Husband: Gottfried F. A. BLANKENSTEIN
Name: Gottfried Friedrich August "Fred" BLANKENSTEIN
Birthdate: June 18, 1855
Birthplace: Barby, Germany
Death date: March 22, 1921
Place of death: Gerald Community, McLennan Co., Texas
Father: Gottfried Conrad Blankenstein
Mother: Dorothea Sophia Friedericke Herbst

Marriage date: Dec 14, 1882
Marriage place: Marlin, Falls Co., Texas

Wife: Marie Dorothea Elisabeth FRIEDRICHS
Birthdate: May 10, 1861
Birthplace: Ummendorf, Germany
Death date: Oct 20, 1924
Place of death: Waco, McLennan Co., Texas
Father: Johannes Christoph Friedrichs
Mother: Marie Dorothea Elisabeth Luddemann

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Herman Otto Blankenstein
Sex: M
Birthdate: Oct 3, 1883
Birthplace: Marlin, Falls Co., Texas
Death date: Jan 10, 1889
Place of death: Waco, McLennan Co., Texas
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Child No. 2: Marie Caroline "Mamie" Blankenstein
Sex: F
Birthdate: Feb 26, 1885
Birthplace: Marlin, Falls Co., Texas
Death date: Aug 12, 1968
Place of death: Waco, McLennan Co., Texas
Marriage date: Dec 4, 1906
Marriage place: Gerald Community, McLennan Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Paul Albert Lehmann

Child No. 3: Richard John Blankenstein
Sex: M
Birthdate: April 19, 1887
Birthplace: Marlin, Falls Co., Texas
Death date: July 9, 1977
Place of death: Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas
Marriage date: Dec 16, 1911
Marriage place: Elgin, Bastrop Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Ella Gabriella Bayer

Child No. 4: Rose Blankenstein
Sex: F
Birthdate: Dec 10, 1888
Birthplace: Waco, McLennan Co., Texas
Death date: May 8, 1889
Place of death: Waco, McLennan Co., Texas
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Child No. 5: Paul John Blankenstein
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Birthdate: March 18, 1890
Birthplace: Waco, McLennan Co., Texas
Death date: April 1, 1976
Place of death: Waco, McLennan Co., Texas
Marriage date: Sept 15, 1915
Marriage place: Gerald Community, McLennan Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Anna Karolina Kreder

Child No. 6: Elsbeth Emilie "Elsie" Blankenstein
Sex: F
Birthdate: Aug 16, 1893
Birthplace: Waco, McLennan Co., Texas
Death date: April 29, 1977
Place of death: Waco, McLennan Co., Texas
Marriage date: Nov 10, 1915
Marriage place: Waco, McLennan Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Carl Emil Forkel

Child No. 7: Alma Dorothea Blankenstein
Sex: F
Birthdate: Nov 10, 1895
Birthplace: Waco, McLennan Co., Texas
Death date: Oct 15, 1978
Place of death: Baytown, Harris Co., Texas
Marriage date: Oct 4, 1918
Marriage place: Gerald Community, McLennan Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Albert Gustav Banik

Child No. 8: Elfriede Louise Blankenstein
Sex: F
Birthdate: March 30, 1898
Birthplace: Temple, Bell Co., Texas
Death date: Jan 19, 1979
Place of death: Liberty, Liberty Co., Texas
Marriage date: Aug 2, 1922
Marriage place: Gerald Community, McLennan Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Henry Friedrich Daniel Bode

Child No. 9: Freddie Blankenstein
Sex: M
Birthdate: Oct 12, 1900
Birthplace: Waco, McLennan Co., Texas
Death date: Oct 12, 1900
Place of death: Waco, McLennan Co., Texas
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Child No. 10: Siegfried Richard Paul Blankenstein
Sex: M
Birthdate: Oct 12, 1904
Birthplace: Ross Community, McLennan Co., Texas
Death date: June 7, 1985
Place of death: Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas
Marriage date: Dec 14, 1926
Marriage place: Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Noda Mae Inglis
 
 
Documentation:
* Courthouse records of McLennan Co., Texas
* Church records of St. Paul United Church of Christ, Gerald, Texas
* Tombstone inscriptions of Gerald Cemetery, McLennan Co., Texas
* Interviews with Mrs. Alma Blankenstein Banik, Mrs. Elfriede Blankenstein Bode, Mrs. Anna Kreder Blankenstein, and Siegfried Blankenstein.
* Info. obtained from Dianne Blankenstein, Ione Blankenstein Head, Hedwig Lehmann Leuschner, and Paul Lehmann, Jr.