Kretschmar & Landrock

Kretschmar & Landrock

Germany → Del Valle, Travis County, Texas · reaches generation 5

Germany→Del Valle, Travis County, Texas

1. G4 · 2nd-great-grandparents Julius Franz Kretschmar  ⚭  Johanna Lina Landrock b. 21 Jun 1851 Germany – d. 27 Jul 1946 Brackenridge Hospital, Austin · she 21 Feb 1855 – 31 Dec 1902. Texas death certificate no. 34138, informant his son Will. ⚠️ The parents field reads "No record." The German origin dead-ends on the face of the document. Confirmed
2. G3 · great-grandparents Willie Frank "Will" Kretschmar  ⚭  Hattie Elizabeth "Liessi" Ladusch 18 Oct 1890 Del Valle, Travis Co. – Nov 1973 Austin · she 28 Mar 1898 New Ulm, Austin Co. – 3 Mar 1990 Wimberley · m. 1923. ⚠️ His death date is given as the 20th by our research and the 22nd by the tree. Unresolved. Confirmed
3. G2 · grandmother Lucille Lorine Kretschmar 25 Aug 1925 Austin – 14 Apr 2001 Hays Co. S34. Confirmed

⚠️ A new lead and a new conflict, both from the tree. It gives Julius Franz's birth as 20 June 1851 at "Kr Breslau" — Kreis Breslau, Silesia, now Wrocław. The certificate says the 21st and names no place at all. The date conflict stands unresolved and the Silesian place is testimony — but it is the first geographic lead this line has ever had.

Lines this chain touches

1. S12FamilySearch Tree public pages, no login required for deceased persons — William Harry Proeger KC1N-799, Aileane Marie Silva L9GZ-NDP, William Leonard Proeger L7GK-VBK, Queen Anne Proeger LHQW-W1L — ancestors.familysearch.org. User-contributed; event lists are treated as PROBABLE unless separately sourced.
2. S33US Social Security NUMIDENT / Death Master File / VA-BIRLS, and the Texas Marriage and Divorce indexes — Caffey entries, republished verbatim at SortedByName.com. Government records. Supplies T.W. Caffey Jr's birth at "Salado Bell, Texas" and his parents Thomas W Caffey and Medie Stobaugh; Lucille's birth at "Austin Travi, Texas" and her parents Will Kretschmar and Liessi Ladusch; his Marine Corps service 1941–45; the shared Wimberley retirement ZIP; and the 1969 Caffey–Walker marriage and its 1980 dissolution. The Caffey pages 403'd on a second attempt the same day.
3. S34FindAGrave memorials, Caffey / Kretschmar / Ladusch — Thomas Alan Caffey 274110930, Thomas Walton Caffey Jr 39163436, Lucille Lorene Kretschmar Caffey 39163435, Thomas Walton Caffey Sr 62147776, Medie Caffey Stobaugh 62147759, Willie Frank Kretschmar 41405071, Hattie "Liessi" Ladusch Kretschmar 41405070. Grave inscriptions, plot numbers and dates are transcriptions of stones. Family links on FindAGrave are contributor-asserted, not records — they corroborate here and are never the basis. Memorial 62147776 additionally quotes Texas death certificate #16496, which is a record.
4. S142U.S. Application for Headstone or Marker (DD Form 1330) — Pvt. Willie Frank Kretschmar. Ancestry collection 2375, record 3681966, image 2375_03_01017-01102. Read from the image at full resolution — 2407 × 1501 px, 21 September 2026; read-only, nothing accepted, attached or edited. Box 1 KRETSCHMAR, WILLIE FRANK; box 2 service number ASN 2231722; boxes 4 and 5 enlisted 9/21/1917, discharged 3/14/1918; box 6 Texas; box 8 Pvt.; box 9 345th Field Artillery, Battery A; boxes 10 and 11 10/18/1890 and 11/20/73; box 13 a flat granite marker with a Latin cross; box 14 Austin Memorial Park, Austin, Texas; box 15 applicant Mrs. Liessi Kretschmar, relationship Wife, 4913 Avenue H, Austin, signed in her own hand Liessi Kretschmar; consignee Cook-Walden Funeral Home; ordered 15 March 1974, contractor Hillsboro Mon. Works, B/L Z-9247115. The WW I box is checked and a clerk has written Pvt · US Army · WWI across the foot. This is the first evidence of military service anywhere in the Kretschmar record. Neither the FindAGrave memorial [S34] nor thirty-odd Portal newspaper notices mention it. ⚠ The form gives an enlistment and a discharge and nothing between them — under six months, no decorations, no overseas service, no discharge type. The 345th Field Artillery belonged to the 90th Division, organised at Camp Travis in Texas, which sits conveniently beside a Travis County man, but that is context and not on this document; it is not asserted here. It also gives 18 October 1890 and 20 November 1973 a second independent custodian — a federal form filed by the widow and processed by the Veterans Administration, beside the cemetery memorial. And the applicant block is Hattie Elizabeth "Liessi" Ladusch calling herself his wife in her own signature, which corroborates the marriage independently of the grave. ⚠ No parents on this form, so the "s/o Franz and Lena Landrock Kretschmar" reading stays Probable on the memorial alone; no plot number, so 1-566-10 still rests on [S34]; no marriage date, so 1923 does too.
