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Conrad Lawrence Dedear

30 Jul 1832 – 8 Jan 1910

Birth	30 Jul 1832
Death	8 Jan 1910
Cemetery	Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery Meyersville , DeWitt County , Texas , USA
Added by	Sylvia Mills (Atkinson) on 11 Feb 2007
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17902231

Bio

Born Conrad Lawrence Didierlaurent in the village of Mollau, Haut Rhin, France to Jean Didierlaurent (father) and Marie Anne Simon (Mother). Jean Didierlaurent was a textile factory weaver. Conrad was the father of 23 children. Emigrated to the United States from the Upper Thur Valley , Haut Rhin, Alsace-Lorraine, France to the Banks of Coleto Creek in 1860. First wife, Walbourg Bruetsch who he married in 1856 in the Catholic Church at Felleringen. Both Conrad and Walbourg were fabric workers in the textile factory. Conrad, Walbourg and their 4 sons left their home in the village of Felleringen for the port of Le Havre, near Paris: there they boarded an American vessel "Ship SS Perquot". The ship's Master's name was Davis. They sailed on October 6, 1860 and landed in the port of New Orleans on December 13, 1860. Smaller ships were taken from there round the coastline, Galveston, Port Lavaca and on to Indianola. Conrad and his family came up along the Guadalupe River and settled in an area called Twelve Mile Colletto, close to Meyersville. Second wife, Catherine Golly. He was a Private in the Confederate Army,The Coleto Guards,Home Guard, 29th Brigade under the command of Captain John Jacob Schiwitz from Aug 17, 1861 to 1865.

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Family

Spouse

• Walbourg Bruetsch Didier Laurent 1829–1867
• Catherine Golly DeDear 1852–1929 FaG

Children

• Aloise Didierlaurent "Louie" Deger 1856–1926
• Joseph "Joe" Dedear 1856–1942
• Jean Baptiste Didier 1858–1887
• Carlus Didier 1860–1876
• Julius Ulysses Didear 1863–1934
• Rosa Agatha DeDear Schwabe 1867–1958
• Mary T. Dedear Ammann 1867–1938
• Lazarus Didier 1869–1869
• Edward Didier 1871–1871
• Cecilia Dedear Kuchler 1873–1958
• Caroline Didier 1874–1874
• Edward Bernard DeDear 1876–1941
• Clara E. Dedear Hoffmann 1878–1947
• William Madison "Willie" DeDear 1881–1958
• Robert Lee DeDear 1884–1957
• Conrad W Dedear 1886–1958
• Catherine Didier 1888–1888
• Alfredus Didier 1890–1891
• Fred Bernard DeDear 1892–1975
• Lorena Anetta DeDear Hotz 1894–1990

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