Texas Family Group Sheet for the PHILIPSON, Sigmund Family *********************************************** Copyright Nancy R Christensen. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Nancy R Christensen Email address: Husband: PHILIPSON, Sigmund Birthdate: July 1853 Birthplace: Posen, Prussia Death date: Sept 1904 Place of death: Travis County, Texas Burial: Beth Israel Cemetery, Austin, Texas Father: Mother: Marriage date: Sept 14, 1878 Marriage place: Gonzales, Gonzales, Texas Wife: FRANK, Rosa Birthdate: 12 July 1891 Birthplace: Henrietta, Texas Death date: Place of death: Burial: Beth Israel Cemetery, Austin, Texas Father: Aaron FRANK Mother: Sophia DEUTCH CHILDREN Child No. 1: Bernard F PHILIPSON Sex: M Birthdate: July 1885 Birthplace: Texas Death date: Before 1951 Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 2: Rachel Violet PHILIPSON Sex: F Birthdate: Nov 1886 Birthplace: Texas Death date: Before March 1951 Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Leo E NEY Child No. 3: Herman Aaron PHILIPSON Sex: M Birthdate: 29 April 1888 Birthplace: Texas Death date: 25 March 1956 Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: 9 April 1911 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Minerva "Evie" LEVINE Child No. 4: Minnie Marguerite PHILIPSON Sex: F Birthdate: Sept 1891 Birthplace: Texas Death date: Befoer March 1951 Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: A.D. ROBERTSON Child No. 5: Marie Louise PHILIPSON Sex: F Birthdate: MArch 1896 Birthplace: Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: Burial: Marriage place: Spouse's name: J.N. DOUGAN Documentation: Immigrated to US in 1867 at the age of 14. Settled in Gonzales, Gonzales, Texas. 1870 Census, Gonzales Texas. Moved to Austin, Texas by 1878, went back to Gonzales to marry Rosa Frank. 1880 Census, Austin, Texas (Sam Philipson) is listed as a merchant. 1900 Census, Austin, Texas lists him as a tobacco merchant. Listed in the Autin Phone Directory. Retired, moved to Cameron, Texas. Committed suicide by shooting himself mid-Sept, 1904 (Cameron Herald, Sept 15).