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 1849 - 1925
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| Born |
29 Dec 1849 |
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany  [1] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
08 Dec 1925 |
Uhland, Hays, Texas, USA [1] |
| Notes |
- [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #2080, Date of Import: Oct 3, 1999]
Olga was reportedly a beautiful, well-educated governess of the Emperor's children in Austria. She was very cultural and taught dance and was an artist. She had four children while living in Austria.
Olga's brother, Ernest, had come to Texas to escape punishment for wounding a person in a dueling match. He liked Texas and wrote to Olga and Alfonz encouraging them to come to Texas.
In 1889, when Henry Wranitzky was 6 years old and Alexander was 3 years old, Olga and Alfons and their children sailed for America. They cleared immigration at Ellis Island in New York and then sailed to Galveston. From Galveston, they took a train to Kyle.
Olga was Catholic (as were many of the Wranitzky relatives who came to America). She was used to going to church in her white gloves and hat.
Olga and Alfons lived on a 100-acre farm near Kyle (now known as the Walser place). Then they moved to Driftwood where they lived in tghe abondoned Johnson Institute. A few years later, Alfons purchased a farm near Uhland and they moved.
When Olga's eyesight failed due t glaucoma, she accidently put kerosene on the salad instead of vinegar. When her daughter-in-law, Henry Wranitzky's wife, Ottilie, discovered them trying to eat tghe salad, they knew Olga and Alfons needed help.
Olga and Alfons had a 2-room house in Uhland. At the time, Henry and Ottilie were living in rooms attached to the blacksmith shop. They added a back porch, kitchen, living room, front porch, sleeping porch and bathroom to Olga and Alfons' house and cared for them until their deaths.
Ernest Lutze, Olga's brother, was the outlaw or black sheep of the family, but without him, the Wranitzky's might all still be in Europe.
According to his nephew, Henry Wranitzky, Ernest Lutze ran with thugs in Europe and the United States.
In many European countries, each town had its top duelists. Dueling was outlawed in many contries but not in Switzerland. For that reason, dueling matches were often fought in back rooms of bars or in Switzerland. The macho were known for their scars.
Ernest Lutze seriously wounded another duelist and fled Europe by stowing away in a boat leaving Naples, Italy, and landed in Texas. He lived near Kyle and wrote to his sister and her husband of how much he liked Texas. They left Austria in l889 and sailed for America with the 4 young sons.
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| Person ID |
I1671 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
11 Jun 2012 |
| Family |
Alfons Karl Wranitzky, b. 18 Feb 1843, Iglan, Moravia, Austria , d. 31 Mar 1916, Uhland, Hays, Texas, USA |
| Married |
Between 1877 and 1907 [2] |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F708 |
Group Sheet |
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| Sources |
- [S223] World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Brøderbund Software, Inc., (Name: Release date: November 29, 1995;), Tree #2080.
Date of Import: Oct 3, 1999
- [S223] World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Brøderbund Software, Inc., (Name: Release date: November 29, 1995;), Grete Wranitzky, etc., 12/1/1968.
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