Ancestry of Rip Torn

compiled by Robert Battle


The following material on the immediate ancestry of Rip Torn should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.

The primary contribution of the undersigned is to HTML-ize Mr. Battle's report.

Nikolai Scheuring provided some additions and corrections.





William Addams Reitwiesner

wargs@wargs.com


Ancestry of Rip Torn
1 Elmore Ruel ("Rip") Torn, actor, b. Temple, Tex., 6 Feb. 1931
PARENTS
2 Elmore Ruel Torn, agriculturalist, b. ... , Tex., 21 June 1906, d. Taylor, Tarrant Co., Tex., 2 April 1971 [SSDI 464-05-5695]
m. ... 25 June 1929
3 Thelma Mary Spacek, b. Granger, Williamson Co., Tex., 25 June 1908, d. Tarrant Co., Tex., 28 Dec. 1993 [SSDI 449-32-0012]
GRANDPARENTS
4 Rudolph Frank Torn, b. ... , Tex., 13 July 1877, d. ... [living 1930] [WWI draft registration]
m. ... [ca. 1901]
5 Otillie ("Tillie") Sarrazin, b. ... , Tex., ... Apr. 1882, d. ... [living 1930]
6 Arnold Adolph Spacek, b. Fayetteville, Tex., 16 Sept. 1886, d. Granger, Williamson Co., Tex., 28 Sept. 1952 [WWI draft registration]
m. Williamson Co., Tex., 17 Sept. 1907
7 Mary Cervenka, b. Granger, Williamson Co., Tex., 24 Feb. 1889, d. Granger, Williamson Co., Tex., 26 Sept. 1970
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
8 ... Torn, b. ... [Texas or Austria], d. ...
m.
9 ... , b. ... [Texas or Austria], d. ...
10 Arnold Sarrazin, b. ... [Texas or Germany], ... [ca. 1845], d. ... [before 1900]
m.
11 Wilhelmina ... , b. ... , Tex., ... Jan. 1854, d. ... [living 1920]
12 Frank John Spacek, b. Bordovice, Moravia [now Czech Republic], 13 Dec. 1853, d. ... [before June 1929]
m. Fayette Co., Tex., 16 Nov. 1875
13 Julia Anna Gloeckner, b. Neustadt, Germany, 2 Jan. 1854, d. Granger, Williamson Co., Tex., 14 June 1929
14 Josef Cervenka, b. Hukvaldy, Austria [later Czechoslovakia], 28 Feb. 1865, d. ... 11 Aug. 1943
m. Granger, Williamson Co., Tex., 2 Sept. 1884
15 Anna Machu, b. Senince Usti, Vsetin Valley, Moravia [now Czech Republic], 13 April 1865, d. Ballinger, Rummels Co., Tx., 26 Feb. 1937
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
20 Joseph Sarrazin/Sierson, b. near Paderborn, Westphalia, Prussia, ... 1809, d. ... [before 1860]
m. ... 1844
21 Auguste Louise Amalia Ploeger, b. ... 13 July 1819, bapt. Paderborn, Westphalia, Prussia, 25 July 1819 [IGI from FHL #582879] d. ... 1882
22 ... , b. Oldenburg, Germany, ... , d. ...
m.
23 ... , b. Oldenburg, Germany, ... , d. ...
24 Frank Spacek, b. ... , Moravia, ... [ca. 1816], d. Fayetteville, Tex., 19 March 1888
m.
25 Antonia ... , b. ... , Moravia, ... June 1832 d. ...
26 William Gloekner, b. ... , d. ... [before 1900]
m.
27 Johanna ... , b. ... , Austria, ... Feb. 1830, d. ...
30 Pavel Machu, b. ... , Moravia, ... Jan. 1834, d. ... [before Jan. 1920]
m. ... [ca. 1856]
31 Rozina Talica, b. ... , Moravia, 16 Nov. 1840, d. Granger, Williamson Co., Tex., 28 May 1920
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
42 Arnold Friedrich Ploeger, judicial official, b. ... , d. ...
m. Sankt Petri Evangelisch, Minden Stadt, Westphalia, Prussia, 14 June 1807
43 Ottilie Adolphine Charlotte Sack, bapt. Evangelisch, Holzhausen Minden, Westphalia, Prussia, 25 April 1791, d. Paderborn 28 Sept. 1878
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
86 Philipp Wilhelm Sack, Generalpächter, Leutnant, b. Hecklingen 22 Feb. 1734, d. Hausberge bei Minden 22 Dec. 1813
m. Evangelisch, Holzhausen Minden, Westphalia, Prussia, 7 July 1783
87 Ottilie Baumann, b. Büderich bei Wesel 5 July 1755, d. Hausberge 20 Aug. 1822
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
172 Friedrich Ernst Sack, Pastor, b. Harzgerode 17 Feb. 1676 d. Hecklingen 20 April 1763
m. Halberstadt 20 July 1717
173 Dorothea Lucanus, b. Halberstadt 22 Sept. 1695 d. Hecklingen 27 Feb. 1770
174 Anton Hermann Baumann, Schatzm. d. Schützengilde, b. Veen bei Xanten 12 Aug. 1709, d. Büderich 10 Aug. 1782
m.
175 Petronella Nadel, b. Büderich ... 1716, d. Büderich 24 Dec. 1755
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
344 Georg Sack, Kämmerer, Sattlermeister, b. Harzgerode 9 June 1642, d. Harzgerode 23 July 1703
m. Harzgerode 4 Feb. 1668
345 Catharina Magdalena Wolters, b. ... 1648, d. ...
346 Simon Heinrich Lucanus, Kgl. preuss. Reg. Sekretär, b. Detmold 5 May 1657, d. Halberstadt 6 Oct. 1737
m. ... 9 Nov. 1686
347 Eleonore Dorothea Kühne, b. ... 1671, d. Halberstadt 2 Aug. 1744
348 Theodor Baumann, Bauer, bapt. Veen bei Xanten 2 Apr. 1642, d. ...
m.
349 ... , b. ... , d. ...
7/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
