EMIL REINHOLD POLLEY
Emil Reinhold Polley, b April 30, 1892 at Satin, Falls County, Texas, d
August 4, 1957 in Waco, Texas and buried in Oakwood Cemetery there - was a son
of Emil August and Bertha (Guderian) Polley. On July 13, 1918, Emil Reinhold
Polley married at Needville, Texas to Annie Schrader, b October 24, 1889 in
Falls County, Texas, d September 4, 1981 near Bruceville, Texas and buried in
Oakwood Cemetery in Waco - a daughter of Henry Herman and Alvina (or Alwina
Guderian) Schrader.
Reinhold and Annie farmed in Falls County, Texas all their lives. They
had four children:
Herbert Herman Polley, b April 20, 1920 in Falls County - married Dorothy
Elizabeth Reaves.
Ruby Lee Polley, b June 20,1923 in Falls County, d November 11, 1976 -
married August 23, 1946 to Muriel E. Heslop, moved to Houston and had five
children: Royce Carlton Heslop, Polly Merle Heslop, Barry Craighton Heslop,
Twyla Karla Heslop, and Robert Rodney Heslop, who died at age five.
Dorothy May Polley, b January 22, 1928 in Falls County - married Marion
F. Gaston, moved to Ft. Worth, Dallas, and Caddo Mills, and had Robert Ver- non
Gaston and Edwin Neal Gaston.
Robert Odell Polley, b February 27, 1930 in Falls County, Texas - married
at Crawford, Texas on Sep- tember 26, 1964 to Angeleen F. Engelbrecht, b June
18, 1940. Robert has taught school at La Vega Independent School District since
1954, and they reside on Route 1, Bruceville, Texas. They have four children:
Gary, b May 18, 1965 in Waco, Texas; Rose Ann Polley, b November 5, 1968 in
Waco; Susan Diane Polley, b July 10, 1970 in Waco; and Carolan Kay Polley, b
March 22, 1972 in Waco, Texas.
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 359 column 1 and 2.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission.