The Proeger Family · The people
Generation 4 — Kristin's great-grandparents
38 people, Kristin's side. Each name opens a page of their own with the full card, portrait, photographs, documents and the sources it rests on.
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Generation 4 — Kristin's great-grandparents
38 people
Two very different bodies of evidence sit side by side here. The Walker pair rests on Melvin's NUMIDENT line and on the 1930 Jackson County census that put the family under one roof. The Peters pair is documented four ways — a Social Security record, two adjacent headstones and three published obituaries from two states.
⚠️ These four rest on Social Security NUMIDENT parent fields and FindAGrave, not on census images, and they are carried at exactly the confidence the research assigned them — no higher. Everything above them is FindAGrave contributor data and is Probable throughout.
Thomas Walton Caffey Sr.
TexasConfirmed1873–1930
- Born
- 13 October 1873, Texas
- Children
- Howard L. Caffey, Thomas Osborn Caffey
- Sources
- 6
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13 Oct 2026 — “now read from the image” reworded to “read from the image”; the statement and its source are unchanged. 13 Oct 2026 — one note on this card ended with the words “added” and a date; it was added on: 25 Sep 2026 (1 note). The dated endings were taken off, and nothing else in the notes was changed.
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Medie Owens
TexasConfirmed1887–1954 · maiden name Owens, on her death certificate
- Born
- 28 September 1887 at Salado
- Died
- 28 July 1954
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- 12
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Nettie Ellen Cleveland
ArkansasProbableKristin's great-grandmother · 1897–1971
- Born
- 27 November 1897
- Died
- 25 November 1971
- Buried
- at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, on 27 November 1971
- Parents
- Melton Cleaveland & Maude Melville Warner
- Married
- Daniel Jonah Walker
- Children
- Clarence Melvin "Melvin" Walker
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- 16
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- 1
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Evidence: Her 1971 death certificate names her parents Melton Cleaveland and Maude Warner; her death notice of 26 November 1971 names her children by Daniel Jonah Walker. Weak or missing: Her birth date is disputed (1897 vs 1896), and no Nebraska birth record has been found. Her 1971 death notice (S1553) names her children but no parent, and was read from machine text, not the page image. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →
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Daniel Jonah Walker & Nettie Ellen "Annie" Cleveland
ConfirmedMelvin's parents · 1890–1964 · she 1896–1971
- Born
- 10 March 1890 at China Spring, McLennan County
- Parents
- William Bernard Walker
- Married
- Ida S. Walker
- Children
- Mary, William
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- 24
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The notes on this card that carried a “new” mark were added on these days: 29 Sep 2026 (1 note), 5 Oct 2026 (3 notes). The marks and their dates were taken off on 12 Oct 2026, and nothing in the notes was changed. 13 Oct 2026 — 2 notes on this card ended with the words “added” and a date; they were added on: 24 Sep 2026 (2 notes). The dated endings were taken off, and nothing else in the notes was changed.
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Benjamin LaRoy "Pete" Peters Sr.
IowaConfirmedDorothy's father · 1905–1993
- Born
- 12 October 1905, Franklin County, Iowa
- Died
- 9 April 1993, Schertz, Guadalupe County, Texas
- Buried
- Lakeview Cemetery, Clear Lake, Deuel County, South Dakota
- Parents
- Benjamin L. A. & Benjamine Peters
- Children
- Edna Blanche Orsborn Peters
- Sources
- 17
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- 2
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Gertie Selma Selland
South DakotaConfirmedDorothy's mother · 1903–1991 · the Norwegian line
- Born
- 1 October 1903, Clear Lake, Deuel County, South Dakota
- Died
- 8 December 1991, Schertz, Texas
- Buried
- Lakeview Cemetery, Clear Lake
- Parents
- Mons Selland & Julia (Lone) Selland
- Married
- Benjamin LaRoy Peters
- Sources
- 15
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- 1
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Willie Frank "Will" Kretschmar
Confirmed1890–1973
- Born
- 18 October 1890
- Died
- 20 November 1973
- Married
- Hattie Ladusch
- Children
- Lucille Lorine Kretschmar
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- 11
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- 1
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Hattie Elizabeth "Liessi" Ladusch
TexasConfirmed1898–1990 · the German-Texan line
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- 28 March 1898, New Ulm, Austin County, Texas
- Died
