Rudolph Fredrick BINDEWALD Sr and Catherine Ruth DIERLAM

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Husband Rudolph Fredrick BINDEWALD Sr ⁶

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            AKA: Rudolph Fredick BINDEWALD  37
           Born: 14 Apr 1819 - Egenbrod, Hesse-Darmstadt, Ger 37
       Baptized: 
           Died: 2 Jun 1852 - Seadrift, Calhoun, TX, USA 6,37,40
         Buried: 

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         Father: BINDEWALD (      -      ) 6
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: Abt 1837 37

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Noted events in his life were:

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• Alt Birth: 14 Apr 1819, Engebrod, , Hesse-Darmstadt. ⁶

• Immigration: Dec 1845, Indianola, Calhoun, TX. ⁶

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Wife Catherine Ruth DIERLAM ^6,37

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           Born: Abt 1816 6,37
       Baptized: 
           Died: Nov 1861 6,37
         Buried: 

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         Father: Johann Christopher DIERLAM (1770-1840) 37
         Mother: Mary (1780-      ) 6,37

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   Other Spouse: Louis John FOESTER (1828-1894) 6,34,35,37 - 3 May 1858 - Seadrift, Calhoun, TX, USA 6,37,40

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Noted events in their marriage were:

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• Alt Marriage: Between 1845 and 1850.

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Children

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1 M Rudolph BINDEWALD Jr ⁶

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           Born: 7 May 1851 - Long Mott, Calhoun, TX 6
       Baptized: 
           Died:  - 19 Oct 1923 6
         Buried: After 19 Oct 1923 - Bindewald Cem., Seadrift, Calhoun, TX 6,38

         Spouse: Emma Christina CLOUDT (1854-1935) 6
           Marr: 14 Apr 1875 - Indianola-Port Lavaca, Calhoun, TX 6

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General Notes (Husband)

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Shifting Sands of Calhoun County:
Rudolph was from Engebrod Hesse and a member of the Fisher-Miller colony. He married Catherine Dierlam, also a member of the Colony. He bought land in the Seadrift area, where his only son, Rudolph, was born on March 7, 1851.
Though deaths and estate divisions have decimated the original ranch, the old homestead is the residence and property of Milton Bertlow Bindewald in Seadrift. Children of George, William and Lula Bindewald have portions of Rudolph's property and some still reside in the area.
Rudolph Fredrick Bindewald's immigration contract with the Republic of Texas and Varin ( Society for Protection of Immigrants to Texas) was found in its original copy in the General Land Office Archives, Austin, Texas. Also found was a certificate for 640 acres of land to Rudolph Bindewald as a certified member of the Fisher-Miller Colony and that he was introduced into Texas before the first day of Sept.1846, by the German Immigration Company.
Brownson Malsch's book, Indianola - Mother Of Western Texas, states that Rudolph Bindewald was elected Justice of the Peace in 1846 for Precinct # 2 ( Indianola), but failed to qualify because he joined the Mexican War as First Lieutenant in August Buchel's Company of volunteers to the Mexican War. by George E. ( Bob ) Bindewald.

Original owner and builder of the Bindewald Ranch, which is still in existence in 2002. ^6,34,35,40

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General Notes (Wife)

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Member of the Fisher-Miller colony. ^6,34

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General Notes for Child Rudolph BINDEWALD Jr

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In 1851 his father died and 1861 his mother died leaving young Rudolph to be reared by his stepfather, Mr. Foester. With his inheritance, Rudolph Bindewald began ranching and farming at an early age.

Long Mott later called Seadrift.

Build new ranch in 1912 and moved family there in 1913. ^6,34,40,138