Lina Helene Braun

Lina Helene Braun

• Lina Helene Braun was born on 24 May 1875 in Germany.
• She married Friedrich Wilhelm Menzer, son of Friedrich August Menzer and Concordia Wilhelmine Schiffel, say 1896.
• Friedrich Wilhelm Menzer and Lina Helene Braun appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Bastrop County, Texas. Other members of the household included Karl Friedrich Menzer and Louise Johanna Menzer.
• Friedrich Wilhelm Menzer and Lina Helene Braun appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Navarro County, Texas. Other members of the household included Karl Friedrich Menzer, Louise Johanna Menzer, Lena Helena Menzer, William Menzer and Elsie Menzer.
• A photographic portrait was made of the Menzer family about 1910: Wilhelm, Lena, Lina & baby Elsie, William, Karl and Louise.
• Friedrich Wilhelm Menzer and Lina Helene Braun appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Falls County, Texas. Other members of the household included Karl Friedrich Menzer and William Menzer.
• She officially witnessed the death of Friedrich Wilhelm Menzer on 26 September 1950 at Torbett's Hospital Annex in Marlin, Falls County, Texas.
• Lina Helene Braun became a widow at the 26 September 1950 death of her husband Friedrich Wilhelm Menzer.
• At the time of her death Lina Helene Braun was living in Wilson, Lynn County, Texas, at Route 1.
• Lina Helene Braun died on 19 January 1968 at age 92 in Lubbock, Texas, at Methodist Hospital . Her death was officially witnessed by Karl Friedrich Menzer.
• She was interred at Saint Paul Church Cemetery, Marlin, Falls County, Texas.
• Source: Information on Ida Alwine Menzer and her her origins from Nancy Sinclair (May 2010), and "Bourke and Bass Families of Texas" by Sylvia Ann Bass (Genealogy.com FTM Online, April 2009).

• Last Edited: 28 May 2010