Karen Claridge Walker

Rufus and Lily Karen Claridge Walker

First Place in the Books by Non-Professionals/Family History category of the Texas State Genealogical Society 2016 writing contest. Rufus and Lily, Vol. 2, continues the stories of Rufus Blandford and Lillian Burkhardt of Bexar County, Texas. Included in this volume are stories about Lily, her parents Ferdinand Burkhardt and Emma Kosub, her grandparents Fritz Burkhardt, Amalia Hoffmann, Thomas Kosub, and Maria Krawietz. Interwoven are stories of the founding of Schumannsville and St. Hedwig, Texas; and the trials and tribulations of German immigrants to Texas with the Adelsverein or League of Nobility. Lily's matrilineal heritage is traced back to 1670 in Silesia, Poland. Newly discovered information is included about the Burckhardt family in Creuzburg, Germany.