5. S225Travis County, Texas, marriage license No. 224 — Willie Kretschman and Mrs. Liessi Wolter, 10 October 1923. Ancestry record 40780372; marriage record p. 464. Read from the image at full resolution, 22 September 2026. Willie Kretschman [Kretschmar] and Mrs. Liessi Wolter, licensed and married 10 October 1923 by G. W. P. Showalter, minister of the gospel; returned and recorded 12 October. ⚠ She is styled "Mrs.", so Wolter may be a first husband's name rather than her maiden name; not settled.
6. S2281900 U.S. Federal Census — Fritz Kretschmar household, Justice Precinct 6, Travis County, Texas. Ancestry record 44341807; ED 117, sheet 21B, lines 78–86 (indexed "Kutzschmer"). Read from the image at full resolution, 22 September 2026. Fritz, 48, born Germany, immigrated in 1883, naturalized, married 21 years; Lena, 45, born February 1855, mother of 8 children, 8 living; Lizzie (Aug 1879), Clara (Aug 1881) and Elsie (Jan 1883), born Germany; Charlie (1886), Minnie (Mar 1888), Willie (October 1890) and Max (c.1895), born Texas. 🔑 Fritz is Julius Franz Kretschmar, born c.1851–52. ⚠ His card's 1868–1940 cannot stand against this sheet and [S230]; the card dates are under review and are not changed here.
7. S2301940 U.S. Federal Census — Max Kretschmar household, Justice Precinct 6, Travis County, Texas. Ancestry record 157064853; ED 227-86, sheet 9A, lines 17–22. Read from the image at full resolution, 22 September 2026. Max Kretschmar, 46, farmer; Olga, 35; three children; and Franz, 88, father, widowed, born Germany, naturalized. 🔑 Julius Franz Kretschmar alive in April 1940, aged 88.
8. S2511930 United States Federal Census — Willie and Liessi Kretschmar household. Ancestry record 60683525; sh. 7B. Read from the image at full resolution, 22 September 2026. 1930 census, Austin, Travis Co., sheet 7B: Willie Kretschmar 39 (City Playgrounds, WWI veteran), Liessi 32, Dorothy 9, Lucille 4, Raymond (infant), at 1911 East First Street.
9. S264Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903-1932 — Lucile Kretschmar. Ancestry record 1079872. Read from the image at full resolution, 22 September 2026. Texas birth certificate: Lucile Kretschmar, b. 25 Aug 1925, 3905 Ave. B, Austin; father Willie F. Kretschmar 34, carpenter, b. Travis Co.; mother Liessi Ladusch 27, b. New Ulm, Texas.
10. S296U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current — Franz Kretschmar. Ancestry record 6597875. Index entry only — no image was examined, read 22 September 2026. Probable Indexed: Franz Kretschmar, born 20 Jun 1851, Germany; died about 1946; residence Elroy; children Charley, Will, Max, Lizzie Rojas, Clara Semff, Elsie Peterson, Minnie Reininger. Machine-indexed from his obituary. It independently gives the surname Semff. The daughters' married names are Probable.
11. S326Texas death certificate no. 20521 — Emma Stein Ladusch, 1952. Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903–1982 (Ancestry collection 2272, record 21537089). Read from the image. Born 21 March 1875, Texas; died 30 March 1952, Austin; father Henry Stein; informant Otto Ladusch, husband; buried Oakwood Cemetery.