- in March 1990, Hays County, Texas
- Children
- Dorothy Ellis, Lucille Lorine Kretschmar, Raymond Will Kretschmar
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- 12
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The Peters family, Chicago to Sioux Falls
ConfirmedSix children, reconstructed from three obituaries that agree
- Six children — LaRoy's obituary says he grew up "with his five sisters." All six are named consistently across three separately published obituaries: Dorothy (1926), Shirley (1927), LaRoy Jr. (1930), Betty (1937), Marlene and Eileen S40
- The birthplaces trace the move: Dorothy and Shirley born at Chicago (1926, 1927), LaRoy at Marathon, Iowa (1930), Betty at Sioux Falls, South Dakota (1937) S40
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- So the family went Chicago → Iowa → Sioux Falls about 1932 — "after moving there with his parents when he was two" — which is exactly the "first eighteen years in Sioux Falls" of Dorothy's own obituary S36S40
- The parents retired to Schertz, Texas, died there in 1991 and 1993, and were returned to Clear Lake, South Dakota — Selma's birthplace — for burial S38S41
- Dorothy's brother LaRoy J. "Pete" Peters died 25 January 2021 and her sister Betty Jane Sanders on 10 September 2013; both death dates appear independently on the parents' memorials and in their own published obituaries S40S41
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Etta May Cearley Caughey
ProbableDaughter of Edmund A. Cearley · 1901–1985
- Died
- on 25 July 1985
- Parents
- Edmund A. Cearley
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- 2
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Evidence: The index of the 1910 census of Travis County lists Etta M. in the household of Edmund A. and Georgia Cearley; the indexes of the 1930 and 1940 censuses list her with her father and sisters; the Find a Grave index gives her maiden name as Cearley, and the Texas death index gives her death on 25 July 1985 in Travis County (S1751); the Austin American-Statesman of 27 July 1985 gives her burial at Walnut Creek Cemetery (S1759). The evidence is strong. Weak or missing: Her records are indexes, and her burial rests on the machine-read text of a newspaper page; no image has been read for her; her husband is not identified; her mother Georgia's maiden name has not been found. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →
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Alma Kathryn Bruce Gordon
ProbableDaughter of Charles Brooks Bruce · 1906–1982
- Born
- at Cuero, DeWitt County, Texas
- Parents
- Charles Brooks Bruce & Ida Alice Montgomery Bruce
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- 4
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Evidence: The index of her Texas death certificate gives her birth on 9 October 1906 at Cuero and her death on 25 February 1982 at San Marcos, and names her parents as Charles and Ida; a Texas county marriage index lists Jeff S. Gordon and Alma Bruce (S1752); the 1910 census page of the Bruce household at Cuero lists a daughter Alma (S1358). The evidence is strong. Weak or missing: The death certificate, the marriage and the grave are known from indexes only, and no image of them has been read; the death index gives her parents' first names alone, so that she is the Alma of the 1910 household rests on those names, her age and Cuero. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →
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Mary Bessie Bruce Barnard
ProbableDaughter of Charles Brooks Bruce · 1894–1942
- Born
- in Texas
- Died
- on 1 November 1942
- Parents
- Charles Brooks Bruce & Ida Alice Montgomery Bruce
- Sources
- 4
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Evidence: The index of her Texas death record gives Mary Bessie Barnard, born on 20 October in Texas, died on 1 November 1942 at Houston, father Charlie Bruce; the Find a Grave index gives her birth on 20 October 1894, the same day of death and her burial at Cuero; the Houston Chronicle of 4 November 1942 calls her the former Miss Mamie Bruce, daughter of the late C. B. Bruce, for many years a rural mail carrier (S1758); the 1900 and 1910 census pages of the Bruce household list a daughter Mary B. and Mary (S1357, S1358); a Texas county marriage index lists John F. Barnard and “Marnie” B. Bruce in DeWitt County (S1758). The evidence is strong. Weak or missing: Her own records are indexes or the machine-read text of newspaper pages, and no image of them has been read; her year of birth is given two ways, 1894 and 1892, and 1894 cannot stand beside her sister Dora Inez, born in August 1894 by the 1900 census; her mother is not named in any of her records; the marriage index line gives no date and spells her name “Marnie”. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →
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Emma Rachel Ault
ConfirmedFirst wife of Thomas Walton Caffey Sr.
- Died
- Not found
- Married
- Thomas Walton Caffey Sr.
