Husband: Ernest August BLANKENSTEIN
Birthdate: May 2, 1867
Birthplace: Barby, Germany
Death date: March 23, 1937
Place of death: Temple, Bell Co., Texas
Father: Gottfried Conrad Blankenstein
Mother: Dorothea Sophia Friedericke Herbst

Marriage date: July 17, 1884
Marriage place: Marlin, Falls Co., Texas

Wife: Myra Evelyn "Nannie" WEEKS
Birthdate: March 7, 1865
Birthplace: Marlin, Falls Co., Texas
Death date: December 10, 1944
Place of death: Temple, Bell Co., Texas
Father: Thomas Weeks
Mother: unknown

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Louise Hattie BLANKENSTEIN
Sex: F
Birthdate: September 6, 1885
Birthplace: Waco, McLennan Co., Texas
Death date: June 24, 1940
Place of death: Phoenix, Arizona
Marriage date: March 3, 1905
Marriage place: Temple, Bell Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Sam DILLINGHAM

Child No. 2: Lena Marguerite BLANKENSTEIN
Sex: F
Birthdate: April 22, 1887
Birthplace: Waco, McLennan Co., Texas
Death date: July 23, 1887
Place of death: Waco, McLennan Co., Texas
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 3: Walter John BLANKENSTEIN
Sex: M
Birthdate: July 18, 1888
Birthplace: Waco, McLennan Co., Texas
Death date: July 1, 1962
Place of death: Dallas, Texas
Marriage date: November 28, 1917
Marriage place: Cleburne, Johnson Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Susie Irene SUTTON

Child No. 4: Ernest Edward BLANKENSTEIN
Sex: M
Birthdate: August 10, 1890
Birthplace: Waco, McLennan Co., Texas
Death date: September 12, 1958
Place of death: Temple, Bell Co., Texas
Marriage date: August 7, 1921
Marriage place: Temple, Bell Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Nora LaQUILLER

Child No. 5: Dora Florence BLANKENSTEIN
Sex:
Birthdate: November 10, 1892
Birthplace: Waco, McLennan Co., Texas
Death date: December 22, 1973
Place of death: LaGrange, Fayette Co., Texas
Marriage date: January 14, 1914
Marriage place: Temple, Bell Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Robert SCHOTT

Child No. 6: Ida Karoline BLANKENSTEIN
Sex: F
Birthdate: January 7, 1895
Birthplace: Waco, McLennan Co., Texas
Death date: February 15, 1988
Place of death: Temple, Bell Co., Texas
Marriage date: May 3, 1914
Marriage place: Temple, Bell Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Ben ALBRIGHT

Child No. 7: Otto Thomas BLANKENSTEIN
Sex: M
Birthdate: August 7, 1897
Birthplace: Temple, Bell Co., Texas
Death date: November 29, 1897
Place of death: Temple, Bell Co., Texas
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Child No. 8: Chris August BLANKENSTEIN
Sex: M
Birthdate: September 29, 1898
Birthplace: Temple, Bell Co., Texas
Death date: September 21, 1986
Place of death: Belton, Bell Co., Texas
Marriage date: July 30, 1921
Marriage place: Temple, Bell Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Bessie Rebecca HAM

Child No. 9: Marguerite Johanna BLANKENSTEIN
Sex: F
Birthdate: May 15, 1901
Birthplace: Temple, Bell Co., Texas
Death date: November 8, 1996
Place of death: Temple, Bell Co., Texas
Marriage date: September 24, 1919
Marriage place: Temple, Bell Co., Texas
Spouse's name: George Warren POSEY

Child No. 10: Henry Karl BLANKENSTEIN
Sex: M
Birthdate: October 16, 1904
Birthplace: Temple, Bell Co., Texas
Death date: August 14, 1978
Place of death: Temple, Bell Co., Texas
Marriage date: December 31, 1927
Marriage place: Temple, Bell Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Mamie ROSENER

Child No. 11: Oscar Wilhelm BLANKENSTEIN
Sex: M
Birthdate: October 16, 1904
Birthplace: Temple, Bell Co., Texas
Death date: May 2, 1905
Place of death: Temple, Bell Co., Texas
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
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Child No. 12: Alice Emma BLANKENSTEIN
Sex: F
Birthdate: October 22, 1907
Birthplace: Temple, Bell Co., Texas
Death date: March 25, 1967
Place of death: Temple, Bell Co., Texas
Marriage date: May 31, 1925
Marriage place: Temple, Bell Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Abe WILLIS
 
 
Documentation:
* The fourth child, Ernest Edward Blankenstein, and his wife, Nora LaQuiller, were later divorced.
* Ernest's second marriage was to Mrs. Mittie Deaver on April 5, 1942, in Temple, Tx.

Sources:
* Mrs. Marguerite Blankenstein Posey,
* Mr. and Mrs. George Posey, Jr.;
* Mrs. Joan Posey Ely,
* Dianne Blankenstein Records of First Lutheran Church;
* Temple, Tx. Records in Bell County Courthouse;
* Belton, Tx. Tombstone inscriptions from Hillcrest Cemetery, Temple, Tx.