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Friedrich Christop Heinrich Kensing 1855 - 1925

Friedrich Christop Heinrich Kensing was born on May 8, 1855 at Honey Creek in Gillespie County, Texas United States to Johann Friedrich Heinrich Kensing and Hanne Justine Wilhelmine Sophia Louisa (Borchers) Kensing, and had siblings Heinrich Friedrich Ludwig Kensing, Dorothe Friederike Kensing, Heinrich Friedrich Karl Kensing, and Christine Justine Louise Charlotte (Kensing) Braeutigam. He married Mathilde (Lemburg) Kensing on June 1, 1873, and they were married until Friedrich's death on March 7, 1925. He had children Auguste Bertha (Kensing) Donop, Emma Wilhelmina (Kensing) Metzger, Marichen (Kensing) Worley, Alfred William Kensing, Thekla Clara (Kensing) King, and Benjamin August Kensing. Friedrich Kensing was buried at Crosby Cemetery in Mason, Mason County.

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    On 20 January 1846, brig Gerhard Hermann arrived at Galveston. Among its passengers, were Johann Friedrich Heinrich Kensing of of Bad Münder am Deister, Hameln-Pyrmont, Lower Saxony, Germany, and Hanne Justine Wilhelmine Sophia Louise Borchers of Lüttringhausen, Kingdom of Hannover, Prussia. They left Bremen on 13 November 1845 and traveled for a few months. Heinrich (Johann Friedrich Heinrich) Kensing, his wife Johanne (Hanne Justine Wilhelmine Sophia Louise Borchers), Heinrich's brother Karl and their sister youngest Christine Kensing left for Fredericksburg. At first, the young couple lived not far from the town. On 19 July 1848, Henry was granted 640 acres of land (Fisher-Miller grant) north of the Llano River. He worked as a blacksmith. They moved again, when Henry obtained 160 acres of land in Mason County. He was both a farmer and a blacksmith. On 26 July 1865, Henry and Johanna were coming back home from a visit at their relatives who lived at Beaver Creek. When the couple passed the hill called "Platt Kopf" (Flat Head) on the southern part of Mason County, the Comanches attacked them. Henry was scalped and killed instantly. Johanna (who was pregnant then) was drugged away from her spouse's body and cruelly assaulted, her body was horribly mutilated, she was also scalped and shot with an arrow. Johanna was found, still alive, a few hours later. She was attended by the family of Konrad Welge. sadly, the lady passed away two days after the incident. Henry, Johanna, and their baby were buried on the land which belonged to Mr. Karl Kensing, Heinrich's brother. Friedrich Christop Heinrich Kensing was the sole surviving male heir of Johann Friedrich Heinrich Kensing and Hanne Justine Wilhelmine Sophia Louise (Johanne) Borchers.
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In 1855, in the year that Friedrich Christop Heinrich Kensing was born, on March 3rd, Congress appropriated $30,000 to create the U.S. Camel Corps. The idea was to use camels as pack animals in the Southwest and 34 camels were bought. But the Army wasn't enthusiastic about the idea and after the Civil War the Camel Corps was entirely abandoned.
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In 1877, by the time he was 22 years old, on November 21st, Thomas Edison announced his new invention - the phonograph. Recording sound was considered to be Edison's first great invention. On November 29th, he demonstrated the phonograph for the public.
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Kensing, Cecelia (Nov 7, 1893 - Nov 27, 1994) Kensing, Alvina (Sep 4, 1900 - Oct 1981) Kensing, Susan (Mar 8, 1901 - Dec 1981) Kensing, Alfred (Dec 9, 1903 - Apr 22, 1996) Kensing, Elsie (Dec 5, 1906 - Nov 1986) Kensing, Ufa (Nov 27, 1909 - Jun 16, 1995) Kensing, Mary (Sep 11, 1936 - Feb 23, 2009) Kensing, Ruth (Jan 11, 1903 - Oct 1985) Kensing, Meta (Feb 12, 1908 - Aug 11, 1990) Kensing, Monroe (Dec 3, 1909 - May 15, 1995)
Kensing, Betty (Feb 18, 1932 - Jul 9, 2007) Kensing, Buford (Nov 12, 1925 - Apr 12, 2010) Kensing, Wilburn (Mar 26, 1931 - Jun 15, 1995) Kensing, Goldie (Jun 22, 1916 - Apr 2, 2006) Kensing, Pollie (Jan 26, 1901 - May 15, 1970) Kensing, Anna (Jun 14, 1891 - Jun 14, 1988) Kensing, Jean (Apr 30, 1922 - Nov 22, 2000) Kensing, Lee Roy (Sep 24, 1927 - Mar 3, 2005) Kensing, Ida (Aug 21, 1894 - Nov 19, 1981) Kensing, Kenneth (Feb 12, 1926 - Sep 1993)
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