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  • Immigration: [prob Arrived Galveston, Texas In 1882-- Same Time As Father]

  • Marriage: [Date From Texas Vital Records, Film #24924, Ref.# 2:TM840J, Bexar County, Indexing Project (batch) #: M59135-8]

  • Story: George Ada Marriage Cert

  • Residence: [1900 Census: Mother '4' Children; '4' Still Alive; Born 'Jan.1875' In 'Germany'; Age '25'; Married '8' Yrs; Immig/naturalized: [blank]; Address: '601 Arthur St.'] [NOTE: Bob Meinhart (Ada's Grandson) Said Family Had Farm On Austin Rd In Fratt Station,TX]

  • Death: [Death Date From Card File Of Cemetery (see BURIAL, Below)] [According To Bob Meinhart (Ada's Grandson), His Father Otto Said He [Otto] Was About Three When His Mother [Ada] Died. Otto Was Born In 1900.]

  • Burial: [According To Bob Meinhart (Ada's Grandson) She Was Buried In San Antonio Near Other Family Members. George Was Buried In Houston] [Buried In Old City Cemetery (San Antonio, Bexar Co, TX)]

  • Story: Otto Meinhart's Difficult Youth

    <p><font size="3" color="#000000">When Dad [Otto Meinhart] was about three years old, his mother [Ada Albert] died. A few years later [no later than 1907], Granddad [George Meinhart,Sr.] married&nbsp;&quot;Laura&quot; (last name unknown). The union apparently was difficult. In about 1907-1909, one day George,Sr. came home from work and found the house empty, &quot;Laura&quot; and the kids gone and&nbsp;the bank account&nbsp;emptied. George,Sr. searched and shortly found the kids in an orphanage where &quot;Laura&quot; had dumped them. &quot;Laura&quot; never was heard of again.</font></p><p><font size="3" color="#000000">&nbsp;A few years later [about 1909] when Dad was about nine years old he ran away from home and rode his bicycle from San Antonio to an area in east Houston. There he lived in a shack with a Mr.Moss. After about a year, Dad was walking through a field nearby owned by a Mr. Storey when Mr. Storey rode up on horseback. They talked and Mr. Storey offered him a job and a place to live. Otto accepted. Mr. Storey pulled him up behind him on the horse and took him home. There he was treated like a fourth son to Mr. Storey&#39;s three boys. Otto became closest to Cecil and they always considered each other brothers.&nbsp;</font></p><p><font size="3" color="#000000">As told by Robert A. Meinhart to his son-in-law, Jim Voelkle&nbsp;&nbsp;(11 July 2010).</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="3">Followup: Recently found that after Otto&#39;s mother died, in 1904 his father (George)&nbsp;married&nbsp;&#39;Emma Jungmann&#39;. Emma had a daughter (Laura) and son (John)&nbsp;from an earlier marriage living with her. Found 1911-1912 Houston City Directory with Otto&#39;s father (George) and mother (Emma), listed. Need to clear up why the different names (Laura vs Emma); why George and Emma listed together in the Houston Directory in 1911. (-JPV/April 2012)</font></p>

  • Story: Geo_Ada

 
 
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