Micajah Stokes Stude: Stude of Prussia and Texas Bertallot of Prussia and Texas Ettlinger of France and Texas t Ancestors of Binyon of Tennessee and Texas Turner of Virginia, Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas Howard of Louisiana and Texas Manning of South Carolina, Alabama, and Texas Orrick of Maryland, West Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas Semmes of Maryland, Georgia, and Mississippi Stone of Virginia and Georgia Ancestry of Micajah Stokes Stude and Lucy Agatha Binyon Ancestors of Lucy Agatha Binyon: T he connections between the nineteenth-century immigrant families ancestral to Micajah Stokes Stude were forged in the substantial German community of Houston, where they made their mark. Micajah, grandson of the immigrants Henry Stude, Henriette Münker, Adolph Bertallot, and Emilie Ettlinger, married Lucy Agatha Binyon, whose ancestry was diversely Southern for many generations. At least one of Lucy s ancestral families settled in Texas during the Republic years, as had several of Micajah s ancestors. This extensively researched genealogy traces the families emigrations and migrations showing us how these Stude and Binyon ancestors fit into America s great story. ISBN 978-0-88082-343-2 Hatcher Meyers New England Historic Genealogical Society Jacket design by Ellen Maxwell. In this extensively researched genealogy, authors Patricia Law Hatcher and Kelvin L. Meyers outline the ancestors of Micajah Stokes Stude and Lucy Agatha Binyon. From Prussia and France to America, and from all parts of the southern United States, ancestors of Micajah and Lucy made their way to Texas, some of them arriving during the Republic years. of Houston, Texas Families covered Boston, Massachusetts AmericanAncestors.org 9 780880 823432 Ancestry of Micajah Stokes Stude and Lucy Agatha Binyon of Houston, Texas Patricia Law Hatcher, fasg, fgsp Kelvin L. Meyers The Stude family held significant land in Houston, giving a large piece to become part of White Oak Bayou Park, now called Stude Park. Studewood Street and the Studewood streetcar line are named after the family; Studemont Street also reflects the family name. The Binyons settled in Fort Worth, where they founded the Binyon Storage Co., a moving and storage business. The Binyon-O Keefe building in Fort Worth is still a recognized landmark.
Ancestry of MICAJAH STOKES STUDE and LUCY AGATHA BINYON ABOUT THE FORMAT OF THIS BOOK.... vii ANCESTRY OF MICAJAH STOKES STUDE... 1 STUDE of Prussia and Texas... 5 BERTALLOT of Prussia and Texas... 21 ETTLINGER of France and Texas... 29 ANCESTRY OF LUCY AGATHA BINYON... 37 BINYON of Tennessee and Texas... 41 TURNER of Virginia, Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas... 75 HOWARD of Louisiana and Texas...113 MANNING of South Carolina, Alabama, and Texas...123 ORRICK of Maryland, West Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas...145 SEMMES of Maryland, Georgia, and Mississippi...187 STONE of Virginia and Georgia...225 APPENDIX JOHN AND ELIZABETH ODOM Times Five...263 INDEX...281
ANCESTRY OF MICAJAH STOKES STUDE T he connections between the nineteenth-century immigrant families ancestral to Micajah Stokes Stude, presented in the following chapters, some of whom had arrived in Harris County while it was still the Republic of Texas, were forged in the German community of Houston in what became the Third Ward. The German population of Houston in the mid-nineteenth century was substantial, over a quarter of the population. 1 The 1866 city directory of Houston only forty-six small pages of listings includes the following, showing a variety of occupations among the immigrants mentioned in this book: 2 Bertollot, A., machinist, corner San Jacinto and Polk streets Sherman, Chas., tinner, with J R Morris Stude, Henry, gardener, Louisiana betw Congress and Preston sts. Tips, G. H., saddler, Main betw Prairie and Preston sts. Weiss, Fred., wheelwright, Prairie betw Franklin and Congress Although most of the German immigrants to Houston were Lutheran, the families of this book were Catholic. St. Vincent de Paul s Catholic Church, where several Studes were baptized, was built in 1842 on Franklin between San Jacinto and Caroline. In its early years, however, it was served by a priest who spoke only French. The Church of the Annunciation, where services were in German, was built in 1870, and St. Vincent s congregation merged with it a few years later. 3 Many of the immigrant ancestors in the first section of this book and their descendants were buried in the German Cemetery (officially the German Society Cemetery), which was established in the spring of 1887, south of Washington Street, by Deutsche Gesellschaft von Houston (German Society of Houston). The name was changed to Washington Cemetery during the summer of 1918. Glenwood Cemetery was established in 1871 as an urban garden cemetery, with curving roads and planned vistas. In 1999, through a merger with the Concerned Citizens for Washington Cemetery Care, Glenwood Cemetery assumed ownership and permanent responsibility for the restoration, operation, and maintenance of adjacent Washington Cemetery. A road connecting Glenwood with the Washington property was built in 2000. 4 The Stude family held significant land, giving a large piece to become part of White Oak Bayou park, now called Stude Park. Studewood Street and Studewood streetcar line are named after the family. Studemont Street was so-named when a section of road was paved to connect Studewood Street with Montrose Street. 5