12. S3271900 U.S. Federal Census — Otto Ladusch household, Austin Ward 10, Travis County, Texas. Ancestry collection 7602, record 44319545. Read from the image. Otto 26, born Germany, immigrated 1883, married 5 years; wife Emma, born March 1875, Texas, 2 children both living; daughters Frieda 3 and Elizabeth 2.
13. S3281910 U.S. Federal Census — Otto Ladusch household, 1617 Willow Street, Austin. Ancestry collection 7884, record 28679316. Read from the image. Otto 36, Emma, Freda 13, “Liccie” 11.
14. S380Baltimore passenger list — steamship America, Bremen to Baltimore, arrived 10 October 1883 (page E-7, lines 384–388). Ancestry record 1024920. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed Franz Kretschman, 32, farmer, of Germany, bound for Texas, with Lina, 28, and daughters Elisab[eth], 4, Clara, 2, and Eliza, 6 months. The family and their Texas destination are read off the page; the ship, date and ports are on the manifest cover sheet and are taken from Ancestry's index.
15. S4331910 U.S. Federal Census — Frank Kredeschmar household, Justice Precinct 6, Travis County, Texas (ED 90, sheet 3B). Ancestry record 28666865. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed Frank Kredeschmar, head, 58, married, born Germany, immigrated 1883, naturalized, farmer, owns his farm free; with Thera(?), daughter, 30, born Germany; Charlie, son, born Texas; Minnie, daughter, 22; and Max, son, 16; enumerated 26 April 1910. The enumerator's spelling. He is marked married, but no wife is in the house; the page does not say where Lena was. The eldest daughter's name is hard to read.
16. S434U.S. Army Transport Service passenger lists — Santa Rosa, Bordeaux to Hoboken, sailed 16 June 1919, 250th Company Military Police (sheet 3). Ancestry record 113203882. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed Kretschmar, Max W., serial 1,498,084, Private first class, 250th Company Military Police; person to notify: Mr. Frank Kretschmar, father, R.F.D. #2, Delvale, Texas; stamped “To Camp Merritt”. The list names Frank as Max's father and places him at Del Valle in June 1919. Max has no card of his own yet.
17. S435U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards — Will Kretchmar, Travis County, Texas, 5 June 1917. Ancestry record 18006513. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed Registered 5 June 1917 at Austin as Will Kretchmar and signed Willie Kretschmar: age 26, born 18 October 1890, Travis County, Texas, natural-born citizen; home Del Valle, Route 2; a labourer for H. Meyer at Elroy; single; claimed exemption for heart trouble; tall, slender, grey eyes, brown hair. He claimed the exemption, but he still served from September 1917 (S142). The card does not explain his early discharge, and none is inferred here.
18. S436Texas Birth Index, 1929, p. 1031 — Raymond Willie Kretschmar, Travis County. Ancestry record 152366261. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed “KRETSCHMAR, RAYMOND WILLIE — county 227 [Travis] — Oct 07 — M — mother LADUSCH, LIESSI — father KRETSCHMAR, WILLIE F.” A state index, not the certificate itself. It gives Liessi's maiden name as Ladusch; the 1923 marriage licence calls her Mrs. Liessi Wolter.
19. S437Austin, Texas, City Directory, 1954, p. 370 — Kretschmar. Ancestry record 399805248. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed “--Will F (Liessi F) carp h1911 E 1st”: Will F. Kretschmar, carpenter, and his wife Liessi, householders at 1911 East First Street, the same address as the 1930 and 1940 censuses. Max W. Kretschmar is listed just above, at Del Valle. Fred (1901 E 1st) and Charlie F. (1903 E 1st) Kretschmar are next door on the same page. The directory does not say how they are related to Will. Ancestry indexes the number as 911.
20. S438U.S., School Yearbooks — Austin High School Comet, Austin, Texas, 1942: Orchestra Personnel. Ancestry record 1449559491. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed The Orchestra page of Austin High School: the orchestra was founded in 1938, and 67 names are on the roster. “Kretschmar, Lucille” is in the third column. The year 1942 is Ancestry's volume date, not printed on the page. The page gives only her name. The identification rests on the rare surname, the school and her age, 16. The group photograph carries no names, so she cannot be picked out in it.
