What beautiful handwriting--art itself! A moment in history, November 23, 1893, Harris County, Texas. My great-great grandfather, August Fuchs, signed the marriage certificate for his son Louis (b. 1873) and Kate Rinkel (b. 1874), certifying that they were "of age". My mother, (Tena Elizabeth Fuchs Hollis), told me many times that 3 Fuchs brothers married 3 Rinkel sisters. This is 1 of the 3 pairs. My great-great grandfather, August, was born in 1830 in Germany/Prussia and came to Texas with his family as a young man in 1853, arriving in the Port of Galveston. His is one of four known graves in the historic Fuchs cemetery, located in northwest Houston (Harris County). This small cemetery, completely surrounded by neighborhood homes, became known to a Fuchs family member a few years ago. "Fuchs Cemetery is one of several family cemeteries that existed in the White Oak Bayou (also known as Rosslyn) community of NW Houston. It is located on the land once owned by German immigrants, August and Christiane Fuchs. The only known use was between 1908 to 1914." (from find a grave dot com). Fuchs cemetery was designated as a Texas Historic Cemetery on March 11, 2015.
From Texas State Historical Assn, Handbook of Texas:
"Rosslyn Texas - Rosslyn, also known as White Oak, was a rural German community west of White Oak Bayou on what was then the western edge of Houston in west central Harris County. In the 1880s it had a population of 300. A post office was established in 1911 and discontinued in 1917, when mail was delivered from North Houston. In 1936 the community was listed on state highway maps. By 1982 Houston had grown around the two abandoned railroad stations that marked the site."
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