TX Family Groupsheet for Gottfried Friedrich August "Fred" Blankenstein Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Daniel Bode Email address: danielbode@prodgy.net 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 Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: 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 Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 5: Paul John Blankenstein Sex: 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 Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: 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.