21. S473Texas, U.S., Death Certificates — Clara Frances Semff, Cleburne, 1967 (no. 39735). Ancestry record 1020206. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Clara Frances Semff, died 17 June 1967 at Cleburne; born 5 August 1881, Germany; father Franc Kretschmar, mother Lena Landrock; of Old Betsy Road, Keene; buried Rio Vista Cemetery, 19 June.
22. S474Texas, U.S., Death Certificates — Minnie Johanna Reininger, Austin, 1978 (no. 05706). Ancestry record 887799. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Minnie Johanna Reininger, died 18 January 1978 at Austin; born 11 March 1888, Travis County; father Frank Kretschmar, mother Lena “Lantrop” [Landrock]; informant her son Frank Reininger; buried Capital Memorial Gardens.
23. S475Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates — unnamed son of Albert Reininger, Caldwell County, 10 July 1911 (no. 28393). Ancestry record 120184061. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed A son born 10 July 1911, two miles south-west of Lytton Springs, Caldwell County; father Albert Reininger, farmer; mother “Miss Minna Kretschman”. The child is Willie of the 1920 census (S476).
24. S4761920 U.S. Federal Census — Albert Reininger household, Justice Precinct 5, Caldwell County, Texas (ED 60). Ancestry record 22164835. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Albert Reininger, 37, cotton farmer, renting; Minnie, 31; Willie, 8; Frank, 4. This line gives Minnie's mother as born in Texas, against the German-born Landrock family; a single census line.
25. S4771940 U.S. Federal Census — Albert C. Reininger household, Precinct 6, Travis County, Texas (ED 227-83). Ancestry record 157060804. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Albert C. Reininger, 58, farmer; Minnie, 52; Frank, 22; Harry, 21; in rural Travis County in 1935.
26. S501U.S., School Yearbooks — The Comet, Austin High School, 1941: Orchestra roster. Ancestry record 954452717. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Probable Under “Second Violin”: “Kretschmar”, the only Kretschmar in the orchestra. Surname only. Lucille, born August 1925 in Austin, fits the age; the 1942 roster (S438) gives her full name.
27. S5621920 U.S. census — Beaver Township, Saline County, Arkansas, ED 182, sheet 11A. Ancestry record 90504816. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Bernhard Semff (indexed “Smiff”), 46, farmer, immigrated 1900, naturalised 1916; Claria, 38; son Richard, 13, born Texas.
28. S5631930 U.S. census — Johnson County, Texas, J.P. Precinct 2, sheet 15B. Ancestry record 62498129. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Ben Semff, 52, farmer; Clara, 48, married at 24.
29. S566Virginia certificate of marriage no. 24639, Henrico County, 11 September 1943. Ancestry record 131366015. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Harry Max Reininger, 19, U.S. Army, of Richmond Air Base, born at Mendoza, Texas, son of Albert Reininger and Minnie Kretchmar, and Evelyn Genevieve Pehl, 16, of Creedmoor, Texas, daughter of Walter Edward Pehl and Laura Brinkley; married by John Robert Dunne, Roman Catholic chaplain, at the Army Air Base chapel, Richmond.
30. S5731910 U.S. census — Justice Precinct 6 (Creedmoor), Travis County, Texas, ED 89, sheet 21B. Ancestry record 144450270. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Christian Peterson, 32, farmer, born in Louisiana of Danish parents; Elsie, 27, born in Germany, married 7 years, 5 children born and living; Ruth 6, Arthur 5, Lawrence 4, Annie 2, Julius 1, all born in Texas.
31. S5741920 U.S. census — Creedmoor, Travis County, Texas, ED 122, sheet 7B. Ancestry record 93582855. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Christian Peterson, 42, farmer; Elsie, 37, born in Germany; Ruth 16, Arthur 15, Lawrence 13, Annie 12, Willie 11, Nannie 5. Willie, 11, is probably the Julius of 1910.
32. S5751930 U.S. census — Precinct 6, Travis County, Texas, ED 227-54, sheet 13A. Ancestry record 60656345. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Christian F. Peterson, 52, farm labourer, first married at 24; Elsie, 47, born in Germany, first married at 19; Nannie 15, Edna 9. This census gives Elsie's immigration as 1890; the family's passenger list is dated October 1883.
