Jauer Family Cemetery
New Braunfels, Guadalupe County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Jauer Family Cemetery Johann Carl Ludwig Jauer (1812-1901) and Anna Caroline Alemeier (1824-1868) married in 1851 and settled on this Fisher and Miller Colony land acquired through an 1847 contract with the German Emigration and Railroad Company. The burial ground was likely set aside with the 1853 death of an unnamed infant daughter. It is believed that one of their twin daughters, Maria Dorothea (1854-1855), is also buried here. A single stone marks the burials of Ludwig, Anna and daughter Karoline (1862-1873). Ludwig Jauer, a prominent landowner, remarried in 1880 and had two more children before being laid to rest on his Clear Springs land. Historic Texas Cemetery-2002
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Johann Carl Ludwig Jauer and Anna Caroline Alemeier married in 1851 and settled on land acquired through an 1847 contract with the German Emigration and Railroad Company's Fisher and Miller Colony. The burial ground was likely begun with the 1853 death of an infant daughter, and a single stone marks the graves of Ludwig, Anna, and their daughter Karoline. A prominent landowner, Ludwig remarried in 1880 and was ultimately buried elsewhere on his Clear Springs land.
Why it matters
The Jauer cemetery marks the German colonists brought to central Texas under the Fisher-Miller land grants, part of the organized European immigration that settled the Hill Country frontier.
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Related people
- · Johann Carl Ludwig Jauer
- · Anna Caroline Alemeier
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