The Proeger Family · Generation 4 — Kristin's great-grandparents and their siblings

Max W. Kretschmar

Son of Julius Franz Kretschmar · 1894–1981

Max W. Kretschmar

Confirmed

Son of Julius Franz Kretschmar · 1894–1981

Born
12 January 1894
Died
3 December 1981
Parents
Julius Franz Kretschmar & Lena
Married
Olga Jenke
Sources
10

Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED son of Julius Franz Kretschmar and Lena, and added to the tree on Earl’s approval of 2 October 2026. In 1900 Max is among the children of Fritz and Lena Kretschmar S228; in 1910 he is in his father Frank’s household S433; in June 1919 the Army transport list names “Mr. Frank Kretschmar, father” as his next of kin S434; and in 1940 his widowed father lives with him S230. All four are read from the images. Added 2 October 2026

Life in the order the records give it

Birth1894
Born 12 January 1894 in Travis County; died 3 December 1981 at home on Rt. 1, Del Valle, Travis County, a farmer and a veteran. His death certificate, read from the image, names him Max William Kretschmar, Sr., his father Frantz Kretschmar and his mother “Lena Landrum”, and gives his burial at Salem Lutheran Cemetery S1204 S1197
Military1919
A private first class in the 250th Company Military Police, he sailed home from Bordeaux on the Santa Rosa on 16 June 1919 S434
Census1940
In 1940 he farmed in Justice Precinct 6, Travis County, with his wife Olga, their children and his father S230; in 1950 he and Olga are still farming in Travis County with their children S1205; in 1954 the Austin directory lists him at Del Valle, next to his brother Will S437

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Marriage1930
Married Olga Jenke in Travis County on 8 June 1930, by Rev. A. F. Michalk of Lee County; the licence, read from the image, was issued on 5 June S1203
Children1940
Three children are in the 1940 and 1950 censuses; they are not named here, because they may be living S230 S1205
Siblings1973
Brother of Willie Frank “Will” Kretschmar, whose 1973 death notice names “a brother, Max Kretschmar of Elroy” and a sister, Minnie Reininger S1196

Open questions what is probable, weak or missing — confirm or correct it

Weak or missing
What is weak or missing: his obituary and First World War draft card have not been read; his death certificate spells his mother’s maiden name Landrum, not Landrock

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Max W. Kretschmar · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

10 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. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. S437Austin, Texas, City Directory, 1954, p. 370 — Kretschmar. Ancestry record 399805248. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed “--Will F (Liessi F) carp h1911 E 1st”: Will F. Kretschmar, carpenter, and his wife Liessi, householders at 1911 East First Street, the same address as the 1930 and 1940 censuses. Max W. Kretschmar is listed just above, at Del Valle. Fred (1901 E 1st) and Charlie F. (1903 E 1st) Kretschmar are next door on the same page. The directory does not say how they are related to Will. Ancestry indexes the number as 911.
  6. S1196Austin American-Statesman, 21 November 1973, p. 9 — death notice of Will F. Kretschmar. Newspapers.com page 387049343. Read from the newspaper’s text, 1 October 2026. Confirmed “Will F. Kretschmar, 83, of 4913 Ave. H died in a local hospital Tuesday”; survivors include a brother, Max Kretschmar of Elroy, and a sister, Minnie Reininger of Austin. Grandchildren are counted only, not named.
  7. S1197FamilySearch index, Social Security Death Index and Texas Death Index — Max Kretschmar, Travis County. Checked 30 September 2026. Probable Born 12 January 1894; died 3 December 1981. Indexes only; his death certificate and obituary have not been read.
  8. S1203Travis County, Texas, marriage licence and return no. 712 — Max Kretschmar and Olga Jenke, 8 June 1930. Ancestry, “Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837–1965”, record 40831767. Image examined, read 2 October 2026. Confirmed Licence issued 5 June 1930; married 8 June 1930 by Rev. A. F. Michalk of Lee County. The index reads “Jenks”; the image reads Jenke.
  9. S1204Texas death certificate no. 104446 — Max William Kretschmar, Sr., died 3 December 1981. Ancestry, “Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903–1982”, record 40026570. Image examined, read 2 October 2026. Confirmed Born 12 January 1894, Travis County; died at Rt. 1, Del Valle; farmer; a veteran; wife Olga Jenke; father Frantz Kretschmar; mother entered as Lena Landrum; buried Salem Lutheran Cemetery; informant his son. “Landrum” is a third spelling of Lena’s maiden name, after Landrock (S473) and Lantrop (S474).
  10. S12051950 United States Federal Census — Max Kretschmar household, Travis County, Texas, ED 227-39A, sheet 9. Ancestry record 187831703. Image examined, read 2 October 2026. Confirmed Max Kretschmar, 56, head; Olga, 45, wife; and their three children. The children are named on the card only; ages are left off.

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