LUDWIG GUDERIAN
Ludwig Guderian, b March 28, 1838 in Germany, d May 5, 1926 at
Cottonwood, Falls County, Texas - was married in 1864 in Germany to Annie
Dresner, b February 10, 1841 in Germany, d December 18, 1925 at Cottonwood, and
both buried in the Guderian Family Cemetery.
When Ludwig and Annie decided to immigrate to the United States ca 1871,
they could not afford passage for themselves and all four of their children who
were born in Germany. Since infants' passage was free, they left their
two-year-old, Bertha, with her grandparents and traveled with their other three
children - settling first in Washington County, Texas, then Bell County, and in
1880 in Falls County in the Cottonwood community. About 1882, Ludwig made a
return trip to Germany to "fetch" Bertha, and he was detained there as a "spy"
for bringing so many people from Germany to the United States. Among those who
were returning with him in 1882 to the United States were Emil August Polley and
his sister, Charlotte Polley.
Ludwig Guderian was a farmer, a ginner, and a grocer. Annie was a charter
member of the Cottonwood Baptist Church. Ludwig and Annie had five more children
born in Texas - a total of nine children:
Alexander D. Guderian, b September 1865 in Germany, d April 19,
1909-married in 1885 to Charlotte Polley.
Alwina Guderian, b April 3, 1867 in Germany, d January 16, 1941 - married
Henry H. Schrader. (Alwina was later spelled Alvina.)
Albertine Bertha Guderian, b September 23, 1868 in Germany, d October 1,
1905 - married Emil August Polley.
Hulda Guderian, b November 27, 1870 in Germany, d January 25, 1917 -
married John Schwank.
Gustav J. Guderian, b September 10, 1872 in Washington County, Texas, d
June 18, 1937 at Cottonwood
in Falls County, Texas - married January 24,
1895 to Emma Wittner. Rudolph Carl Guderian, b December 6, 1873 in Washington
County, Texas, d November 23, 1954 - married January 17,1909 to Sadie Wooley.
Augustine Pauline Guderian, b September 23, 1875 in Washington County,
Texas, d May 15,1960- married first on
December 1, 1899 to Elmer Dee Miller, and
second on January 17, 1909 to Ira Walter Truitt.
Wilhelm F. Guderian, b November 7,1877 in Bell County, Texas, d August
18, 1963 in Brenham, Texas - married in 1917 to Meta Eicholt, and had
no children.
Emilie Guderian, b March 13, 1880 in Falls County, Texas, d January 21,
1954 - married first June 25, 1897 to Otto Ernest Foster, and second to John
Schwank, whose first wife was her sister, Hulda.
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 203 column 2 and page 204 column 1.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission.