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Robert J. Kleberg.
German Texan from Westphalia and veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto
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About Robert J. Kleberg
Robert Justus Kleberg, christened Johan Christian Justus Robert Kleberg, was a German Texan from Herstelle, Westphalia, then part of the Kingdom of Prussia. He was a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto and the brother of Louis Kleberg. He arrived in Texas in 1836 with his wife Philippine Sophie Rosalie "Rosa" von Roeder, who was a child of the at one-time aristocratic von Roeder family, which was allied with the wealthy and aristocratic Sack family of Nordrhein Westphalia. Robert and Rosa had eleven children, seven of whom lived to adulthood; Clara, Johanna, Caroline, Rudolph, Marcellus, and Robert II.
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- farmer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- September 10, 1803
- Died
- October 23, 1888, October 30, 1888