George Christilles Sr. & Josephine Meyer (Faustina's Paternal Great Grandparents)

George Christilles Sr. & Josephine Meyer (Faustina's Paternal Great Grandparents)

Back Row: Sabastian Christilles, George Christilles, Joseph Bader III,  Blas Christilles

Middle Row: Andrew M. Christilles, George Christilles II, Josephine Meyer, Mary Ann Bader. 

Front Row: Catherine Christilles, Louis Christilles, Ottilia Christilles

George Christilles Sr.

Birth: 1836 Lampertsloch, Bas Rhin, Alsace, France

Death: 5 March 1903 Castroville, Medina, Texas, USA

Buried: 6 March 1903 St. Louis Cemetery, Castroville, Medina, Texas

Married: 23 October 1857 Medina, Texas, USA

The Christilles Family lived in the Francisco Perez Creek area, southwest of Castroville. The people of this small community engaged a teacher for their children. His name was Mr. Mulkey, in German it was von Moltke. Mr. Mulkey lived with the Christilles family. The boys slept in the attic with Mr. Mulkey and all but George Jr. contracted tuberculosis from him.

Josephine Meyer

Birth: 15 December 1836

Death: 2 April 1898 Medina, Texas, USA

1st Husband: Joseph Bader II

                        Birth: 

                        Death: 1856

Jospeh Bader, Jr. came to Castroville as a young man of 11 years, with his father and sister, Mary Ann, from Witt-lesheim, Alsace-Lorraine in 1844. His mother, sister (Theresa), and brother (Sebastian) immigrated a year later.

Parents of Josephine Meyer:

Blaise Joseph Meyer

B: Oberentzen, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France

D: 9 April 1836 Oberentzen, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France

M: Catherine Haby 13 April 1823

       B: 2 March 1805 Oberentzen, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France

       D: 16 July 1844 San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA

     Catherine Haby, Josephine's mother, boarded the ship to America as a widow with 3 children. She traveled by ship with the Gizelle family. She was pregnant and lost her baby girl at sea. She died of grief once she got to America and was buried at Indianola, TX.  The orphaned children, Josephine and her two brothers, went to the Haby relatives but they couldn’t take care of them so a Mexican family took them in. The boys were raised by the Mexicans, but a Rev. Dubuis saw Josephine with a Mexican family and thought she should be in town so he took her in as his housekeeper.  As soon as she was old enough he married her off to Joe Bader.

         Her first husband, Joe Bader, was an older man who was rough around the edges. He was shot off his horse and killed by another settler in a disagreement. Her 2^nd husband was George Christilles Sr. She had two children with her first husband and then had nine more with George. They lived on a ranch. George Christilles Jr. was Faustina’s great-grandpa. Source: Verbal Account dictated to Frances Sharp Bailey by Faustina Christilles Sharp, September 23, 2009 and the Medina County History.

Children to Joseph Bader II and Josephine:

1) Mary Ann Bader

Birth: 22 February, 1854

Death: 25 February, 1929 (her grandmother, Mary Schott Bader was killed by a wild hog)

Married: John (George) Braun 1873

                 Birth: 25 October, 1837

                 Death: 28 October, 1926

2) Joseph F. Bader III

Birth: 1856

Death:

Married: Catherine Schmitt 1878 (her parents were Joseph and Catherine Klein Schmitt, who immigrated here from Oberentzen)

Children to George Sr. and Josephine:

1) George Christilles Jr.

Birth: 4 July 1858 , Medina, Texas, USA

Death: 20 April 1940 Buried in La Coste

Married: Mary Marty 14 September 1886 , Medina, Texas, USA
                 Birth: 5 December 1863 ,, Texas, USA

                 Death: 19 January 1956 Castroville, Medina, Texas, USA

Children to George and Mary: Paul Frank, Daniel Joseph, & Franz Michael Christilles

2) Jacob Christilles

Birth: 1859

Death: 1859 (died in Infancy) Castroville, Medina, Texas, USA

3) Louis Christilles I

Birth: 1891

Death: 1928 Buried in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA

4) Blas Christilles

Birth: 1862

Death: 1889 Buried in Castroville, Medina, Texas, USA

5) Andrew Michael Christilles

Birth: 1865

Death: 1914 Buried in Castroville, Medina, Texas, USA

6) Ottilia Christilles

Birth: 1866 Medina, Bandera, Texas, USA

Death: 1896

Married: William Cooner Buried in Hondo, Medina, Texas, USA

7) Sabastian Christilles

Birth: 1870 Castroville, Medina, Texas, USA

Death: 30 September 1909 Castroville, Medina, Texas, USA

8) Catherine (Katie) Christilles

Birth: 1872

Death: 1953 Buried in Devine

Married: Joe Schmidt 12 September, 1893

9) Joseph Christilles

Birth: 1874

Death: 1874 (Died in Infancy) Buried in Castroville, Medina, Texas, USA

Source: Medina County History