33. S5761950 U.S. census — Austin, Travis County, Texas, ED 256-117B, sheet 1. Ancestry record 189579121. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Christian F. Peterson, 72, born in Louisiana; Elsie L., 67, keeping house. This census says Elsie was born in Texas; the three earlier censuses all say Germany.
34. S577Petition for Naturalization no. 746, U.S. District Court, Corpus Christi, 17 June 1941. Ancestry record 212539. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Lizzie Kretschmar Rojas, housewife, of Bishop, Nueces County; born Leipzig, 20 August 1878; married Estanislao Rojas at Austin on 21 September 1912; one child; she swore she arrived at Baltimore on 12 October 1883, on the SS America, as “Lizze Kraetzschmar”. The petition gives her husband's birth as Monterrey, 13 November 1896, which would make him 15 at the marriage; that year is doubtful. The passenger list dates the arrival 10 October 1883.
35. S6181950 U.S. census — Rio Vista, Johnson County, Texas, ED 126-28, sheet 1. Ancestry record 186973831. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Line 20: Clara F. Semff, head, 68, widowed, born Germany, naturalized, working as a janitor; living alone.
36. S634Texas certificate of death, state file 9437, Nueces County, 1951 — Lizzie Rojas. Ancestry record 21533760. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Lizzie Rojas, died 11 February 1951 at Route 2, Bishop, where she had lived 31 years; married; age 71; housewife; born Germany; father Frank Kretczehmas, born Germany; mother unknown; informant Estanislao Rojas (written “Estanisto”); heart disease; removed on 12 February to Kingsville by the Cage-Piper Funeral Home. Her birth date is left blank. “Frank Kretczehmas” is Julius Franz Kretschmar.
37. S6391930 U.S. census — Nueces County, Texas, near Bishop (Driscoll Ranch subdivision). Ancestry record 61600271. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Dwelling 219: Estanislao V. Rojas, 35, born Mexico; Lizzie K., 52, born Germany, mother tongue German, 35 at first marriage; a daughter, 15. The census's immigration year, 1909, cannot be right: she was in her father's Texas household in 1900.
38. S6401950 U.S. census — Precinct 3, Nueces County, Texas. Ancestry record 189484327. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Dwelling 84: Estanislao V. Rojas, 54; Lizzie R., 72; and a boy of 9 listed as their son, whose parents are both given as born in Mexico. This census gives Lizzie's birthplace as Mexico, an error; she was born at Leipzig. The boy is not named here.
39. S665Texas standard certificate of birth no. 69345 — Dorothy Wolter, Austin, Travis County, 30 December 1920. Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903–1932, Ancestry collection 2275, record 441881, image 33153_B061456-00634 (FamilySearch 1:1:X2YT-8RW). Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed Born at 1617 Willow Street; father William P. Wolter, 25, farmer, born Travis County; mother Liessi Ladusch, 22, born Austin; her first child. Filed 13 January 1921.
40. S677Texas death certificate, 1955, Travis County, state file 31170. Ancestry record 22017031. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Albert C. Reininger, farmer, of Austin; died 19 June 1955, Austin; born 17 August 1882, Texas; father John Reininger, born in Germany, mother not known to the informant, his son Frank L. Reininger; buried in Capitol Memorial. The 1900 census (S678) makes him born in May 1884, not 1882.
41. S6781900 U.S. census, Caldwell County, Texas, sheet 21A. Ancestry record 43102613. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed John Reininger, born in Germany about 1843, wife Helen and eight children, among them Ed, born January 1882, and Albert, born May 1884, aged 16.
42. S704Austin, Texas, city directory, 1957, p. 706. Ancestry record 398318620. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed “Reininger Minnie (wid Albert C) h1711 S 1st”, with her sons Frank L. and Harry M. and their wives listed beside her. The index reads 711; the page reads 1711.
43. S7161940 U.S. census, Precinct 6, Travis County, Texas, Fincher Lane, ED 227-8, sheet 8A. Ancestry record 157060608. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed Christian F. Peterson, 62, born Louisiana, and his wife Elsie, 57, born Texas; renting at $10 a month; both in rural Travis County in 1935. The index reads “Effie”.