688 Johann Heinrich Sack, Gemeinde u. Kirchenvorst, b. Nordhausen ... , d. Harzgerode 1 Feb. 1677
m. ... 1629
689 Maria Hartung, b. ... 1613, d. Harzgerode 3 June 1671
690 Daniel Wolters, b. ... , d. ...
m.
691 Maria Heve, b. ... , d. ...
692 Hermann Lucanus, Lic. Jur., Oberamtmann, b. Hersfeld 20 Oct. 1660, d. Detmold 29 Dec. 1661
m. ... 26 Nov. 1643
693 Clara Busch, b. ... 1616, d. Detmold 2 March 1683
694 August Christian Kühne, Kgl preuss Rgt Secretär, b. ... , d. Halberstadt ... 1710
m.
695 Dorothea Dücker, b. Halberstadt ... 1641, d. Halberstadt ...
8/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
1376 Hans Sack, Bürger, b. Nordhausen ... 1577, d. Harzgerode 27 April 1653
m.
1377 Anna Sack, b. ... 1568, d. Harzgerode 24 April 1654
1384 Lorenz Lucanus, Mag. phil. Stifts, Abteirat, b. Frankenberg, Schwaben, ... 1532, d. Hersfeld 1 Feb. 1617
m. ... 5 June 1592
1385 Anna Juliane Dietrich, b. ... 17 Dec. 1569, d. Detmold 4 July 1651
1386 Walther Busch, Gräf. lipp. Geh. Kanzleisecr., b. ... 1579, d. ... 1643
m.
1387 Agneta Hatzfeld, b. Sassenberg ... 1594, d. ... 1636
1388 Christian Kühne, Fürst. Amtmann zu Plötzkau, b. ... , d. Plötzkau ...
m.
1389 Elisabeth Paris, b. ... , d. ...
1390 Hans Dücker, Kaufmann, Senator, b. ... , d. Halberstadt ...
m.
1391 Catharina Rühling, b. ... , d. Halberstadt ...
9/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
2752 Heinrich Sack, Bürger, b. Nordhausen ... 1552, d. Nordhausen 15 June 1625
m.
2753 ... , b. ... , d. ...
2768 Johann Lauck, Ratsherr zu Frankenberg, b. ... , d. ... [after 1578]
m.
2769 Conradine Nettnagel, b. ... , d. ...
2770 Johann Dietrich, Rentamtmann, b. ... , d. ...
m.
2771 ... Gunst, b. ... , d. ...
2772 Georg Busch, Gräf. Amtmann, b. ... , d. Nassau ... 1622
m.
2773 Anna Arculavius, b. ... , d. ...
2774 Wilhelm Hatzfeld, Dr. Med., Stadtphysicus, b. Dillenberg ... 1553, d. Bremen ... 1613
m. before 1587
2775 Agnes Crispinus, b. ... , d. ...
2776 Martin Kühne, Auwald b. Kammergericht, b. ... , d. Berlin ... [after 1603]
m.
2777 ... , b. ... , d. ...
2778 Philip Paris, Kustos der Schule, b. ... , d. Dessau ...
m.
2779 ... , b. ... , d. ...
2780 Johann Dücker, Kaufmann, b. ... , d. Westersen/Bremen ...
m.
2781 ... , b. ... , d. ...
10/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
5504 Hans Sack, Messerschmidt, Bürgermeister, b. Nordhausen 23 March 1523, d. Nordhausen 19 April 1592
m.
5505 ... , b. ... , d. ...
5536 Henno Lauck, Woll u. Weinhändler, b. ... , d. ...
m.
5537 Anna Soldan, b. ... , d. ...
5538 ... Nettnagel, Ratsherr zu Frankenberg, b. ... , d. ...
m.
5539 ... , b. ... , d. ...
5542 Hermann Gunst, Bürgermeister zu Freisen, b. ... , d. ...
m.
5543 ... , b. ... , d. ...
5546 Daniel Arculavius, prof. Theolog., b. Cassel ... , d. Cassel 11 April 1596
m.
5547 ... , b. ... , d. ...
5548 Gottfried von Hatzfeld, Rentmeister zu Dillenberg, b. ... 1516, d. Dillenberg 22 March 1587
m. about 1542/3
5549 NN von Sexhelle, b. ... , d. ...
5550 Wernherus Crispinus, b. ... , d. ...
m. ... 1566
5551 Elisabeth von Waldeck, b. ... , d. ...
5576 Lambrecht Dücker, b. ... , d. ...
m.
5577 Isabella Otters, b. ... , d. ...
11/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
11008 Thomas Sack, Messerschmidt, Bürgermeister, b. Nordhausen 23 March 1484, d. Nordhausen 30 March 1547
m.
11009 Anna Rudolf, b. ... , d. ...
11074 Heinrich Soldan, Pfennigmeister, Bürgermeister, b. ... , d. Frankenberg, Sachsen, ... [ca. 1468]
m.
11075 ... , b. ... , d. ...
11092 Christof Schreiner, Bürger zu Cassel, b. ... , d. ...
m.
11093 ... , b. ... , d. ...
11096 Johann (von) Hatzfeldt, b. ... , d. ...
m.
11097 ... , b. ... , d. ...
11098 Dietrich von Sexhelle, b. ... , d. before 1555
m.
11099 ... , b. ... , d. ...
11102 Franz von Waldeck, Bishop of Münster, b. ... 1491, d. ... 1553
[non-marital liaison]
11103 Anna Polmann, b. ... , d. ...
12/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
22016 Heinrich Sack, hervorragender Bürger, b. ... [ca. 1455], d. Nordhausen ...
m.
22017 ... , b. ... , d. ...
22192 Heidenrich von Hatzfeldt, b. ... , d. ...
m.
22193 ... , b. ... , d. ...
22196 Friedrich von Sexhelle, b. ... , d. ...
m.
22197 ... , b. ... , d. ...
13/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
44384 Gottfried X von Hatzfeldt, b. ... , d. ... 1458
[non-marital liaison]
44385 [NN] , b. ... , d. ...
44392 Tilmann von Sexhelle, b. ... , d. ...
m.
44393 ... , b. ... , d. ...
14/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
15/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
16/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS








EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS







1930 - Tildon Hall, Washington, DC, e.d. 384, sheet 3a

Torn, Elmore R.  Head   M W 23 M 23   TX TX TX   Economist    U.S. Government
___, Thelma M.   Wife   F W 21 M 20   TX TX TX

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1930 - Taylor, Williamson Co., TX, e.d. 19, sheet 3b

Torn, Rudolph F.  Head   M W 53 M 26    TX Austria Austria    Merchant   Dry Goods
___, Osilee       Wife   F W 47 M 19    TX TX      TX
___, Rolland      Son    M W 13 S       TX TX      TX
(1 lodger)

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1930 - Granger, Williamson Co., TX, e.d. 7, sheet 11a

Spacek, Arnold A.   Head   M W 43 M 21   TX    Czech Germany       Ret. Vice President   Bank
___, Mary           Wife   F W 40 M 18   TX    Czech Czech
___, Edwin A.       Son    M W 19 S      TX    TX    TX
___, Clarence L.    Son    M W 17 S      TX    TX    TX
___, Rose Mae       Dau    F W 13 S      TX    TX    TX

(at bottom of page)

Cervenka, Frank     Head   M W 59 M 21   Czech Czech Czech   1883  Agent        Real estate
___, Rosa           Wife   F W 58 M 17   TX    Czech Czech
___, John           Son    M W 31 S      TX    Czech TX            Bookkeeper
___, Daniel         Son    M W 18 S      TX    Czech TX
___, Richard        Son    M W 16 S      TX    Czech TX

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1920 - Taylor, Williamson Co., TX, e.d. 170, sheet 8a

Sarrazin, Wilhemina    Head    F W 65 Wd    TX Germany Germany

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1910 - Justice Precinct 6, Williamson Co., TX, e.d. 128, sheet 32a

Torn, Rudolph         Head    M W 34 M1 8        TX TX  TX
___, Otillie          Wife    F W 28 M1 8 2 2    TX TX  TX
___, Elmore           Son     M W  4 S           TX TX  TX
___, Leonita          Dau     F W  2 S           TX TX  TX
Surrizen, Wilhemina   M-i-L   F W 56 Wd   7 5    TX Ger Ger

