Lillian Parks Steele (1906-2003) was the daughter of Lillie Augusta Schwab and James Henry Parks. She worked to piece together her family history from the arrival of Valentine Hoch and James H. Schwab in Texas from Germany to her contemporary peers.

This collection has a variety of papers in relation to the lineage of Lillian Parks Steele, specifically the Schwabs and the Hochs. The papers include land documents and legal documents of the earliest immigrants in her family history, papers “in the matter of Josie Schwab,” bills, checks and receipts, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and notes and a book draft written by Steele. There is also one folder that contains photographs and prints of various family members as well as one of the original Hoch home.

Box.Folder

1.1 Land Documents, 1845, 1850, 1872, 1874

1999 photocopy of 1874 land grant to Valentin Hoch

1979 negative copy of 187u land survey of Hoch’s land in Comanche County

1979 negative and positive copy immigration contract with Hoch’s signature from 1845

1979 negative and positive copy of “Certificate 133” land promise to Valentine Hoch from 1851

Typed transcription of above

1.2 Assorted Legal Documents, 1856,1907

Release of land agreement, C.W. Ordner to J.L. Mamerow in Lavaca County, 1907

Stuck to above: county clerk receipt

James H. Schwab and Mary Magdalina Hoch marriage certificate, 1856

1.3 From “In the Matter of Josie Schwab” Envelope (1 of 2), 1895-1896, 1906-1907

Note from E.H. Schwab to Price & Green with check from J.S. Schwab to Cunningham

Note from E.H. Schwab on Price & Green stationary

Bill of sale to J.S. Schwab for land in Yoakum

Note to Ramsey for payment from H.W. Armstrong

Memo of sale

Empty envelope addressed to Price & Green

Two notes by E.T. Clark to Mrs. Price and Green with one envelope

Application of C.T. Schwab for guardianship of Josie Schwab

Probate Bill of Costs for E.T. Clark

Petition for examination of Ida Clark’s estate by E.T. Clark

Notes on Ida Clark’s estate

Attorney’s statements on E.T. Clark’s case

Statements of distribution of Ida Clark’s estate to Mary A. Schwab

Appraisal of estate of Josie Schwab

Note to Price & Green regarding sale pertinent to Josie Schwab

Note of sale of Josie Schwab’s land

1.4 From “In the Matter of Josie Schwab” Envelope (2 of 2), 1908, 1913-1915, 1925

Unsigned note to Mr. E.T. Clark about monetary transactions regarding Josie Schwab

Application in estate of Josie Schwab by Mary Schwab regarding land purchase

Various empty envelopes

Probate Bill of Costs for Josie Schwab

Loose sheet of court document

Certificate of land ownership to jose (Schwab) Powell

Various tax receipts

Check to tax collector from G.T. Powell

Note to Mr. Gentry Powell regarding Jose, from Aunt Ada

Undated note of expenses

1.5 Assorted Documents in Relation to Josie Schwab, 1905-1908, 1910, 1914

Application for guardianship of Josie Schwab by E.T. Clark

Grant of guardianship of Edwin T. Clark Jr. to E.T. Clark

Multiple Probate Bill of Costs for estate of Josie Schwab

Legal complaint against E.T. Clark by Mary A. Schwab

Packet of legal papers in name of Mary A. Schwab

Receipt from Price & Green for legal services to Mary A. Schwab

Discharge of guardianship for Mary A. Schwab over Josie Schwab

Two notes from lawyer to G.T. Powell

1.6 Bills, Checks, and Receipts (1 of 2), 1895, 1898, 1903-1907

Receipt for marble monument purchased by Ida Schwab

Note to Price & Green from Baker

Check to J.W. Armstrong from Mrs. Ida Schwab

Notes on the matter of Ida Schwab’s payment

Receipt from grocery for J.D. Schwab attached to postcard of Schwab home

Receipt of $100 from Ida Schwab to C.T. Schwab

Receipt of $100 from Ida Schwab to Price & Green with attached note

Statement of sale

Note from M.G. Remsey on account of Ida Schwab

Checks to L.H. Schwab

Check to Baker from Ida Schwab with note from Price & Green

Packet of 12 checks from Ida Schwab

Land survey

Tax receipts, city of Yoakum

Notes about land in estate of Ida Clark

Final financial statement, expenses for Clarks

Note to Price from E.T. Clark

Notes and check to Price and Green

Note from Price and Green about estate of Edwin T. Clark Jr.

