Heinrich Boerner was born in Hanover, Germany on November 21, 1826, and came to Texas in 1850. Other members of the family followed. Heinrich was first located at Horton Town, near New Braunfels, where he remained for six years engaged in farming. He later moved to his present home near Comfort.
His father, Ludwig Anton Henry Boerner came from Germany to Texas in 1854, and lived at New Braunfels, where he died in 1886, at ninety-three years of age.
Heinrich had one brother in Texas, who was killed by the Indians in the historic Nueces Massacre. His name appears on the monument erected to the memory of the victims at Comfort, where their remains were interred. Mr. Boerner has one brother in Germany and two married sisters in Texas. He was married January 11, 1852 to Miss Caroline Schultz in Guadalupe County, Texas. They have six children : Johanna, now Mrs. Joseph Keiner of Comfort; Frederick, Minnie, Lena, Augusta and Dora. He served in the Home Guards during the late war. Mr. Boerner is one of Comfort's most highly esteemed citizens and prosperous farmers.
Excerpts from Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, by John Henry Brown, Published by L. E. Daniell, Austin, Texas, 1880
His father, Ludwig Anton Henry Boerner came from Germany to Texas in 1854, and lived at New Braunfels, where he died in 1886, at ninety-three years of age.
Heinrich had one brother in Texas, who was killed by the Indians in the historic Nueces Massacre. His name appears on the monument erected to the memory of the victims at Comfort, where their remains were interred. Mr. Boerner has one brother in Germany and two married sisters in Texas. He was married January 11, 1852 to Miss Caroline Schultz in Guadalupe County, Texas. They have six children : Johanna, now Mrs. Joseph Keiner of Comfort; Frederick, Minnie, Lena, Augusta and Dora. He served in the Home Guards during the late war. Mr. Boerner is one of Comfort's most highly esteemed citizens and prosperous farmers.
Excerpts from Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, by John Henry Brown, Published by L. E. Daniell, Austin, Texas, 1880
Heinrich Boerner was born in Hanover, Germany on November 21, 1826, and came to Texas in 1850. Other members of the family followed. Heinrich was first located at Horton Town, near New Braunfels, where he remained for six years engaged in farming. He later moved to his present home near Comfort.
His father, Ludwig Anton Henry Boerner came from Germany to Texas in 1854, and lived at New Braunfels, where he died in 1886, at ninety-three years of age.
Heinrich had one brother in Texas, who was killed by the Indians in the historic Nueces Massacre. His name appears on the monument erected to the memory of the victims at Comfort, where their remains were interred. Mr. Boerner has one brother in Germany and two married sisters in Texas. He was married January 11, 1852 to Miss Caroline Schultz in Guadalupe County, Texas. They have six children : Johanna, now Mrs. Joseph Keiner of Comfort; Frederick, Minnie, Lena, Augusta and Dora. He served in the Home Guards during the late war. Mr. Boerner is one of Comfort's most highly esteemed citizens and prosperous farmers.
Excerpts from Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, by John Henry Brown, Published by L. E. Daniell, Austin, Texas, 1880
His father, Ludwig Anton Henry Boerner came from Germany to Texas in 1854, and lived at New Braunfels, where he died in 1886, at ninety-three years of age.
Heinrich had one brother in Texas, who was killed by the Indians in the historic Nueces Massacre. His name appears on the monument erected to the memory of the victims at Comfort, where their remains were interred. Mr. Boerner has one brother in Germany and two married sisters in Texas. He was married January 11, 1852 to Miss Caroline Schultz in Guadalupe County, Texas. They have six children : Johanna, now Mrs. Joseph Keiner of Comfort; Frederick, Minnie, Lena, Augusta and Dora. He served in the Home Guards during the late war. Mr. Boerner is one of Comfort's most highly esteemed citizens and prosperous farmers.
Excerpts from Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, by John Henry Brown, Published by L. E. Daniell, Austin, Texas, 1880
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