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

Philip Schultz

Son of Pauline Augusta Betcher Schultz · 1893–1968

Philip Schultz

Probable

Son of Pauline Augusta Betcher Schultz · 1893–1968

Born
at Abilene, Taylor County, Texas
Died
on 28 September 1968
Parents
Pauline Augusta Betcher Schultz
Sources
2

Research status

Research status: PROBABLE as a son of Pauline Augusta Betcher Schultz and her husband Herman Schultz, and so a brother of Minnie Mae Schultz Coffman, Otto Herman Schultz, William John Schultz and Carl Schultz. The evidence is strong: the index of his Texas death record names both parents, the index of the 1910 census of Abilene lists Philip in the household of H. and Pauline Schultz, his obituary calls him a son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schultz, and his mother’s 1944 obituary names him S1744S1718. It stays Probable because every record is an index or the machine-read text of a newspaper page: no image has been read.

Evidence: The index of his Texas death record names both parents; the index of the 1910 census of Abilene lists Philip in the household of H. and Pauline Schultz; his 1968 obituary calls him a son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schultz and gives his birth on 22 October 1893 and his death on 28 September 1968 at Big Spring (S1744); his mother's 1944 obituary names him (S1718). The evidence is strong. Weak or missing: Every record is an index or machine-read newspaper text, and no image has been read; the birthplace and the burial are in the obituary only; two different names are given for his wife. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

Life in the order the records give it

Military1968
Philip Schultz died on 28 September 1968 at Big Spring, Howard County, Texas, in the Veterans Administration Hospital, aged 74. He was born at Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, on 22 October 1893. The dates are in the index of the Texas death records and in his obituary in the Abilene Reporter-News of 29 September 1968. The death index gives his birthplace as Texas only; Abilene is from the obituary S1744.
Military
According to the obituary he served two years in France in the First World War, kept a grocery with his brother W. J., and belonged to St. Paul Methodist Church; it names as survivors his sister Mrs. Minnie Mae Coffman and his brothers W. J. and Carl, and gives his burial at the Oddfellow Cemetery, Abilene, which rests on the newspaper text alone S1744.
Census2026
History of this card. 12 Oct 2026
card written when he was added to the family tree as a son of Pauline Augusta Betcher, from the Texas death index, the 1910 census index and his 1968 obituary (S1744).

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Marriage1935
His wife is an open question. The obituary says he married Dorothy Lee Hulsey at Abilene on 11 October 1935; the 1930 and 1940 censuses list a wife Ethmye in his household. No marriage record has been read, and neither woman has a card. His children are not named here.

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

Probable
Probable confirm or correct → Son of Pauline Augusta Betcher Schultz. His father, Herman Schultz, is not yet in this record.
Weak or missing
What is weak or missing: every record is an index or machine-read newspaper text, and no image has been read; the birthplace and the burial are in the obituary only; the two names for his wife are not reconciled. Know more, or think this is wrong? Use “Add to this record”.
Cited on this card S1718 S1744 Card added 2026-10-12

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Philip Schultz · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

2 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. S1718Indexes — Pauline Augusta Betcher Schultz, born Germany, 24 August 1865; died Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, 7 September 1944. FamilySearch, Find a Grave index (Q243-4DSY); 1910 census index, Abilene Ward 2 (M23Z-F8F); “Texas Deaths” index for her son William J. Schultz, who died at Abilene on 26 March 1972 (K3FC-DBN). Indexes read on 4 October 2026; no image read. Probable Find a Grave: born 24 Aug 1865, died 7 Sep 1944, buried at Abilene. 1910: H. Schultz, wife Pauline, born 1865 in Germany, immigrated 1874, with Otto, Carl, Philip and Minnie. 1972: father Herman Schultz, mother Pauline Betcher. ⚠ Index only: no image has been read, and her own 1944 death certificate has not been found. The 1930 and 1940 census pages that name her are read from the images (S1220, S1221). Serves the card of Pauline Augusta Betcher Schultz; her son William John Schultz has a card of his own (S1724).
  2. S1744Indexes and obituary — Philip Schultz, 74, Abilene and Big Spring, Texas, 1968. FamilySearch: Texas death records index (KS1D-HQ2); 1910 census index (M23Z-F8V). Newspapers.com: Abilene Reporter-News, 29 September 1968, pp. 1 and 6 (images 762383479, 762383515). Index and machine-read text read on 5 October 2026; no image read. Probable Death index: Philip Schultz, born in Texas, both parents named. 1910: Philip in the household of H. and Pauline Schultz at Abilene. Obituary: Philip Schultz, 74, died Saturday 28 September 1968 at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Big Spring, after a long illness; born 22 October 1893 at Abilene, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schultz of the Schultz Bakery; two years in France in the First World War; grocer with his brother W. J.; St. Paul Methodist Church; married Dorothy Lee Hulsey at Abilene on 11 October 1935; burial at the Oddfellow Cemetery, Abilene. Survivors include his sister Mrs. Minnie Mae Coffman and his brothers W. J. and Carl. ⚠ Index and machine-read text only: no image has been read. Abilene as his birthplace and the burial are in the obituary alone. The 1930 and 1940 censuses list a wife Ethmye; the obituary’s 1935 marriage to Dorothy Lee Hulsey is not reconciled with them, and no marriage record has been read. His children are not named here. Serves the cards of Philip Schultz, Pauline Augusta Betcher Schultz, William John Schultz, Carl Schultz, Otto Herman Schultz and Minnie Mae Schultz Coffman.

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