- Children
- Mattie Lee Caffey
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- 0
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Anna Bell Caffey Gold
ProbableDaughter of Hooper Van Caffey · 1871–1949
- Born
- 5 January 1871
- Died
- 5 May 1949
- Parents
- Hooper Van Caffey & Amanda Melvina Griffin
- Married
- Henry L. (Henry Lewis) Gold
- Children
- Vernon Clyde Gold, James Elmo Gold
- Sources
- 12
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Evidence: Her 1949 Texas death certificate naming Hooper Van Caffey and Mattie Griffen, and Annie B., 9, in Hooper's 1880 household. Weak or missing: One certificate, informant J. E. Gold, relationship not stated, written 78 years after her birth. Her 1949 obituary counts two living brothers, which fits Hooper's sons, but names neither. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →
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Milton Eastland Montgomery
ConfirmedSon of James L. Montgomery · 1886–1974
- Born
- 27 October 1886
- Died
- 17 August 1974
- Parents
- James L. Montgomery
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- 4
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Eunice Faye Montgomery
ConfirmedDaughter of James L. Montgomery · Mrs. John L. Jarratt · 1892–1976
- Born
- 30 March 1892
- Parents
- James L. Montgomery
- Married
- John L. Jarratt Sr.
- Sources
- 2
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W. Irene Montgomery
ConfirmedDaughter of James L. Montgomery · Mrs. Charles Allen Jarratt · 1903–1986
- Born
- 14 August 1903
- Died
- 7 January 1986
- Parents
- James L. Montgomery
- Married
- Charles Allen Jarratt
- Sources
- 2
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Charles B. (C. B.) Caffey
ProbableSon of Hooper Van Caffey · 1865–1948
- Born
- 7 October 1865
- Died
- 15 February 1948
- Parents
- Hooper Van Caffey & Amy Richardson
- Sources
- 11
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Evidence: His 1948 Texas death certificate, which names Hooper Van Caffey and Amy Richardson. Weak or missing: The only record naming Amy, and the informant was the Confederate Home, not family. His 1948 obituary names no parent, and gives his birthplace as Montgomery where the certificate says Mobile. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →
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Orbin Oliver Piland
ConfirmedFather of Alice Lorene Piland Caffey · 1893–1929
- Born
- 22 March 1893
- Died
- 30 September 1929
- Parents
- Edward Raymond Piland & Virginia Francis "Jennie" Montgomery
- Married
- Mabel Logue Piland
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- 12
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Myrtle Mae Piland Nance
ConfirmedSister of Orbin Oliver Piland · 1889–1942
- Born
- on 20 June 1889
- Died
- on 2 July 1942
- Parents
- Edward Raymond Piland & Virginia Francis "Jennie" Montgomery
- Married
- Albert Pate Nance
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- 4
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Mabel Logue Piland
ProbableMother of Alice Lorene Piland Caffey · 1895–1961
- Born
- 31 October 1895
- Died
- 13 April 1961
- Parents
- Dan Crutcher Logue & Virginia Alice Hamby
- Married
- Orbin Oliver Piland
- Children
- Alice Lorene Piland
- Sources
- 17
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Evidence: In 1920 in Hays County, read from the image, Mabel, 24, is the wife of Orvin O. Piland with their daughter Alice L., 5; in 1930 at Austin, read from the image, Mable Piland, 34, a widow, heads the household with her daughter Alice Lorena, 15, and her mother Virginia Logue, 62; in 1950 she is Mabel L. Piland, mother-in-law, in Thomas O. Caffey's household; the index of her Texas death certificate gives her birth on 31 October 1895 at Galveston and her father as D. C. Logue; her parents are Confirmed from the 1900 and 1930 census images, and her death on 13 April 1961 from the index and her obituary; the 1956 death notice of her sister Ethel Florence Lewis names Mrs. Mable Piland of Austin as a sister (S1710), and her own 1961 obituary names three Logue brothers (S1573). Weak or missing: The death certificate is read from its index only, not the image; it gives Galveston as her birthplace while the 1900 census has the family in Waco; a FamilySearch birth index for her daughter calls her Mabel Larrimore Logue, and the Larrimore name has not been explained. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →
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The notes on this card that carried a “new” mark were added on these days: 1 Oct 2026 (2 notes), 2 Oct 2026 (1 note). The marks and their dates were taken off on 12 Oct 2026, and nothing in the notes was changed.
