RUDOLPH HEINRICH JANDER

 

 

SURNAMES: JANDER, MACHEK, KURETSCH, LEHDE, QUANDT, WINKLEMAN, HENDERSON,

COURTADE, REEVES, GRISSOM, STRINGER, PHILLIPS, DUTSCHMANN.

 

 

     Rudolph Heinrich Jander, b July 14, 1896 at Perry, Falls County, Texas, d May 11, 1969 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas and buried there in Memorial Park Cemetery - was a son of Rudolph Johann and Sophia (Machek) Jander.

 

     In 1917, Rudolph Heinrich Jander was married in the Trinity Lutheran Church near Otto, Falls County, Texas to Ida Wilhelmine Marie Kuretsch, b October 10, 1896 at Zionsville, Washington County, Texas, d July 28, 1957 in Waco and buried in Memorial Park Cemetery. Ida was a daughter of Ernest and Bertha (Lehde) Kuretsch.

 

     Rudolph Heinrich and Ida Wilhelmine lived in Falls County, where he farmed. In 1944, they moved to Waco, Texas, where he was employed at Central Texas Ironworks. They had nine children:

 

     Irene Bertha Sophie Jander, b March 16, 1919 in Falls County, Texas - married February 1, 1938 to Delmon Quandt, and had two children.

 

     Louis Carl Jander, b March 14, 1921 in Falls County, Texas - married December 4,1941 to Lorene Winkleman, and had two children.

 

     Anita Louise Jander, b August 13, 1923 in Falls County, Texas - married February 7, 1948 to Jack Henderson, and had one child.

 

     Berthold Rudolph Jander, b July 29, 1927 in Falls County, Texas - married in 1951 to Rosella Courtade, and had one child. Berthold served in the U.S. Navy from June 1945 to July 1946, and again from November 1948 to October 1952, with the rank of 2nd Class Petty Officer.

 

     Marvin Ernest Jander, b December 24, 1929 in Falls County, Texas - married first in 1953 to Jean Reeves, and had one child; married second in 1967 to Peggy Grissom and had one child, and one adopted child. Marvin was in the U.S. Navy from July 1948 to 1952, as an Engineman, 3rd Class.

 

     Leonard William Jander, b June 10, 1932 in Falls County, Texas - married July 1, 1961 to Ruth Kathleen Stringer, and had three children.

 

     Clarence Frederich Jander, b October 19, 1934 in Falls County, Texas-married July 25,1953 to Jo Ann Phillips, and had two children.

 

     Ethel May Jander, b December 27,1936 in Falls County, Texas - married June 5, 1954 to Robert Dutschmann, and had four children.

 

     Gene Edward Jander, b January 11, 1940 in Falls County, Texas, d April 4, 1940.

 

 

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 249 column 2 and page 250 column 1.
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