44. S7991950 U.S. census, 1711 South First Street, Austin, Travis County, Texas: Albert and Minnie Reininger. Ancestry record 187231513. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 27 September 2026. Probable Albert, 65, and Minnie, 55; Minnie worked 40 hours a week as a housekeeper for a private family. Next door were their son Harry, 26, a cabinet maker, his wife Evelyn, 25, and three young children. Minnie's age is ten years under her 1888 birth. The children are not named on this site. Collection: 1950 United States Federal Census.
45. S853Texas county marriage indexes — Johann Reininger and Helene Seidemann. Ancestry collection 60183, record 348563, and collection 61383, record 595043. Index entry only — no image was examined, read 28 September 2026. Probable Johann Reininger and Helene Seidemann. Index only; the date was not captured.
46. S968Texas Certificate of Death, state file no. 55851 (Jefferson County) — Raymond Will Kretschmar, died 9 July 1980. Ancestry record 751473946. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 24 September 2026. Confirmed Raymond Will Kretschmar, white male, born 7 October 1929 in Texas, age 50; died 9 July 1980 at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Beaumont, Jefferson County; married; a veteran of the armed forces; an installer for Western Electric; residence Nederland, Jefferson County. Father Will Kretschmar; mother's maiden name “Leissi Ladusch”. Removal 12 July 1980 to Oak Bluff Memorial Park, Port Neches (Davis Funeral Homes). Ancestry hinted this record to his mother through the mother field; he is the man on the certificate. The birth date matches the 1929 state birth index (S436). “Leissi” is a variant spelling of her nickname Liessi, given by an informant in 1980; the site keeps Liessi. The informant was his wife, who is not named here because she may be living. The cause of death and his Social Security number are on the image and are not transcribed. Collection: Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903–1982 (db 2272, image 33154_b063081-02973).
47. S971Austin High School, Austin, Texas, The Comet (1942), page 139 — “Swing and Turn” square-dance club. Ancestry record 958836662. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 28 September 2026. Confirmed The officers of the newly organised square-dance club “Swing and Turn” (32 members) list Lucile Kretschmar, Treasurer, for both the fall and spring terms. “Lucile” is the spelling on her birth certificate (S264). The same yearbook has her on the orchestra roster (S438). “Kretschmar” is also the last name in the standing row of the group photograph, but the caption is cropped at the left and she is not pointed out, so the photograph is not used to identify her. Collection: U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880–2012 (db 1265, image 43134_b183189-00142).
48. S1196Austin American-Statesman, 21 November 1973, p. 9 — death notice of Will F. Kretschmar. Newspapers.com page 387049343. Read from the newspaper’s text, 1 October 2026. Confirmed “Will F. Kretschmar, 83, of 4913 Ave. H died in a local hospital Tuesday”; survivors include a brother, Max Kretschmar of Elroy, and a sister, Minnie Reininger of Austin. Grandchildren are counted only, not named.
49. S1197FamilySearch index, Social Security Death Index and Texas Death Index — Max Kretschmar, Travis County. Checked 30 September 2026. Probable Born 12 January 1894; died 3 December 1981. Indexes only; his death certificate and obituary have not been read.
50. S1203Travis County, Texas, marriage licence and return no. 712 — Max Kretschmar and Olga Jenke, 8 June 1930. Ancestry, “Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837–1965”, record 40831767. Image examined, read 2 October 2026. Confirmed Licence issued 5 June 1930; married 8 June 1930 by Rev. A. F. Michalk of Lee County. The index reads “Jenks”; the image reads Jenke.
51. S1204Texas death certificate no. 104446 — Max William Kretschmar, Sr., died 3 December 1981. Ancestry, “Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903–1982”, record 40026570. Image examined, read 2 October 2026. Confirmed Born 12 January 1894, Travis County; died at Rt. 1, Del Valle; farmer; a veteran; wife Olga Jenke; father Frantz Kretschmar; mother entered as Lena Landrum; buried Salem Lutheran Cemetery; informant his son. “Landrum” is a third spelling of Lena’s maiden name, after Landrock (S473) and Lantrop (S474).
52. S12051950 United States Federal Census — Max Kretschmar household, Travis County, Texas, ED 227-39A, sheet 9. Ancestry record 187831703. Image examined, read 2 October 2026. Confirmed Max Kretschmar, 56, head; Olga, 45, wife; and their three children. The children are named on the card only; ages are left off.