Baron von Cloudt Moritz was a Brigade Major in the King's German Legion and fought in the Battle of Waterloo under the Duke of Wellington.
Full name: Moritz Friedrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Cornelius
Mauritz Wilhelm Ferdinand Cornelius von Pelden named Cloudt, born on June 21, 1786, was directed to study as his father was. He sent him to Moers to the secondary school. But there the secondary school, normally filled with famous and learned, was totally disorganized, because of the French occupation. Three professor's chairs were left open, and Mauritz could not continue at university as would have been the case earlier. Therefore the father would have had to send him to a different school. On the one hand, this was doubtful because of the management of French schools. On the other hand, the father could not afford the costs to support the son abroad. He requested the King of Prussia to give him a spot in the Military School. The King reject this offhandedly, because no one was allowed in who had not gone to Cadet House [school] before. The father then petitioned the King to take his son into the Cadet House. This, too, the King rejected, with the postscript that he could do no more than offer Mauritz an officer's status, Freikorporal, with a regiment of the father's choice. For the father, this unfavorable reply was unexpected. Jost Friedrich had waited on the King during his stay at Wesel in 1799 or 1800, had presented his son, perhaps then at the age of twelve, to him, was treated extremely graciously by the King, spoke lengthily with the King about the conditions of the province, and was invited to the royal table daily during the King's presence. Had he orally asked the King then, he would certainly have reached his goal. However, at that time, Jost Friedrich wanted not to request any favor from the King and hoped the French occopation of the country could not be of a much longer duration. Jost Friedrich, affected by the refusal, made no further propositions. He found the opportunity to place his son in the Hannovarian service and brought him to Hameln in January 1803, where he was admitted to the 7th Infantry Regiment as a Cadet. His father stayed with him in Hameln for three weeks where he was wined and dined by all of the high and low officers, and had pleasurable days there. His son received lodging, food and breeding from Captain von Brandis and was taken into the house as a child. He found a loyal mentor in the respectable Lieutenant, now Lt. Col., Dammers. That same year, he was already nominated to be an officer and was waiting for his commission from London when the French occupied the Hannovarian Provinces; the army broke up, and the troops went their own way on July 13, 1803. Now there was nothing left for him to do but be the standard bearer, beginning in early February 1806, for the 2nd Dragoon Regiment of the English-German Legion which embarked for England at Bremerlehe. At first the regiment stayed here; then they were sent to Ireland, and, from there, they were shipped to Portugal and Spain with Wellington's army. In the last years he was a brigade major and was in various battles, among others near Vitoria. In the Battle of Waterloo he was wounded in the left shoulder. After the peace and the English-German Legion was transferred to Hannover, he retained half of his English pay and a squadron of the Second Dragoons, once second Leib-Kurassier Regiment which is presently in East Fresia and assigned to this province. This was such a sore point with the father, that now he found cause to be thankful to providence that his wish to enlist his son in Prussian services was not fulfilled. He became firmly convinced that Good Providence guides the fate of men and it would be much worse for the short sighted mortals, rather than useful, if they received their every wish. 116 211 215 216 217
Eliza Ussher from Camphire House, Waterford County, Ireland, a descendant of the prominent Irish Ussher family who in earlier times held the office of Lord Mayor of Dublin. 116
4527. Baron Von Pelden G. Moritz Friederich Wilhelm Cornelius CLOUDT 116 (Von Pelden G. Jost Friedrich Reinhard CLOUDT Chamberlain9, Von Pelden G. Mauritz Godfried CLOUDT8, Von Pelden G. Jost Wyrich Freyherr CLOUDT II7, Von Pelden G. Wyrich Adolph CLOUDT Drost6, Von Pelden G. Wilhelm Reiner CLOUDT5, Von Pelden G. Jost Wyrich CLOUDT I4, Von Pelden G. Wilhelm CLOUDT3, Van Gertruid WURM-\GUTTERSWICK2, Heinrichs (Von)1) was born on 21 Jun 1786 in Lauersforth, Kingdom Prussia.116
Noted events in his life were:
• He was Lutheran. 116
Moritz married Elisabeth USSHER,116 daughter of Arthur USSHER, on 16 Apr 1811 in Lismore, Waterford, Ireland.116 Elisabeth was born on 12 Jul 1791 in Ireland.116 218
Marriage Notes: Mauritz married Elisa Usher in Ireland in 1810 (sic).* This family supposedly came from England. It has, however, been settled in Ireland a very long time and is very wealthy. This family practiced the protestant faith. The name Usher in England means a person who stands at the court's door or guides someone to his seat, and I presume that there was an official position as such, and that the family was so named. Even today at large cermonies in England, e.g. the crowning of a King, the office of usher is to be found. Likewise in Germany, there are many families called Marshal, Truchses and Schenk. They have taken their names from hereditary positions and officers of the court. They are all different and not related and display totally different family crests. The office of an usher also appears in Germany. The died out family of my great-great-grandmother, Anna von Haes, possessed the hereditary office of usher at the Archbishopric of Cologne.
From this marriage there are five sons and two daughters living now in 1826. Two sons died young.</blockquote> 116
Children from this marriage were:
4535 F i. Von Margaretha CLOUDT .116
4536 M ii. Von Frederick D. CLOUDT 116 was born after 30 Mar 1815 in Belgium 116 and died after 1870 in TX.116
Frederick married Catherine FRANZ 116 119 (b. Abt 1837) on 5 Jun 1854 in Calhoun, TX.116 122
4537 M iii. De Arthur CLOUDT 116 was born on 13 Dec 1817 in Wilhelminenholz Near Aurich, Kingdom Hannover 116 219 and died about 1870 in Junction, Kimble, TX 116 about age 53.
Arthur married Martha Ellen LEWIS.116 220
4538 M iv. De Richard CLOUDT 116 was born on 13 Dec 1817 in Wilhelminenholz Near Aurich, Kingdom Hannover,116 died on 19 Apr 1904 in Kimble, TX 116 at age 86, and was buried after 19 Apr 1904 in Copperas Cem., West Of Junction, Kimble, TX.116
Richard married Mary FRISCHMEYER 116 (b. 31 Aug 1832, d. 16 Feb 1901) on 20 Oct 1852 in Gillespie, TX.116
4539 M v. De George William CLOUDT 116 was born on 22 Oct 1819 in Deverwiese Community, Aschendorf, Germany,116 died on 10 Feb 1888 in Long Mott, Calhoun, TX 116 at age 68, and was buried after 10 Feb 1888 in DE Cloudt Cem., Victoria, Calhoun, TX.116 182
George married Augusta BINDEWALD 116 119 (b. 12 Aug 1828, d. 2 Mar 1894) on 18 May 1849 in Indianola-Port Lavaca, Calhoun, TX.116 183
(Duplicate Line. See Person 4371, Augusta BINDEWALD)
4540 M vi. Von Jost Wirich CLOUDT 116 was born on 17 Feb 1823 in Deverwiese Community, Aschendorf, Germany 116 and died on 7 Aug 1867 in Indianola, Calhoun, TX 116 at age 44.
Jost married Unknown.116
Jost next married Dorothea HEINS.116
4541 F vii. Von Josephine Friedericke CLOUDT .116 184
Josephine married Captain HOYNS.116
4542 F viii. Von Constantia Eliza CLOUDT .116 184 205
4543 F ix. Von Martha CLOUDT .116 184 205
4544 F x. Von Elizabeth CLOUDT .116 184 205
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