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Clara Frances Kretschmar Semff

Daughter of Julius Franz Kretschmar · born 1881

Clara Frances Kretschmar Semff

Confirmed

Daughter of Julius Franz Kretschmar · born 1881

Born
5 August 1881
Died
17 June 1967
Parents
Julius Franz Kretschmar & Lena
Sources
6

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

Birth1881
Born 5 August 1881, Germany; Clara in the 1900 household S228
Death1881
🆕 Her death certificate, as Clara Frances Semff, gives her birth as 5 August 1881 in Germany and her mother as Lena Landrock. She died at Cleburne on 17 June 1967 and was buried in Rio Vista Cemetery S473. added 25 September 2026.
Census1920
🆕 In 1920 she and Bernhard Semff were farming in Beaver Township, Saline County, Arkansas, with their son Richard, 13, born in Texas S562. By 1930 they were farming in Johnson County, Texas; she gave her age at marriage as 24, which puts the wedding about 1905–06 S563. added 25 September 2026.
Residence1950
🆕 She was living alone at Rio Vista, Johnson County, in 1950: widowed, 68, naturalized, working as a janitor S618. added 26 September 2026.

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Parents
Daughter of Julius Franz Kretschmar and Lena; sister of Willie Frank Kretschmar
Marriage1967
Wife of Ben Semff S296; died 17 June 1967, Cleburne, Texas; her death certificate names both parents

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Clara Frances Kretschmar Semff · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

6 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. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.

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