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Johanna Sille (Selle)

Probable mother of Otto Paul Ladusch

Johanna Sille (Selle)

Probable

Probable mother of Otto Paul Ladusch

Sources
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Research status

Research status: PROBABLE — accepted by Earl 28 September 2026 pending more evidence. The 1945 death certificate of Pauline Wenzel, born in Germany in 1866, read from the image, names her father as Traugott Ladusek and her mother's maiden name as Johanna Sille, born Germany S850. If Traugott Ladusch is Otto's father, as his Social Security application says S851, Johanna is his likely mother. What is weak: no document names Otto's mother — his Social Security application leaves her as “?” S851 and his death certificate says “no record” S325 — and a second wife cannot be ruled out Probable confirm or correct →

Evidence: Pauline Wenzel's 1945 death certificate, read from the image, names her parents as Traugott Ladusek and Johanna Sille; Traugott is Otto's probable father by his Social Security application. Weak or missing: No document names Otto's mother: his Social Security index leaves her '?' and his death certificate says 'no record'; a second wife cannot be ruled out. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

Life in the order the records give it

Burial1835
Find a Grave gives her as Johanna Selle, 1835–1899 S336; no record read gives her dates, and the one document read spells her name Sille S850

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Probable
Probable mother of Otto Paul Ladusch; wife of Traugott Ladusch, and mother of Pauline Wenzel S850

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Sources cited on this card

4 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. S325Texas death certificate no. 72008 — Otto Ladusch, 1958. Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903–1982 (Ancestry collection 2272, record 23561925). Read from the image. Born 30 March 1873, Germany; died 26 December 1958, Seton Hospital, Austin, Travis County; parents “no record”; buried Oakwood Cemetery.
  2. S336Find a Grave memorial 259939327 — Traugott Ladusch. Read 22–23 September 2026. Wife Johanna Selle (1835–1899); children Pauline Alise Wenzel, Annamarie Ehmling, Bertha Nonnenmacher and Reinhold Gustav Ladusch. Otto is not listed.
  3. S850Texas death certificate, registered no. 9604, Floresville, Wilson County — Pauline Wenzel, 1945. Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903–1982 (Ancestry collection 2272, record 23333461, image 40394_b062269-02225). Image examined, read 28 September 2026. Probable Pauline Wenzel, widowed housewife, died 12 February 1945; born 24 February 1866, Germany; father Traugott Ladusek, born Germany; mother's maiden name Johanna Sille, born Germany; informant Max Wenzel, Floresville. A probable sister's certificate, not Otto Ladusch's; cited for the names of Traugott's wife and family.
  4. S851Social Security application of Otto Paul Ladusch — two indexes. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index (Ancestry record 613670605) and FamilySearch 1:1:6K7G-NCPT (United States Social Security Numerical Identification Files). Index entry only — no image was examined, read 28 September 2026. Probable Otto Paul Ladusch, born 30 March 1873, “Gruny”, West Germany; father Traugott Ladusch; mother “?”. Both index the same application; the SS-5 image has not been read. The birth date matches Otto's 1958 death certificate (S325), whose parents are “no record”.

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