“List of conveyances” with envelope addressed to Ida Clark, deceased

1.7 Bills, Checks, and Receipts (2 of 2), 1913, 1917-1921, 1923

Various tax receipts

Note to G.T. Powell from Steve Bennett

Certificate of REdemption for Schwab

Redemption receipt for G.T. Powell

Expenses

2.1 Photos, Prints, and Portraits, n.d., 1954

Envelope containing image of Hoch home

Large unidentified portrait, print (likely Valentine Hoch)

Portrait of Martha Schwab Cunningham and baby

Portrait of “Charlie Schwab’s Children”

Portrait of Leonard Schwab

Two unidentified portraits

Portrait of Josie Schwab as infant

Portrait of family of Theodore Hoch and Molly Schwab

Photograph of Lydia Augusta Fell Zintgraff

Print of drawn portrait of Mollie Hoch Clark

Print of drawn portrait of “Clark”

Photographic print of Christopher Fell

Print of drawn portrait of Christopher Fell

Portrait of Molly Cunningham Schwab

Small portrait of “Aunt Martha”

Small portrait of “Aunt Rose Bellamy” (with note from Joan Parks)

Portrait of Theodore William Hoch (with note)

2.2 Correspondence (1 of 2),1881-1882, 1895, 1905, 1907-1908, n.d.

Letter from Martha Schwab to J.W. Schwab about smallpox

Table of expenses

Letters from J.P. Baker to Price & Green

Letter from Kempner to Price & Green

Letter from Morgan

Letter from C.T. Schwab to Dan T. Price about Josie Schwab

Letter from C.T. Schwab to Mary Schwab about Josie Schwab

Letter from E.T. Clark to Price & Green

Letter to J.S. Schwab

Note to John Buchanan from Price & Green about recording fees

Note from Dan Price to T.J. Kennedy about fees

Note from T.J. Kennedy to Dan Price about payment

Various envelopes

2.3 Correspondence (2 of 2), 1959, 1977, 1979, 1982, n.d.

Note “to the descendants of Valentine Hoch”

Note from Gentry Powell to Lillian steel

Invitation to 1979 Hoch/Flemming/McCullough/Schwab reunion

Note from Edgar J. Poth to Lillian Steele

Envelope addressed to Lillian Steele from D. Hoch

Pages addressed “Dear Mark” from Ann Morgan

2.4 Newspaper Clippings, 1931, 1936, 1959, 1977, 1978, 1999, 2003, n.d.

Various news clippings (mostly death and funeral announcements)

Funeral notice for Martha Cunningham

Christmas card signed “Jerri and John”

Birth announcement card, Lauren Elizabeth

James H. Schwab printout from “Family Tree Maker”

Valentine printout from “Family Tree Maker”

2.5 Book Drafts and Research Notes by Lillian Parks Steele, n.d.

Schwab lineage papers

Hoch-Schwab lineage research by Elmo Schwab

Genealogy notes

Draft of chapter on James H. Schwab

Photocopy of Texas and Texans pg. 1703

Draft of chapter on Homesite

Translation of church records about Hoch family

Drafts of several chapters and preface

Draft of chapter on “Hochheim and Madallion”

Folder containing several draft sheets, acknowledgements section, and unsigned letter

2.6 Publications, 1955, 1992

Hochheim Prairie Mutual Fire and Storm Insurance Association Reporter, vol. 1

Hochheim Prairie Farm Mutual Insurance Association “A Century of Service”