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1900 - Justice Beat 2, Fayette Co., TX, e.d. 33, sheet 15b

Sarrazin, Wilhelmina   Head   W F Jan 1854 46 Wd  7 5   TX Ger Ger
___, Tillie            Wife   W F Apr 1882 18 S         TX TX  TX    Housemaid
___, Walter            Son    W M Oct 1884 15 S         TX TX  TX

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1880 - 5th Dist., Fayette Co., TX, e.d. 165, sheet 19 (p. 283c)

Sarrazin, A.     W M 35              Keeping Store "Grocer"    TX Prussia   Prussia
___, Wilhemine   W F 24        Wife                            TX Oldenburg Oldb
___, Joseph C.   W M 6         Son                             TX TX        TX
___, Wilhelmine  W F 4         Dau                             TX TX        TX
___, Elayne      W F 3         Dau                             TX TX        TX
___, Ophelia     W F 9/12 Apr  Dau                             TX TX        TX
(1 boarder)

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1870 - Precinct 2, Fayetteville P.O., Fayette Co., TX, p. 349b

Sarazin, A.         25 M W    Farmer        100    TX
   "    Joseph      23 M W    Farmer        100    TX
   "    Edward      19 M W                         TX
   "    Gertrude    16 F W                         TX
   "    Leopold     15 M W                         TX

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1870 - Precinct 2, Fayetteville P.O., Fayette Co., TX, p. 363b

Saracin, Augut      50        F W    Farmer    2500 200    Prussia
   "    Edward      49[or 29] M W    Farmer                TX
   "    Gertrude    17        F W                          TX
   "    Leopold     16        M                            TX

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1860 - Fayetteville P.O., Fayette Co., TX, p. 10

Augusta Sierson    40 F            6000 6350    Germany
Arnold     "       14 M                         TX
Joseph     "       12 M                         TX
Edward     "        9 M                         TX
Gertrud    "        7 F                         TX
Leopold    "        6 M                         TX

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1850 - Fayette Co., TX, p. 198a (395)

J. Sierson     36 M    Farmer        2000    Germany
Augusta        28 F                          Germany
Arnold          4 M                          Germany
Joseph          2 M                          Germany
Charles         1 M                          TX
W. Groves[?]   36 M    Carpenter             Germany

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NOTES






2 -- Elmore Torn started the custom of eating black-eyed peas on New Years Day. See his obituary in The New York Times, 5 Apr 1971, p. 36.



3 -- See Who's Who of American Women 1964-5, 1966-7, 1968-9, and 1970-1 issues.



6 & 7 have other descendants, such as:

Arnold Adolph Spacek m. Marie Cervenka
.Edwin Arnold Spacek m. Virginia Spilman
 .Mary Elizabeth ("SISSY") SPACEK (b. 1949), actress




6 -- http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2018503&id=I100710799 and http://www.genealogy.com/famousfolks/sissys/



20 -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~txfayett/biographies_s-t.htm



43 -- http://www2.genealogy.net/privat/r.wieland/wielanck/d0009/g0000003.html#I700



2768 & 2769 have other descendants, such as:

Johann Lauck m. Conradine Nettnagel
.Elisabeth Lauck m. Johann Kornmann
 .Catharina Kornmann m. David Seip
  .Johannes Seip m. Elisabeth Schröter
   .Johann David Seip (von Pettenhausen) m. Catharina Elisabeth Steuber
    .Elisabeth Catharina Seip m. Cornelius Lindheimer
     .Katharina Sibylla Maria Lindheimer m. Johann Michael von Loën
      .Johann Jost von Loën m. Agnes von Anhalt-Dessau
       .Agnes Leopoldine Casimire von Loën m. Ernst Gf v Seherr-Thoss
        .Leopold Heinrich Ludwig Gf v Seherr-Thoss m. Olga Gfin Strachwitz
         .Margarethe Gfin v Seherr-Thoss m. Ludwig Gf Apponyi de Nagyappony
          .Julius Gf Apponyi de Nagyappony m. Gladys Virginia Steuart
           .Geraldine Gfin Apponyi de Nagyappony m. ZOG I, KING of the ALBANIANS (1895-1961)
            .LEKA I, KING of the ALBANIANS (b. 1939)




2774 -- See Dr. Lutz Hatzfeld, "Gottfried von Hatzfeld - Genesis einer nassauischen Beamtenfamilie im Umfeld Herborner Ratsverwandtschaft" in Archiv für Sippenforschung, 1987, pp. 101-115.



11102 -- For Franz Graf von Waldeck, the Prince-Bishop of Münster (d. 1553) and his ancestors, see Europäische Stammtafeln, Neue Folge, Band I.3 [2000], Tafel 328.













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William Addams Reitwiesner

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