2 Ancestry of Micajah Stokes Stude and Lucy Agatha Binyon THE FAMILIES Ettlinger Emilie Ettlinger was in the Republic of Texas by 1844 when she married her first husband, John Frederick Schiermann. She married second in 1859 Adolph Bertallot. Her birthplace was reported variously as France, Baden, Alsace, or Strousberg. Bertallot Adolph Bertallot was in Houston by 1851. He married Emilie Ettlinger. He was born in Prussia. Stude Henry Stude emigrated in 1845, but does not appear in Houston records until his marriage in 1852 to Henriette Münker. He was born in Prussia. Münker Henriette Münker was in Houston by her 1852 marriage, but nothing has been found of her family. She was born in Prussia. In 1860 F. and Louise Weiss and their son Charles, age 9 months, lived in Houston s Ward 4 just five houses away from Henry Stude and his son, Alphonse, age 4. Frederick Weiss was a baker, so it is likely that Alphonse learned the bakery business, in which he became so prominent, from Frederick. Charles Weiss and Alphonse Stude married sisters, Emma and Louise Bertallot, cementing the families more closely. Micajah Stokes Stude, grandson of the immigrants, married Lucy Agatha Binyon, whose ancestry was Southern for many generations. [See ANCESTRY OF LUCY AGATHA BINYON.] NOTES 1 Theodore G. Gish, Germans in Houston (Houston: Houston Center for the Humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1982), 14. 2 1866 Houston City Directory, reproduced by R. L. Polk & Co. 3 Gish, Germans (note 1), 25 26. 4 Glenwood Cemetery (glenwoodcemetery.org). The records are integrated into those of Glenwood Cemetery. Suzanne Turner and Joanne Seale Wilson, Houston s Silent Garden, Glenwood Cemetery, 1871 2009 (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2010), 19 23, 72 73. 5 Marks Hinton, Historic Houston Streets, The Stories behind the Names (Houston: Archival Press of Houston, 2006), 175, citing a 2002 interview with Mike Stude.
STUDE ANCESTRY b Henry Stude = Henrietta Münker b 1820/25 1905 1859 1820/28 1870/80 Alphonse Stude = Louisa Johanna Henrietta Bertallot 1856 1895 1880 1860 1938 Micajah Stokes Stude = Lucy Agatha Binyon 1895 1965 1930/36 1907 1956,
STUDE OF PRUSSIA AND TEXAS A ccording to his obituary, Henry immigrated in 1845, going first to Kalamazoo, Michigan, but immediately moving to Houston. However, he has not been found on the 1850 census, although he was certainly in Harris County by his marriage in 1852. His bride, Henriette Münker, was also there by that date, although no individuals matching any variant of her surname have been found. GENEALOGICAL SUMMARY 1. HENRY 1 STUDE, ancestor of Micajah Stokes Stude, was born about 1820 (1870 census), in December 1823 (1900 census), about 1824 (obituary), about December 1824 (mortuary report), or about 1825 (1860, 1880 censuses) in Prussia. He died 20 May 1905 of senility, age 80 years 5 months. 1 Mr. Henry Studte and Miss HENRIETTE MÜNKER, ancestor of Micajah Stokes Stude, took out a marriage license 20 February 1852 in Houston and were married 22 February by Edward A. Clark. 2 She was born about 1820 (1870 census) or 1828 (1860 census) in Prussia and died before the 1880 census. Henry was identified as a gardener when he and his wife resided in Houston Ward 4 in 1860 3 and 1870, 4 a fruit grower in 1880 when he was living with his newly married son and daughter-in-law, 5 and a capitalist in 1900, when he was residing with his widowed daughter-in-law. 6 A cousin, Charles Stude, born about 1850 in Prussia, was living with them in 1880, but nothing further was found about him. In 1855 Henry purchased land on Houston s White Oak Bayou on which he raised vegetables and flowers to sell. In 1915 his grandchildren donated the farm property to Houston for a park that became White Oak Bayou Park (now Stude Park). Stude Farm Is Given to City Houston s park system has again been increased by a gift. The old Stude farm on White Oak Bayou at the foot of Taylor Street has been given to the city by the Stude heirs. The tract contains 22.39 acres and is valued at $26,000. It has been in the Stude family since 1855. The deed of the property to the city was signed by Henry, Louis, Alphonse and Stokes Stude and by Miss Emilie and Miss Henrietta Stude. Mayor Campbell accepted the gift on behalf of Houston. The tract adjoins 17 acres which the city already owns on the bayou. It is reached by the Studewood car line. It is natural park land, being rolling and wooded with great trees. It was bought in 1855 by Henry Stude, Sr., grandfather of the six heirs who signed the deed. The price paid at that time was $250 for the entire tract. For 40 years Henry Stude cultivated the land raising truck and flowers. The farm was a show place, it was so well cultivated. For 20 years it has not been in use.
