Wilhelm was born in Kamitz, Schlesian, Germany. He came to Texas in 1852 and settled in Seguin. There he farmed and raised stock. He married Ernestine Neisher. In 1856, they moved to Boerne where he continued to farm. The couple had nine children: Joseph, Caroline (Ernst Pfeiffer), Augusta (Jacob Wenz), Pauline (Charles Bergmann), Emma (Adam Phillip), Wilhelmina (Charles Reinhard), Emilie (Ferdinand Zoeller), Ferdinande (Henry Day), and Carl.
Wilhelm Vogt was one of thirty-three inhabitants to purchase burial plots in the Boerne Cemetery in 1867.
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Boerne Cemetery (Boerne, Kendall County, Texas). Wilhelm Vogt and Ernstine Vogt. marker; personally read, 2020.
Gray, Edith A. Recollections of Boerne and Kendall County Family Histories. 1949.
Front Row: Ella born 1917, John O., Jr. born 1918, Charles Williams born 1915. Back row: Mother, Ida Mae Wessely Wolfe and Father, John O. Wolfe, Sr. Picture taken 1919-1920
When her sister-in-law, Edna Wessely, died, and her brother Otto was in the hospital, Ida Mae helped take care of her nephew and niece, Warren and Dorothy. At the time of Edna’s death, both families were living on Cooper Street in San Antonio.
Ida Mae is the daughter of Charles and Louise Bauer Wessely and the granddaughter of Phillip and Marie Peters Bauer and Karl and Barbara Schmick Wessely. She was born on 2 November 1896 in Kendall County, Texas.
Ida married John Oscar Wolfe, in Kendall County, on 16 April 1914. John was born in Biltmore, North Carolina. His is described on his World War I draft registration card as medium height, blue eyes, and brown hair. By 1920 they are living in San Antonio. John is a plumber working for the San Antonio City Water Board. They have two children, a son Charles W. and a daughter Ella. By 1930 they have moved to 318 Mary Street and two more children have been born to the family, a son John and a daughter Elsie May. John is a foreman for the San Antonio City Water Board and they own a radio! Just two months after the census, John, age 38, died with inflammation of the membrane around the heart and pneumonia. He was buried in the San Jose Burial Park in San Antonio. Ida, age 34, was left with four children to raise. She never remarried.
Ten years later, Ida is living at 115 East Baylor Street and working as a seamstress. Living with her is her nephew Warren, niece Dorothy, and daughter Elsie Mae, age 14.
Her son John Oscar Wolfe preceded her in death. He died 5 March 1951 at age 31 and is buried in the San Jose Burial Park. John was a World War II veteran and was employed by Mayflower Transit Company in Corpus Christi. He was survived by two sons Larry J. and John and one daughter Peggy Jean.
Ida, age 69, died on 3 June 1966 at the Santa Rosa Medical Center. She was survived by Charles W. Wolfe of San Antonio, Mrs. Milton (Ella) Rogers of San Antonio, and Mrs. Alfred (Elsie May) Tobola of Del Rio; a sister Mrs. Ella Davidson of San Antonio and brother Paul Wessely of California; 14 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Ida Mae is Emma Schuetz’s niece and the granddaughter of Philipp and Marie Peters Bauer.
On October 16, 2020 The Genealogical Society of Kendall County posted a biographical sketch of Ignatz Minnich and his wife Barbara on their Facebook page. Click on Ignatz Minnich to read the sketch.
Ignatz Minnich was one of thirty-three inhabitants to purchase burial plots in the Boerne Cemetery in 1867.
Chester Will Adam enlisted in the Ordnance Air Corps and served in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy. He attained the rank of sergeant. He is Willie and Lillie Adam’s oldest son.
Jimmie Charles Adam served in the Army Infantry, was sent to the Philippines, and was part of the Occupation Army in Japan. He received the Soldier’s Medal for saving a fellow soldier in a non-combat situation in the Philippines. He attained the rank of sergeant. He is the youngest son of Willie and Lillie Adam.
Julian Penrose Bowman, son of Julius and Hilda Adam Bowman, served in the Army as a driver. He was stationed in Italy for two years as part of the Fifth Army and a member of the 313th Engineer Combat Battalion.
Jack Reed Adams served in the Army Air Corps. He was stationed in England, North Africa and later in Italy. Chester and Jack were able to meet up while they were in North Africa. He is the son of Eugene and Thelma Adams.
Wallace Adam Clines, son of Lemuel and Erna Clines, served in the Army Air Corps as a bomber pilot. He flew a B-17 on bombing missions over Germany. On his second mission, he was seriously wounded by shrapnel. He earned a Purple Heart and the Distinguished Flying Cross. He attained the rank of second lieutenant.
