulation of land, made him the wealthiest residet in antebellum Jefferson County."


Property:
Christian Hildebrandt one labor immigrated to Texas 1831


Census:
1850 Christian Hildebrandt
Christian Hildebrandt 57 $3080 Europe
Eurasue 50 Louisiana
Christian E. 18 Louisiana stock raiser
Alzena 17 Texas
Lastie 14 Texas
Robert 12 Texas
Samuel Lee 27 laborer Europe

Christian married Marie Eurasie Blanchet on 18 Jun 1821 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. Marie was born on 21 Nov 1802 in Louisiana; died in 1857 in Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Zenon married Celeste Trahan on 07 Feb 1831 in Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. Celeste (daughter of Paul Hypolite Trahan and Marguerite Montet) was born on 07 May 1817 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana; died in 1871. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Paul married Marguerite Montet on 22 Nov 1796 in St. Martinsville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. Marguerite (daughter of Guillaume Montet and Marie Vincent) was born on 21 Jan 1774 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana; died before 10 Jul 1823 in Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Southwest Louisiana Records (CD 101)
By Rev. Donald J. Hébert:
TRAHAN, Paul (Paul & Marie DUGON) m. 22 Nov. 1796 Marguerite MONTE - de Belle isle en mer, France (Guillaume & Marie VINCENT) Wits: Claude DUON, Charles DUON, Jacques FOSTIN, Louis CHEMIN. Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE
(SM Ch.: v.4, #136)

Southwest Louisiana Records (CD 101)
By Rev. Donald J. Hébert:
MONTET, Marguerite - de Belle isle en mer, France (Guillaume & Marie VINCENT) m. 22 Nov. 1796 Paul TRAHAN (Paul & Marie DUGON) Wits: Claude DUON, Charles DUON, Jacques FOSTIN, Louis CHEMIN. Fr. Michel Bernard BARRIERE (SM Ch.: v.4, #136)