Emilie Baldinger (1872 - 1953)

Born 16 Dec 1872 in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States

Died 14 Jun 1953 at age 80 in Kerrville, Kerr, Texas, United States

Biography

Emilie Baldinger is a descendant of a Texas First Family who settled in the Republic of Texas before February 19, 1846.

Emilie Baldinger has German Roots.

Emilie (a.k.a. Amelia), daughter of Henry Andrew Baldinger and Catherine Simmler, was born 16 December 1872 in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas.^[1][2] In 1880, the household in Galveston included her parents Henry (age 38, merchant) and Katherine Baldinger (34), Amelia (7), and her siblings Catherine (11) and Alfred (4).^[3] The record indicates that her father was the son of Swiss immigrants, while her maternal grandfather was born in France and grandmother, in Bavaria.^[3]

After her father's death in 1896^[4] Amelia (age 28) and her sisters Katie (32) and Susie (16) continued to live with their widowed mother Katherine (55, landlord, mother of four, all living) in the home she owned on Jefferson in Houston, Harris County, Texas.^[1] None of them were employed outside the home.^[1] The record now indicates that Emilie's maternal grandparents were born in Texas.^[1]

By 1910, Emilie (age 37) was an inpatient in the State Lunatic Asylum in Austin, Travis County, Texas.^[5] At age 46 she was still in that institution in 1920.^[6] The last two years of her life were spent at the Kerrville State Home in rural Kerr County, Texas.^[7] There she died, unmarried, at age 79 from arteriosclerotic heart disease on 14 June 1953.^[7][8] Her remains were interred with those of her parents at Glenwood Cemetery in Houston.^[2]

Research Notes

• Birth Date: The 1900 census indicates that her birth was in December 1872^[1] and her gravestone shows 16 December 1872.^[2] However, her death record gives her birth date as 10 July 1873.^[7] Given that two sources use the 1872 date and the asylum's records are the source of the 1873 date, the date of 1872 is being used.

^{[3] [1] [5] [6] [2] [4] [8] [7]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 14 January 2019), Amelia Baldinger in household of Katherine Baldinger, Houston city Ward 3, Harris, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 79, sheet 6B, family 128, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,642.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 13 January 2019), memorial page for Emilie Baldinger (16 Dec 1872–14 Jun 1953), Find A Grave: Memorial #74588585, citing Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Katie Kennedy (contributor 47464058). Her headstone is engraved with full birth and death dates.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch (15 July 2017), Amelia Baldinger in household of Henry Baldinger, Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 65, sheet 73D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1305; FHL microfilm 1,255,305.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 13 January 2019), memorial page for Henry Andrew Baldinger (15 Jan 1841–3 Sep 1896), Find A Grave: Memorial #74588587, citing Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Katie Kennedy (contributor 47464058).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 10 April 2020), Emilie Baldinger, Austin Ward 4, Travis, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 136, sheet 9B, family , NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1595; FHL microfilm 1,375,608.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} United States Census, 1920, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 10 April 2020), Emilie Baldinger, Austin Ward 4, Travis, Texas, United States; citing ED 106, sheet 6A, line 46, family , NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1852; FHL microfilm 1,821,852.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, database with images, FamilySearch (13 March 2018), Emilie Baldinger, 14 Jun 1953; citing certificate number 31658, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,113,926. Her death certificate names no parents. The birth date stated on the certificate was 10 July 1873, which differs from the one (16 Dec 1872) on her gravestone and the 1900 census. The informant was listed as "Records at Kerrville State Home."
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Texas Death Index, 1903-2000, database, FamilySearch (24 May 2014), Emilie Baldinger, 14 Jun 1953; from "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, Ancestry (2006); citing certificate number 31658, Kerr, Texas, Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Austin.