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Emma Betcher Wristen

Daughter of August Betcher · 1871–1967

Emma Betcher Wristen

Probable

Daughter of August Betcher · 1871–1967

Born
on 15 March 1871
Parents
August Betcher
Sources
2

Research status

Research status: PROBABLE. As a daughter of August Betcher the evidence is strong: the index of her Texas death record names August Betcher as her father S1736, and the 1944 obituary of Pauline Augusta Betcher Schultz, read as machine text, names her sister Mrs. E. M. Wristen of Baird. As a daughter of Elisabeth Kamiska Betcher it is Probable and weaker: the index of her Social Security claim names her mother as Libbie Engle, not Kamiska S1737, and Elisabeth is given as her mother here because she is the only wife of August Betcher in any record read. Every record is an index or the machine-read text of a newspaper, and no image has been read.

Evidence: The index of her Texas death record gives her birth on 15 March 1871 in Germany and her death on 21 December 1967 at Baird, Callahan County, and names her father as August Betcher (S1736); the 1944 obituary of Pauline Schultz, read as machine text, names her sister Mrs. E. M. Wristen of Baird. The evidence is strong that August was her father. Weak or missing: The index of her Social Security claim names her mother as Libbie Engle, not Kamiska (S1737), and gives her birthplace as South Bend, Indiana; the Social Security Death Index gives her death as 15 December 1967; every record is an index or the machine-read text of a newspaper, and no image has been read. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

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Death1967
Emma Betcher Wristen died on 21 December 1967 at Baird, Callahan County, Texas. She was born on 15 March 1871. The day of death is in the index of her Texas death record S1736; the Social Security Death Index gives 15 December 1967. The death record is followed here and both readings are kept.
Census1900
Her birthplace has two readings. The index of her death record and the census indexes of 1900 to 1950 give Germany, and that is followed here; the index of her Social Security claim and the Find a Grave index give South Bend, Indiana S1736S1737. Her father’s census entries put the family’s arrival in the United States in 1871 or 1872.
Census2026
History of this card. 12 Oct 2026
card written when she was added to the family tree, from the death, Social Security, grave and census indexes (S1736, S1737) and the machine-read text of her sister Pauline’s 1944 obituary.

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Probable
Probable confirm or correct → Daughter of August Betcher (1831–1919) and Elisabeth Kamiska Betcher (1838–1926). Sister of Pauline Augusta Betcher Schultz, of Otto Betcher and of Henry Edward Betcher; Albert Betcher is a son of the same father. She married Edward M. Wristen; he has no card, no record of the marriage has been read, and her children are not named here.
Weak or missing
What is weak or missing: one record gives her mother’s maiden name as Engle; two places are given for her birth and two days for her death; every record here is an index or the machine-read text of a newspaper, and no image has been read. Know more, or think this is wrong? Use “Add to this record”.
Cited on this card S1736 S1737 Card added 2026-10-12

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Emma Betcher Wristen · Sources

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Sources cited on this card

2 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. S1736Indexes — August Betcher and his children, Callahan and Taylor Counties, Texas, 1900–1974. FamilySearch: Texas death records index (K388-HCD) and Texas Death Index (VZD3-ZVB); Find a Grave index (QVKH-7GJY); 1900 census index, Callahan County (M3LZ-TFR); 1910 census index, Justice Precinct 4, Callahan County (M29Z-1WV); Texas death records indexes for his children Henry (K38H-9HN), Otto (K3S1-QHN), Albert (K3QG-6BB), Emma Wristen (K3FW-Y8Y) and Mary Johnson (K3Q1-P55); for Henry, the Find a Grave index (QVKH-BPLQ) and the 1900 census index (M3LZ-TF1); for Otto, a second death index entry (JLNN-PZD), the Find a Grave index (QVKH-7GVC) and the 1900 census index (M3LZ-TFY); for Albert, the census indexes of 1910 (M298-MHQ) and 1930 (HKJ1-4W2). Indexes read on 5 and 6 October 2026; no image read. Probable Death index: born 10 December in Germany, died 27 Aug 1919 at Clyde, Callahan County. Find a Grave: born 10 Dec 1831, died 29 Aug 1919, grave indexed at Denton Cemetery, Callahan County. 1900: born Dec 1832 in Germany, immigrated 1871, with E. B., his wife, and four children at home. 1910: born 1833, immigrated 1872, with Lebe, his wife. The five children’s death indexes name the father as August Betcher (Henry’s: August Boettcher); Henry’s names the mother as Libby Kamiska and Mary Johnson’s as Lizzie Cominske. Henry: born 11 Nov 1880 in Texas, died 20 Mar 1974 at Abilene; grave indexed in the Denton Cemetery. Otto: born 1 Sep 1876 in Indiana, died 25 Jun 1974 at Abilene; in his father’s household in 1900. Albert: born 9 Jun 1865 in Prussia, died 15 Dec 1954 in Callahan County. Emma Wristen: born 15 Mar 1871 in Germany, died 21 Dec 1967 at Baird, Callahan County. ⚠ Index only: no image has been read. None of these entries names Pauline; she is tied to him by her 1944 obituary, read as machine text, which names the same brothers and sister. The Find a Grave index gives a day of death two days later than the death index, and the year of his birth differs by a year or two between the entries. Albert’s birth is indexed as 9 June 1865, ten weeks before Pauline’s, and no entry names his mother. Otto’s and Emma’s death indexes name the father alone. Other indexes give 4 November and 4 December 1880 for Henry’s birth, and the Find a Grave index gives 6 June 1974 for Otto’s death. Serves the cards of August Betcher, Elisabeth Kamiska Betcher, Pauline Augusta Betcher Schultz, Albert Betcher, Emma Betcher Wristen, Otto Betcher and Henry Edward Betcher.
  2. S1737Indexes — Elisabeth Kamiska Betcher, “Mrs. August Betcher”, Abilene, Texas, 1926. FamilySearch: Texas death records index (K37K-B7V) and Texas Death Index (VZD3-ZK5); Ancestry, Texas death certificates index, the same certificate; Find a Grave index (QVKH-7GVQ); Texas death records indexes for her children Henry (K38H-9HN) and Mary Johnson (K3Q1-P55); Social Security claim index for her daughter Emma Wristen (6K7V-D5LY). Indexes read on 5 and 6 October 2026; no image read. Probable Death index, filed under her husband’s name: born 26 Oct 1838 in Germany, died 26 Aug 1926 at Abilene, Taylor County, father O. Kimski. Find a Grave: Elisabeth Kamiska Betcher, born 6 Oct 1839, grave indexed at Denton Cemetery, Callahan County. Henry’s death index: mother Libby Kamiska. Mary Johnson’s: mother Lizzie Cominske. Emma Wristen’s claim: mother Libbie Engle, birthplace South Bend, Indiana. ⚠ Index only: no image has been read. No entry names her as the mother of Pauline. Two dates are given for her birth, and one entry gives her maiden name as Engle. Serves the cards of Elisabeth Kamiska Betcher, August Betcher, Pauline Augusta Betcher Schultz, Henry Edward Betcher and Emma Betcher Wristen.

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