13 Oct 2026 — “now read from the image” reworded to “read from the image”; the statement and its source are unchanged.
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Leola Logue Piland
ConfirmedSister of Mabel Logue Piland · 1892–1938
- Born
- 28 November 1892
- Parents
- Dan Crutcher Logue & Virginia Alice Hamby
- Married
- Ruben Piland
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- 8
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Victor Quillen Logue
ConfirmedBrother of Mabel Logue Piland · 1902–1978
- Born
- 26 September 1902
- Died
- 27 August 1978
- Buried
- at Concord, Cleburne County, Arkansas
- Parents
- Dan Crutcher Logue & Virginia Alice Hamby
- Married
- Mildred Warner Pool
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- 7
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James Clinton Caffey
ConfirmedSon of Hooper Van Caffey · 1878–1978
- Born
- 15 Jul 1878
- Parents
- Hooper Van Caffey & Amanda Melvina Griffin
- Children
- Woodrow Willard Caffey
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- 9
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Ebber Lou Owens Caffey
ConfirmedWife of James Clinton Caffey · 1889–1968
- Born
- 2 Mar 1889
- Parents
- Charles Owens & Medie Owens
- Married
- James Clinton Caffey
- Children
- Woodrow Willard Caffey
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- 5
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Ethel Florence Logue Lewis
ConfirmedDaughter of Dan Crutcher Logue · 1891–1956
- Born
- 1 Jan 1891
- Died
- 19 May 1956
- Parents
- Dan Crutcher Logue & Virginia Alice Hamby
- Married
- Harry Randolph Lewis
- Sources
- 10
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Harry Randolph Lewis
ConfirmedHusband of Ethel Florence Logue Lewis · born 1890
- Born
- 10 Jun 1890
- Died
- on 5 January 1978
- Married
- Ethel Florence Logue Lewis
- Children
- James Crutcher Lewis
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- 12
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Merrill Zilman Piland Sr.
ConfirmedSon of Alex Leonard Piland · 1903–1976
- Born
- 5 Sep 1903
- Parents
- Alex Leonard Piland & Lula Gay Montgomery Piland
- Married
- Ruby Edna Cearley Piland
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- 7
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Ruby Edna Cearley Piland
ConfirmedWife of Merrill Zilman Piland Sr. · about 1903–1982
- Parents
- Edmund A. Cearley
- Married
- Merrill Zilman Piland Sr.
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- 9
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Dora Inez Bruce
ConfirmedDaughter of Charles Brooks Bruce · born 1894
- Parents
- Charles Brooks Bruce & Ida Alice Montgomery Bruce
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- 4
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Lee Marvin Logue
ConfirmedBrother of Mabel Logue Piland · 1905–1987
- Born
- in Texas
- Died
- on 1 November 1987
- Parents
- Dan Crutcher Logue & Virginia Alice Hamby
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- 4
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Halbert Logue
ConfirmedBrother of Mabel Logue Piland · 1900–1966
- Parents
- Dan Crutcher Logue & Virginia Alice Hamby
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- 5
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Lizzie Kretschmar Rojas
ConfirmedDaughter of Julius Franz Kretschmar · born 1878
- Born
- 20 August 1878
- Parents
- Julius Franz Kretschmar & Lena Kretschmar
- Married
- Estanislao Rojas
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- 6
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Clara Frances Kretschmar Semff
ConfirmedDaughter of Julius Franz Kretschmar · born 1881
- Born
- 5 August 1881
- Died
- 17 June 1967
- Parents
- Julius Franz Kretschmar & Lena
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- 6
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Elsie Lena Kretschmar Peterson
ConfirmedDaughter of Julius Franz Kretschmar · born 1883
- Born
- 18 January 1883
- Parents
- Julius Franz Kretschmar & Lena
- Married
- Christian F. Peterson
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- 7
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Charlie F. Kretschmar
ProbableProbable son of Julius Franz Kretschmar · 1886–1967
- Born
- on 13 July 1886
- Died
- on 20 August 1967
- Parents
- Julius Franz Kretschmar
- Sources
- 4
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Evidence: The index of Texas death certificate 49198 gives his father as Frank Kretchmar (S1646); Charlie is a son in the 1910 household (S433) and in his father’s obituary (S1633). Weak or missing: The index shows no mother, so no record read names Lena Landrock as his mother; she is entered as the best guess because she is his father’s only known wife. Only the index was read, not the certificate image. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →
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Minnie Johanna Kretschmar Reininger
ConfirmedDaughter of Julius Franz Kretschmar · born 1888
- Born
- 11 March 1888
- Parents
- Julius Franz Kretschmar & Lena
- Married
- Albert C. Reininger
- Children
- Harry Max Reininger
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- 14
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Max W. Kretschmar
ConfirmedSon of Julius Franz Kretschmar · 1894–1981
- Born
- 12 January 1894
- Died
- 3 December 1981
- Parents
- Julius Franz Kretschmar & Lena
- Married
- Olga Jenke
- Sources
- 12
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Frieda Ladusch
ConfirmedDaughter of Otto Paul Ladusch · born 1896
- Born
- August 1896
- Parents
- Otto Paul Ladusch & Emma Stein
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- 16
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