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Minnie Johanna Kretschmar Reininger

Daughter of Julius Franz Kretschmar · born 1888

Minnie Johanna Kretschmar Reininger

Confirmed

Daughter of Julius Franz Kretschmar · born 1888

Born
11 March 1888
Parents
Julius Franz Kretschmar & Lena
Married
Albert C. Reininger
Children
Harry Max Reininger
Sources
12

Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED — added 24 September 2026 from a record that names the parents; entered in the family tree the same day.

Life in the order the records give it

Birth1888
Born 11 March 1888, Travis County, Texas; Minnie in the 1900 household S228
Burial1978
🆕 As Minnie Johanna Reininger she died at Austin on 18 January 1978, born 11 March 1888 in Travis County; her son Frank was the informant and she is buried in Capital Memorial Gardens S474. With Albert Reininger she had a son born 10 July 1911 near Lytton Springs, Caldwell County S475; the family was Willie and Frank in 1920 S476 and Frank and Harry in 1940, in rural Travis County S477. added 25 September 2026.
Census1957
🆕 The 1957 Austin directory lists her as Albert C. Reininger's widow at 1711 South First Street, with her sons Frank and Harry nearby S704. added 26 September 2026.
Census1950
🆕 In 1950 Albert, 65, and Minnie, 55, lived at 1711 South First Street, Austin, where she worked as a housekeeper for a private family; their son Harry, 26, a cabinet maker, his wife Evelyn and their three young children lived next door Probable confirm or correct → S799. Evidence: the names, the street and Harry's trade. What is weak: it gives Minnie's age as 55, ten years under her 1888 birth. added 27 September 2026

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Parents
Daughter of Julius Franz Kretschmar and Lena; sister of Willie Frank Kretschmar
Marriage1978
Wife of Albert C. Reininger S296; died 18 January 1978, Austin; her death certificate names both parents
Children1943
🆕 Her son Harry Max Reininger, born at Mendoza, Texas, married on 11 September 1943 in Henrico County, Virginia, while serving in the Army at Richmond Air Base. His bride was Evelyn Genevieve Pehl of Creedmoor. The certificate names his parents as Albert Reininger and Minnie Kretchmar S566. added 25 September 2026.
Marriage1955
🆕 Her husband, Albert C. Reininger, a farmer, died at Austin on 19 June 1955 and was buried in Capitol Memorial; their son Frank was the informant, and the certificate names his father as John Reininger, born in Germany S677. It gives his birth as 17 August 1882, but in 1900 he is Albert, 16, born May 1884, in John Reininger's household in Caldwell County, with a brother born in January 1882 S678, so 1884 is the better year. added 26 September 2026.
Parents1900
🆕 Albert C. Reininger's mother was probably Helene (Helen) Seidemann Probable confirm or correct →. Evidence: in 1900, read from the image, Helen, born May 1855 in Texas, mother of twelve children, nine living, is the wife of the head, John Reininger, and Albert, 16, is his son S678; Texas county marriage indexes record Johann Reininger marrying Helene Seidemann S853. What is weak: the census relationship is to the head only, Albert's death certificate gives his mother as unknown S677, and the marriage is an index entry whose date has not been read. added 28 September 2026.

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Minnie Johanna Kretschmar Reininger · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

12 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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).
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.

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