Talk:Dewees, Texas

Whose house
The name Claribel Dewees Remschel might be either Claribel Dewees (1887–1968) who married Robert Henry Remschel (1885–1965), or their daughter Claribel Remschel (1908–1995) who married Elmer Chauncey Deering (1895–1990). The latter might have had middle name Dewees?

The most detailed info on the house, with names and dates, is this PDF from wilsoncountyhistory.org. It's confusing, to say the least. Datewise, the name Claribel Remschel Deering makes more sense than her mother's name Claribel Dewees Remschel as the person who moved the house to Dewees and lived in it and died and left it to the historical society. She's the person for whom the CLARIBEL R DEERING CHARITABLE INCOME TRUST is named, with mission: "PROVIDE SUPPORT TO WILSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND TO THE CITY OF KERRVILLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE CLARIBEL R. DEERING PARK AND MUSEUM AND THE HISTORY CENTER, RESPECTIVELY." Maybe the historical society changed the name to her mother's, to better match the place name?

Maybe I can find someone there to ask... In the meantime, I'll leave it with the sourced name, which is either ambiguous or wrong. Dicklyon (talk) 04:06, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

The Knox to Remschel ancestors:
 * Dr. Robert Taggart Knox (who built the house) (1832–1898) m. 1860 Catherine Thorn Blake
 * Mattie May Knox m. c. 1885 Henry Richard Remschel 1860–1938
 * Robert Henry Remschel 1885–1965

The Dewees ancestors:
 * Thomas Dewees 1799–1864 m. America Oatman 1807–1888
 * Thomas Dewees 1843–1905 m. Kate Ham 1854–1924
 * Claribel Dewees 1887–1968

They come together:
 * Claribel Dewees 1887–1968 m. Robert Henry Remschel 1885–1965
 * Claribel Remschel Deering 1908–1995

The gin photo
Old Schneider's Gin photo says date unknown. I marked it circa 1975 because of the 1974–76 Cadillac Coupe de Ville rear end visible at the left of the picture. Dicklyon (talk) 06:48, 21 December 2019 (UTC)