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KOLLERTS OF DENISON

Ernest B. Kollert, born December 12, 1855; died November 15, 1908. Buried at Denison, Texas, Oakwood Cemetery, Section 4

1896-1897	Ernest B. Kollert resides at 411 West Walker Street. [Source: City DIrectory]
1898-1899	At 102 West Main Street is E. [Ernest] B. Kollert, selling cigars and newspapers. He and his wife Augusta H. Kollert reside at 411 West Walker Street, in a block mostly occupied by African Americans. [Source: City Directory]
1899-1900	Ernest B. Kollert is secretary and treasurer of the Order of Railway Conductors; master of finance, Knights of Pythias; and secretary of the American Guild, 228 West Main Street. He is married and resides at 411 West Walker Street. [Source: City Directory]
1901-1902	Ernest B. Kollert is secretary of the Lone Star Division, No. 53, Order of Railway Conductors; secretary of the Fraternal Order of Elks; secretary of the American Guild; and master of finance, Mayflower Lodge, No. 144, Knights of Pythias. His office is at 228 West Main Street, and he lives at 411 West Walker Street.
1921	H.E. Kollert is secretary of the Verein Vorwaerts.

From Freddy Lessly:
The Kollerts, who were also German Immigrants and good friends of my grandparents, owned a grocery market in what was later the old Ballard Biscuit Plant. They took my mother in to live with them her Senior year in high school. They lived upstairs over the store. Mrs. Kollert, Anna Christman's good friend, watched over my mother like she was her own daughter. The Kollert Grocery sign appeared in the last few years, when they were scraping and painting the building. They later added on to that building, and Pillsbury bought Ballard out.
Hugh Kollert, part of that family, worked in the Maddens Men's Department for years.
Some of that family had a peach farm out across from what is now Wesley Village.