6 Ancestry of Micajah Stokes Stude and Lucy Agatha Binyon The tract will be a part of the city s park system on the banks of the bayou. It is comparatively close in, being nearer to the Court House than Main and Alabama, and half a mile nearer than Hermann Park. [30 April 1915] 7 Henry lived to be in his eighties, outliving his wife and children. His obituary reads: Henry Stude, Sr., Passes Away Old Resident of Houston Answers Last Summons. The death of Henry Stude, Sr. one of the oldest citizens of Houston, occurred this morning at his home, 2210 Fannin street, aged 81 years. The end was not unexpected. Funeral services over the remains will be held from the home Sunday afternoon at 4 o clock, Rev. Father Hennessy officiating. Interment will be in the old Catholic cemetery. Those chosen to bear the body to the grave are Gus W. Tipps, Louis G. Dreyling, A. H. Hess, M. Rosenthal, A. Apple, H. Apple, H. Radoff and J. J. Kaufmann. They are old tenants of the deceased. Henry Stude, Sr., was a native of Prussia. In 1845 he landed in America and traveled from New York to Kalamazoo, Mich. There he remained for a short period, coming to Texas in the same year. Since that time he has been a resident of Houston. The city grew up around him. He saw Houston spring from a village at the head of bayou navigation to the greatest commercial city in the Southwest. Known to almost all of the old citizens and a leader among the German residents of the community his death caused general mourning over the city. He survived all of his children. Six grandchildren are living. [20 May 1905] 8 Another piece of property, purchased by Henry Stude in 1873, descended to his daughter-in-law and grandchildren and became an important part of Houston s residential development. In 1920 William Clifford Hogg, Chairman of the City Planning Commission and son of Governor James Stephen Hogg, formed a consortium to begin the development of a master-planned neighborhood for the working man Norhill, north of downtown Houston, along Studewood Street. (Once the first phase of Norhill was underway, Hogg began the development of the better-known River Oaks neighborhood for the wealthy elite.) In February 1915 the Stude heirs had traded the land for 1,995 shares of capital stock in the Stude Holding Association, which was renamed Varner Realty in 1922, with Henry W. Stude the vice president. Varner Realty participated with Hogg in the Norhill development consortium, the Stude property becoming the northern section of Norhill. Norhill included esplanades on Norhill Boulevard, park space, school land, macadamized roads, curbs, sidewalks, water lines, and sewer lines, and was served by the Studewood streetcar line. There were deed restrictions on the lots. These included that the house had to cost at least three times the cost of the lot (which varied from $650 to $1000), no garage could be used for living quarters, and the setback was specified. The houses built in Norhill were of the bungalow style so popular at the time. They were the perfect size for the 50' 100' lots, the plans could be affordably purchased from such sources as the Sears and Roebuck catalog for eight to twelve dollars, and the exterior details easily varied to avoid repetition in neighboring homes. The development was a popular success. 9
Stude of Prussia and Texas 7 Children of Henry 1 and Henrietta (Münker) Stude: 2 i. ALPHONSE 2 STUDE, ancestor of Micajah Stokes Stude, born 16 February 1856 and baptized 19 January 1880 at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, Houston, child of Henry Stude and Henriette Menger; died 16 October 1895 in San Antonio, Texas; married 20 January 1880 in Harris County LOUISA JOHANNA HENRIETTA BERTALLOT. ii. MARY DOROTHEA STUDE, born 17 November 1863 and baptized 26 November 1865 at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, Houston, as Mariam Dorotheam, child of Henrico and Henrietta Stude; 10 died before the 1870 census, probably in Houston. 2. ALPHONSE 2 STUDE (Henry 1 ), ancestor of Micajah Stokes Stude, was born 16 February 1856 and baptized 19 January 1880 at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, Houston, as Alfonse, child of Henry Stude and Henriette Menger. 