Julius Franz Kretschmar

Julius Franz Kretschmar

TexasConfirmed

Kristin's 2nd great-grandfather · 1851–1946

Born

21 June 1851

Died

27 July 1946

Children

Willie Frank "Will" Kretschmar, Max W. Kretschmar

Sources

6

Life in the order the records give it

Birth1851

Born 21 June 1851, Germany (Texas death certificate no. 34138)

Death1946

Died 27 July 1946, Brackenridge Hospital, Austin (Texas death certificate no. 34138; informant his son Will). An earlier version of this card said 1868–1940, from a user tree; the certificate and his ages in 1900 (48) and 1940 (88) rule that out

Note—

German-Texan line, Del Valle, Travis County, Texas S12

Census1900

In 1900, as Fritz, 48, immigrated 1883, with Lena and eight children including Willie S228; in 1940, aged 88 and widowed, in his son Max's household S230

Arrival1883

🆕 Arrived at Baltimore on 10 October 1883 on the steamship America from Bremen, as Franz Kretschman, 32, farmer, bound for Texas, with Lina and their three daughters S380; added 24 September 2026.

Census1910

🆕 In 1910 he was enumerated as Frank Kredeschmar, 58, naturalized, farming his own land free of debt in Justice Precinct 6, Travis County, with his children Thera(?), Charlie, Minnie and Max. His wife was not in the house that day S433. In June 1919 his son Max W. Kretschmar, a private first class in the 250th Company Military Police, sailed home from Bordeaux on the Santa Rosa. The list named “Mr. Frank Kretschmar, father, R.F.D. #2, Delvale, Texas” as next of kin S434. added 25 September 2026.

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Children—

Father of Willie Frank "Will" Kretschmar, grandfather of Lucille Lorine Kretschmar S12

Children1894

🆕 Father of Max W. Kretschmar (1894–1981), who named him as next of kin in 1919 S434 and in whose household he lived in 1940 S230

Corrections what an earlier version of this card said

• An earlier version of this card said 1868–1940, from a user tree; the certificate and his ages in 1900 (48) and 1940 (88) rule that out Father of Willie Frank "Will" Kretschmar, grandfather of Lucille Lorine Kretschmar S12 German-Texan line, Del Valle, Travis County, Texas S12 In 1900, as Fritz, 48, immigrated 1883, with Lena and eight children including Willie S228; in 1940, aged 88 and widowed, in his son Max's household S230 🆕 Arrived at Baltimore on 10 October 1883 on the steamship America from Bremen, as Franz Kretschman, 32, farmer, bound for Texas, with Lina and their three daughters S380; added 24 September 2026.

In the record Generation 5 — great-great-grandparents

1. S12FamilySearch Tree public pages, no login required for deceased persons — William Harry Proeger KC1N-799, Aileane Marie Silva L9GZ-NDP, William Leonard Proeger L7GK-VBK, Queen Anne Proeger LHQW-W1L — ancestors.familysearch.org. User-contributed; event lists are treated as PROBABLE unless separately sourced.
2. 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.
3. S2301940 U.S. Federal Census — Max Kretschmar household, Justice Precinct 6, Travis County, Texas. Ancestry record 157064853; ED 227-86, sheet 9A, lines 17–22. Read from the image at full resolution, 22 September 2026. Max Kretschmar, 46, farmer; Olga, 35; three children; and Franz, 88, father, widowed, born Germany, naturalized. 🔑 Julius Franz Kretschmar alive in April 1940, aged 88.
4. S380Baltimore passenger list — steamship America, Bremen to Baltimore, arrived 10 October 1883 (page E-7, lines 384–388). Ancestry record 1024920. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed Franz Kretschman, 32, farmer, of Germany, bound for Texas, with Lina, 28, and daughters Elisab[eth], 4, Clara, 2, and Eliza, 6 months. The family and their Texas destination are read off the page; the ship, date and ports are on the manifest cover sheet and are taken from Ancestry's index.
5. S4331910 U.S. Federal Census — Frank Kredeschmar household, Justice Precinct 6, Travis County, Texas (ED 90, sheet 3B). Ancestry record 28666865. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed Frank Kredeschmar, head, 58, married, born Germany, immigrated 1883, naturalized, farmer, owns his farm free; with Thera(?), daughter, 30, born Germany; Charlie, son, born Texas; Minnie, daughter, 22; and Max, son, 16; enumerated 26 April 1910. The enumerator's spelling. He is marked married, but no wife is in the house; the page does not say where Lena was. The eldest daughter's name is hard to read.
6. S434U.S. Army Transport Service passenger lists — Santa Rosa, Bordeaux to Hoboken, sailed 16 June 1919, 250th Company Military Police (sheet 3). Ancestry record 113203882. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed Kretschmar, Max W., serial 1,498,084, Private first class, 250th Company Military Police; person to notify: Mr. Frank Kretschmar, father, R.F.D. #2, Delvale, Texas; stamped “To Camp Merritt”. The list names Frank as Max's father and places him at Del Valle in June 1919. Max has no card of his own yet.