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Victoria Julia Galbraith Schultz

Wife of Otto Herman Schultz · 1894–1980

Victoria Julia Galbraith Schultz

Probable

Wife of Otto Herman Schultz · 1894–1980

Born
at Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri
Sources
3

Research status

Research status: PROBABLE as the wife of Otto Herman Schultz. The evidence is strong: a Texas marriage index lists the couple, the index of the 1920 census lists her as daughter-in-law in the household of Pauline Augusta Betcher Schultz, aged 25 and born in Missouri, and his 1961 funeral notice says he married Victoria Galbraith at Abilene in 1918 S1747S1720S1721. It stays Probable because every record is an index or the machine-read text of a newspaper page: no image has been read.

Evidence: A Texas marriage index lists Otto H. Schultz and Victoria Julia Galbraith; the index of the 1920 census lists her, aged 25 and born in Missouri, as daughter-in-law in Pauline Schultz's household; two notices of January 1980 give her birth on 17 September 1894 at Carthage, Missouri, and her death on 11 January 1980 at Abilene (S1747); her husband's 1961 funeral notice says he married Victoria Galbraith at Abilene in 1918 (S1721). The evidence is strong. Weak or missing: Every record is an index or machine-read newspaper text, and no image has been read; both 1980 notices print her husband as Otto M. and give two ages, 87 and 85; the month of the marriage and the burial are in the obituary only. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

Life in the order the records give it

Death1980
Victoria Julia Galbraith Schultz died on 11 January 1980 at Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, in Hendrick Medical Center. She was born at Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri, on 17 September 1894. The dates and places are from two notices in the Abilene Reporter-News, of 12 and 14 January 1980. Both print her husband’s name as Otto M., and they give her age as 87 and as 85; 85 fits the birth date S1747.
Census2026
History of this card. 12 Oct 2026
card written when she was added to the family tree as the wife of Otto Herman Schultz, from the Texas marriage index, the 1920 census index and two notices of January 1980 (S1747).

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Parents1860
Her father is given as S. C. Galbraith, taken to be Stansell Colmore Galbraith (1860–1935). He is not in this record and has no card.

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

Probable
Probable confirm or correct → Wife of Otto Herman Schultz. According to her obituary she came to Abilene in 1905, married in August 1918, and worked with her husband at Schultz Dry Goods; it gives her burial at Elmwood Memorial Park, which rests on the newspaper text alone S1747. Her children and granddaughters are not named here.
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 marriage record itself has not been read, and the month of the marriage is in the obituary only; the two 1980 notices disagree on her age and misprint her husband’s initial. Know more, or think this is wrong? Use “Add to this record”.

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Victoria Julia Galbraith Schultz · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

3 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. S1720Indexes — Otto Herman Schultz, born Texas, 16 September 1884; died Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, 24 May 1961. FamilySearch: 1910 census index, Abilene (M23Z-F8N); “Texas Deaths” index (K3H4-3Q7) and Texas Death Index (VZJH-M84); World War II draft registration index, 1942 (XPL1-1Z7); Find a Grave index (QVGP-JDYJ); Texas marriage index (QV1Z-348B). Ancestry, 1920 census index, record 13162876. Indexes read on 4 October 2026; no image read. Probable 1910: Otto, born about 1885 in Texas, son of H. and Pauline Schultz, with Carl, Philip and Minnie. 1920: Otto Schultz, 35, son of the head, Abilene. Deaths: Otto Herman Schultz, died 24 May 1961 at Abilene. Draft registration and Find a Grave: born 16 September 1884. Marriage index: Otto H. Schultz and Victor Julia Galbraith. ⚠ Index only: no image has been read. The parent field of the death index repeats his own name and gives no usable parents. Serves the cards of Otto Herman Schultz and of his wife Victoria Julia Galbraith Schultz, the Victor Julia Galbraith of the marriage index.
  2. S1721Funeral notice — Otto H. Schultz, 76, Abilene Reporter-News, Thursday 25 May 1961, p. 24. Newspapers.com, image 761784218. Machine-read text of the page, read on 4 October 2026; the page image itself has not been read. Probable Otto H. Schultz, 76, lifelong Abilene resident and former owner of Schultz Dry Goods Co., died on Wednesday in Hendrick Memorial Hospital after a two-month illness; born 16 September 1884 at Abilene; partner in the Anderson-Schultz Dry Goods Co. in 1913, sole owner within two years, retired 1957; married Victoria Galbraith at Abilene in 1918; home 749 Butternut Street; funeral by the pastor of First Methodist Church, burial at Elmwood Memorial Park. Survivors include three brothers, Will, Carl and Phil, and one sister, Mrs. Minnie Coffman of 426 Elm Street. ⚠ Machine-read text only; it prints the wife’s first name as “Victor”. The notice does not name his parents. His sons and grandchildren are not named here. Serves the cards of Otto Herman Schultz, William John Schultz, Carl Schultz and Philip Schultz, the Will, Carl and Phil of the notice, and of Victoria Julia Galbraith Schultz, the wife it names.
  3. S1747Indexes and obituary — Victoria Julia Galbraith Schultz, Carthage, Missouri, 1894, and Abilene, Texas, 1980. FamilySearch: Texas marriage index (QV1Z-348B); 1920 census index, Abilene. Newspapers.com: Abilene Reporter-News, 12 January 1980, p. 32 (image 763518110), and 14 January 1980, p. 22 (image 763521359). Index and machine-read text; no image read. Probable Marriage index: Otto H. Schultz and Victoria Julia Galbraith. 1920: Victoria, daughter-in-law, 25, born Missouri, in the household of Pauline Schultz. Notices: Mrs. Victoria Schultz died on 11 January 1980 at Hendrick Medical Center, Abilene; born 17 September 1894 at Carthage, Missouri; came to Abilene in 1905; married in August 1918; Schultz Dry Goods; burial at Elmwood Memorial Park. Both notices print her husband as Otto M. and give ages of 87 and 85; 85 fits the birth date. Her father is given as S. C. Galbraith. Her children and granddaughters are not named here.

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