The Eckhart Name in Yorktown and Elsewhere. (original) (raw)

INA wanted a relationship chart.�Of course, Don wasn't related to anybody.�Hugo was from a�family of Eckhardts that came to South Texas from Russia in 1905.�Mrs. Barth, who ran Barth's Restaurant in Kenedy, was also from that family.�My grandfather Eckhardt was originally from New Orleans.�He moved to Texas in 1901.�Mrs. Braun & Dr. Eckhardt were either 2nd or 3rd cousins.�The officer was a 4th or 5th cousin to them.� Those three were all descended from a Charles (originally Karl) Frederick Eckhardt--which is my name--who landed at Powderhorn (Indianola) in 1825 and, with John York, founded Yorktown.

I am related to the Eckhardts of Yorktownand the Hill Country, but way back in Germany.�The 'Frederick'�in given names has been traditional in both lines since the 1700s, when we had a common ancestor who was a secretary to Frederick the Great.�The traditional given names for boys in our line and in the Yorktown line--are Karl (Charles), Georg (George), Frederick, Artur (Arthur), Wilhelm (William), & Josef.�However, when my grandfather came to the Austinarea, he had no idea there were any Eckhardts any closer than New Orleans.�He even pronounced the name 'Eckert,' and the family in Louisiana still does.�However, there is a family of Eckerts, also from the Fredericksburgarea, and he found his name was being pronounced 'Eck-heart,' so we changed the pronunciation.