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Johann “John” Leyendecker

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Kadenbach, Nassau (HE DE), Holy Roman Empire
Death: June 19, 1876 (81)
Fredericksburg, Gillespie, TX, United States
Place of Burial: Fredericksburg, Gillespie , TX, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Franz Francisco Matthias Leyendecker and Anna Elisabeth Leyendecker
Husband of Mary Leyendecker and Maria Magdalena Leyendecker
Father of Franz Joseph Leyendecker; Anna Maria Leyendecker; John Zefrus Leyendecker; Mathias Jacob Leyendecker; John Charles(Carl) Leyendecker and 1 other
Brother of Christian Christianus Leyendecker; Maria Elisabeth Fuchs; Anna Maria Leyendecker; Anna Margaretha Leyendecker and Anna Katharina Metzger

Occupation: Schoolteacher / Farmer
Managed by: Abou Elyas
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About Johann “John” Leyendecker

"John Leyendecker" <John.Leyendecker@teexmail.tamu.edu> sent corrections: Former School Teacher in Germany He participated in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 Conducted the first school in Fredericksburg Served as Gillespie County's first Treasurer.

John LEYENDECKER was born on 12 Oct 1794 in Kadenbach, HN, Preussen, Germany. He died on 19 Jun 1876 and is interred in Saint Mary Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Texas A 12 01.

A former School Teacher in Germany, he participated in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

Conducted the first school in Fredericksburg through Saint Mary's Catholic Church.

Served as Gillespie Countie's first Treasurer. Also served for a short time as Justice of the Peace.

He was married to Maria Magdalena ZIRVAS on 18 May 1825. Maria Magdalena ZIRVAS1 was born on 19 Jun 1804 in Niederelbert. She died on 2 Jul 1873 in Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, Texas. She is interred in St Mary's Pioneer Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Texas. John LEYENDECKER and Maria Magdalena ZIRVAS had the following children:

i. Anna Maria LEYENDECKER1 was born in 1826.
ii. John Zefrus LEYENDECKER.
iii. Franz Joseph LEYENDECKER.
iv. Mathias Jacob LEYENDECKER.
v. John Carl LEYENDECKER.
vi. Maria Magdalina LEYENDECKER.

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Johann “John” Leyendecker's Timeline

1794
October 12, 1794
Kadenbach, Nassau (HE DE), Holy Roman Empire
1826
1826
1827
September 10, 1827
Ötzingen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
1829
December 21, 1829
Kadenbach, Duchy of Nassau (RP DE)
1835
January 12, 1835
1837
June 25, 1837
Nassau, Germany
1846
1846
1876
June 19, 1876
Age 81
Fredericksburg, Gillespie, TX, United States