When Wilhelm Tessmer Sr. was born on 30 November 1835, in Flatow, West Prussia, Prussia, Germany, his father, Michael Tessmer, was 41 and his mother, Marie Elisabeth Ziemer, was 33. He married Auguste Müller on 15 November 1863, in Zempelburg, Flatow, West Prussia, Prussia, Germany. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in New Auburn Township, Sibley, Minnesota, United States for about 5 years. He died on 30 June 1902, in New Auburn, Sibley, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in New Auburn Township, Sibley, Minnesota, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Historical Boundaries 1849: Minnesota Territory, United States 1858: Minnesota, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1855: Sibley, Minnesota Territory, United States 1858: Sibley, Minnesota, United States
German (of Slavic origin): from a Germanized form of the Old Sorbian or other Slavic personal name Tešimir or Těšimir, composed of the elements teš ‘to comfort, to console’ (see Tesch ) + mir ‘peace’.
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