TX Family Groupsheet for Ernest August BLANKENSTEIN Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Daniel Bode Email address: danielbode@prodgy.net 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 Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: 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: Spouse's name: 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.