11 He died 16 October 1895 (cemetery record) in San Antonio, although a resident of Houston, and is buried in Glenwood Cemetery. 12 Alphonse Studte and Miss Louise Bertalott took out a marriage license 19 January 1880 in Harris County; they were married 20 January by T. Hennessy. 13 LOUISA JOHANNA HENRIETTA BERTALLOT, ancestor of Micajah Stokes Stude, was born 12 May 1860 and baptized at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, Houston, daughter of Adolph Bertallot and Emelia Ettlinger. 14 Mrs. Louise Bertalot Stude died at her residence at 2210 Fannin Street, Houston, 24 December 1938, age 78 years 7 months 12 days, and is buried 27 December in Glenwood Cemetery. 15 In 1880 Alphonse s father, Henry, was living with the newlyweds. 16 That year Alphonse turned in a manufacturing schedule, reporting on his bakery business, which was apparently well established. 17 All six children were enumerated with the widow Louise in Houston in 1900, as was her father-in-law, 18 although her son Henry was away at school at Virginia Military Institute. 19 Five of her children were still at home in 1910 20 and 1920; 21 two were still at home in 1930. 22 In 1929 Louise took part of her family to Europe. They returned from Southampton on the Empress of Canada, landing in Quebec 4 September 1929, and then crossing into Detroit. The group included Louise Stude, born 12 May 1860 in Houston, residing at 2210 Fannin Street, Houston; [her daughter-in-law] Jane Talbot Stude, born 13 December 1892 in Corsicana, Texas, residing at 1 Shadey Lane, Houston; and [her grandchildren] Jane Talbot Stude, born 19 February 1918 in Houston, and Henry Stude, born 31 January 1920 in Houston. 23 The next year, she apparently traveled to Europe alone. Louise Stude returned from Southampton to New York City on the Belgenland, arriving 14 September 1930. 24 The announcement of Alphonse Stude s death in San Antonio appeared in the Houston Daily Post, Thursday, 17 October 1895, 25 his obituary the next day.
Micajah Stokes Stude: Stude of Prussia and Texas Bertallot of Prussia and Texas Ettlinger of France and Texas t Ancestors of Binyon of Tennessee and Texas Turner of Virginia, Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas Howard of Louisiana and Texas Manning of South Carolina, Alabama, and Texas Orrick of Maryland, West Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas Semmes of Maryland, Georgia, and Mississippi Stone of Virginia and Georgia Ancestry of Micajah Stokes Stude and Lucy Agatha Binyon Ancestors of Lucy Agatha Binyon: T he connections between the nineteenth-century immigrant families ancestral to Micajah Stokes Stude were forged in the substantial German community of Houston, where they made their mark. Micajah, grandson of the immigrants Henry Stude, Henriette Münker, Adolph Bertallot, and Emilie Ettlinger, married Lucy Agatha Binyon, whose ancestry was diversely Southern for many generations. At least one of Lucy s ancestral families settled in Texas during the Republic years, as had several of Micajah s ancestors. This extensively researched genealogy traces the families emigrations and migrations showing us how these Stude and Binyon ancestors fit into America s great story. ISBN 978-0-88082-343-2 Hatcher Meyers New England Historic Genealogical Society Jacket design by Ellen Maxwell. In this extensively researched genealogy, authors Patricia Law Hatcher and Kelvin L. Meyers outline the ancestors of Micajah Stokes Stude and Lucy Agatha Binyon. From Prussia and France to America, and from all parts of the southern United States, ancestors of Micajah and Lucy made their way to Texas, some of them arriving during the Republic years. of Houston, Texas Families covered Boston, Massachusetts AmericanAncestors.org 9 780880 823432 Ancestry of Micajah Stokes Stude and Lucy Agatha Binyon of Houston, Texas Patricia Law Hatcher, fasg, fgsp Kelvin L. Meyers The Stude family held significant land in Houston, giving a large piece to become part of White Oak Bayou Park, now called Stude Park. Studewood Street and the Studewood streetcar line are named after the family; Studemont Street also reflects the family name. The Binyons settled in Fort Worth, where they founded the Binyon Storage Co., a moving and storage business. The Binyon-O Keefe building in Fort Worth is still a recognized landmark.