Joseph Mayerhofer
1808 - 1849 (40 years)Person ID: I15907 | Last Modified: 27 Sep 2025
1812 - 1847 (35 years)-
Name Joseph Mayerhofer Gender Male Birth 8 Feb 1808 Helmhof, Baden, Germany 
Died 1849 Indianola, Calhoun County, Texas, USA -
Family
Wife Eva Elizabeth Hoenig (ID:I15908)
b. 1812, Rohrbach, Baden, Germany
d. 6 Feb 1847, Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA (Age 35 years)
Children + 1. Valdeen Hoenig Mahavier (ID:I15839)
b. 12 May 1829, Baden, Germany
d. 1887, Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA (Age 57 years)2. Antone Mahavier (ID:I15910)
b. Yes, date unknown
d. Yes, date unknown3. Joseph Mahavier, Jr. (ID:I15911)
b. Yes, date unknown
d. Yes, date unknown4. Adam Mahavier (ID:I15909)
b. Yes, date unknown
d. Yes, date unknown -
Other Personal Events
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Event Map
Birth - 8 Feb 1808 - Helmhof, Baden, Germany 
Died - 1849 - Indianola, Calhoun County, Texas, USA = Link to Google Earth 
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Source Citations
- [S14] Other Sites, https://usgenwebsites.org/TXMatagorda/family_mahavier.htm.
The original name of this family from Baden, Germany, was Mayerhofer. Joseph Mayerhofer and his wife, Eva, brought their four sons and two daughters to the Republic of Texas in 1845. The wife, Eva Elizabeth, died in Matagorda on February 7, 1847; the husband, Joseph, died in Indianola in 1849. The children were taken into homes in Matagorda where they worked and learned a trade for their keep.