Robert Patrick “Bobby” Clines was too young to serve.
All five returned home.
Photographs of the originals held by Jimmie Adam. Digital copy privately held by Kathryn Adam-Hurst. Boerne.
Otto Charles Wessely, son of Charles and Louise Bauer Wessely, was born in Kendall County, Texas, on 30 October 1885. Sometime in 1906, he enlisted in the United States Navy. Eleven years later, on 11 May 1917, Otto entered the Naval Hospital on Mare Island in Vallejo, Solano County, California. According to the patient listings, he served ten years and ten months in the Navy. His rank was GM-1 (Gunners Mate First Class). He is 31 years old and stationed at Puget Sound, Washington. Otto received treatment for tuberculous a chronic pulmonary condition, which he had before entering the Navy. On 5 July 1918, he was discharged and on 12 September 1918, he is living in Denver, Colorado, working as a baggage man at the Union Deport for W. P. R.R. Co. Fortunately, he left the hospital on Mare Island before September 1918. At that time, the hospital began to see patients with the Spanish Flu, and over a few short months, they acquired 1,500 patients, with many of them dying of complications.
While in Denver, he filled out his required World War I draft registration card. Otto is described as a tall, slender man with blue eyes and medium brown hair. He wrote he is unable to serve because he has tuberculosis. He is living with his wife, Edna, at 226 Inca. Otto and Edna Tyndall married in King, Washington, on 6 December 1916. By 1920 they are living in San Antonio in a rented house on Cooper Street, and he is working in a government position as an apprentice electrician. Ten years later, the 1930 census shows they are still living on Cooper Street, and he is working as a janitor for a Baptist Church. They now have two children, Warren M., age nine, and Dorothy L., age six. Edna is forty years old and has tuberculosis. She died in November and the doctor listed on her death certificate, she had the disease for about five or six years. She is buried in Mission Park South in San Antonio.
In 1940 Otto is in the Veterans Administration Hospital in Legion, Texas. Legion is located south of Kerrville, in Kerr County. His children, Warren and Dorothy, are living with Otto’s youngest sister, Ida Wessely Wolfe in San Antonio.
Otto died on 11 August 1962 at the Veterans Administration Center in Temple, Texas. He was 76 years old. He was survived by Warren M. Wessely and Mrs. Dorothy Trimmier of San Antonio; 5 grandchildren; sisters, Mrs. Ida Wolfe and Mrs. Ella Dickinson both of San Antonio; brother Paul Wessely of Los Angeles, California.
He is the nephew of Emma Bauer Schuetz. She died of tuberculosis in 1927 in Boerne. Otto is the grandson of Philipp and Marie Peters Bauer.
Ancestry.com. Registers of Patients at Naval Hospitals, 1812-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Otto Wessely Obituary. San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Texas), 13 August 1962.
This photo of Sally was taken by her sister, Betty Jean Asher, at her home on Spring Creek Road. I’m not sure of the occasion, maybe Easter. It looks like it was taken in the early 1960s when we all tried to master the hula hoop. It has been fifteen years since she passed away. Today Sally would be ninety-four years old. I still miss her.
This post is an almost Wordless Wednesday. Here is a photograph of a woman that I have been unable to identify. It was in a group of photos that included Louise Bauer Wessely and Ernst Bauer and family. Could this photo be Louise Bauer Wessley or Bertha Bauer Georg, daughters of Phillip and Marie Peters Bauer, or another family member or family friend.? The photograph was taken in New Braunfels.
New Book!! Great Read!! This exciting and informative book about the twenty-three sheriffs of Kendall County, Texas, can be purchased at the Family History Place located at 114 E. Blanco in Boerne. The hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. You can also order a copy online at gskctx.org. The cost of the book is $20.00, tax included.
This summer was a hot, dry one, but it did not stop us from going to the Boerne Cemetery and visiting Conrad and Adalbertha’s graves. These two kiddos are visiting their fourth great grandparents. It is amazing to me because it has been a struggle for me to locate any of my fourth great grandparents, but I’m excited they can! Which one will take the reins and be the next family historian?
Ida Haufler Adam‘s birthday is today! She was born on 25 September 1871 in Kendall County. When family and friends talked about her, they always had wonderful things to say. While researching at the Comfort Heritage Foundation Archives in Comfort, Texas, this summer, I discovered she was mentioned in the Boerne portion of the Comfort News. “About forty friends and neighbors of Mrs. Julius Adam met at her home on Friday night and surprised her in honor of her birthday anniversary. At the appropriate hour refreshments of cake, sandwiches and coffee were served.” What a wonderful celebration for a special lady. Happy Birthday, Grandma Adam!
Ida Haufler Adam
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