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Otto Betcher

Son of August Betcher · 1876–1974

Otto Betcher

Probable

Son of August Betcher · 1876–1974

Born
in Indiana
Died
on 25 June 1974
Parents
August Betcher
Sources
1

Research status

Research status: PROBABLE. As a son of August Betcher the evidence is strong: the index of his Texas death record names August Betcher as his father, the index of the 1900 census of Callahan County lists him in his father’s household S1736, and the 1944 obituary of Pauline Augusta Betcher Schultz, read as machine text, names her brothers Otto and Henry Boetcher of Dudley. As a son of Elisabeth Kamiska Betcher it is Probable and weaker: his death index names no mother, and she is given as his mother here because she is the only wife of August Betcher in any record read and was his wife in 1900. Every record is an index or the machine-read text of a newspaper, and no image has been read.

Evidence: The index of his Texas death record gives his birth on 1 September 1876 in Indiana and his death on 25 June 1974 at Abilene, and names his father as August Betcher; the index of the 1900 census of Callahan County lists him in his father's household (S1736); the 1944 obituary of Pauline Schultz, read as machine text, names her brothers Otto and Henry Boetcher of Dudley. The evidence is strong that August was his father. Weak or missing: No record names his mother; the Find a Grave index gives his death as 6 June 1974; 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 →

Life in the order the records give it

Burial1974
Otto Betcher died on 25 June 1974 at Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. He was born in Indiana on 1 September 1876. Both dates are in the index of his Texas death record S1736. The Find a Grave index gives his death as 6 June 1974; the death record is followed here and both readings are kept. His sister’s obituary says that the family lived at South Bend, Indiana, before coming to Texas in 1878, which agrees with a birth in Indiana in 1876.
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History of this card. 12 Oct 2026
card written when he was added to the family tree, from the death, grave and census indexes (S1736) and the machine-read text of his sister Pauline’s 1944 obituary.

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Probable
Probable confirm or correct → Son of August Betcher (1831–1919) and Elisabeth Kamiska Betcher (1838–1926). Brother of Pauline Augusta Betcher Schultz, of Henry Edward Betcher and of Emma Betcher Wristen; Albert Betcher is a son of the same father. He is not Otto Herman Schultz, who was Pauline’s son and his nephew. His wife and his children are not named here.
Weak or missing
What is weak or missing: no record names his mother; two days are given for his 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 Card added 2026-10-12

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Otto Betcher · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

1 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, grave indexed at Denton, 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.

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