EastTexasGenerations: Charles Henry Wetterman and Anna Amelia Wachsmann, Part Two

While Charles could be gruff, Anna had a temper. One story relates how she once chased him out of the kitchen with a knife. Grandma Louise remembered when Charles lived with her and Edgar. He chewed tobacco and spit on her floor. She told him to clean it up. He simply swiped at it with his boot and walked away. She was not happy, though she admitted in later years that she hadn't been too welcoming to her father-in-law.

Anna developed lung cancer and died October 13, 1939. Charles lived with various children until his death on August 4th, 1956. Tommy, his grandson, remembers his grandfather as a quiet old man, who enjoyed playing dominoes and cards with his friends.


L to R: Edgar, Karl, Bill


Edgar, Dutch, Bill, and Karl: The Wetterman Boys


Charles Henry Wetterman in the early 1950s

Anna kept many family treasures that have been passed down. One is the Wetterman family Bible. It is a German Dr. Martin Luther's Bible printed in 1897. She also kept a small table cloth that the Wetterman's or Wachsmann's brought with them from Germany.

She also kept a small family book that she recorded births, marriages, and deaths in. When she died, Grandma Louise continued the practice. Many of the early entries are written in German, but only a few were difficult to read. Here is an extract of the entries divided into months, but rarely by dates. Note that I added numbers to keep the original organization (these are not dates) and I copied these as I found them:

January:
1. Heinrich Wetterman Sr. Born 1842
2. C.J. Eschenburg Colorado County-1889
3. Bradley Lewis Wetterman Born January 10, 1972
4. B.L. Wetterman Died Jan. 7, 1983 in Houston, buried Rock Cemetery, near Clifton, Texas

February:
5. William A. Wetterman married Mildred Boyd Feb. 2, 1939
6. James Roland Wetterman Born Feb. 5, 1948
7. Lottie Mae Millsaps Born Feb. 24, 1910
8. Robert E. Wolfe Born Feb. 19, 1927
9. Joe Otis Wolfe Born Feb. 26, 1920
10. Georgia (last name unreadable) Born 1909
11. Karolina Wettermann Died in Washington County 1923
12. Robert Sohns Born in Washington County 1913
13. Frank Ells Born Arkansas(?) 1913
14. Hermann Heinrich Johann Wettermann Born 1902 in Lee Co., Texas [Also listed in April]

March:
15. Heinrich Wettermann Born 1878
16. Carol Lynn Wetterman Born March 10, 1952
17. James Edward Wetterman Jr. and Dawn Allison married March 10, 1984 in Teague, Texas
18. Rosette Laura Wachsmann Born 1902 in Lee Co., Texas
19. Henry Witte married Emma Rodeck 1900, Lee Co., Texas
20. Anna Amelia Wetterman Born March 28, 1877 in Lee Co., Texas. Died October 13, 1939

April:
21. Etgar Artuhr [sic] Wettermann Born April 1, 1911 in Bosque Co., Texas. Died April 29, 1980, Tuesday evening at 10:30 [p.m.]
22. Emma Henrietta Witte Born 1904 in Lee Co., Texas
23. Anna Rodeck Born April 8, 1896
24. Anna Rodeck 13 April 1911 [died?]
25. Edward Joe Wetterman Born April 23, 1968
26. Herman Wetterman Born 1902
27. Otto Wetterman Born 1884 in Lee Co., Texas
28. Shirley Diane Wetterman Born April 29, 1949
29. Shirley Wetterman Born May 30, 1923
30. Eddie Wetterman married Louise Wolfe in Waco, April 30, 1932

May:
31. August Otto Wettermann Born Giddings, Lee Co., Texas 1904 on May 3, Died Nov. 19, 1980
32. Charles Henry Wetterman Born may 8, 1872 Died Aug. 4, 1956
33. John Wachsmann Born 1895 in Lee Co., Texas
34. William Wettermann Born 1909 Bosque Co., Texas May 8, 1909
35. Karl Wettermann Born 1872 in Washington Co., Texas
36. John Wachsmann Sr. Born 1832 in Germany
37. Tommy Joe Wetterman Born May 12, 1943
38. Harold Wayne Wetterman Born May 11, 1940 Son of Carl and Inez Wetterman
39. Suzanna Marie Wetterman Born May 23, 1964
40. Herbert W. Wachsmann Born 1900 in Lee Co., Texas
41. Karolina Wettermann Born in Germany, 1849
42. James Edward Wetterman Jr. Born May 25, 1965

June:
43. Karolina Wettermann Born in Germany, 1849
44. Carl William Wetterman Died June 12, 1961
45. Robert Ells Born 1875
46. James Edward Wetterman Born June 14, 1941
47. Marcia Ann Miller Born June 1, 1956 Daughter of Anita and Hugh Miller
48. Brian David Wetterman Born June 19, 1970 To James and Mary Wetterman Sr.
49. James Edward Wetterman III Born June 21, 1986
50. Anna Amelia Wetterman Born March 27, 1876 Died October 13, 1939
51. James Edward Wetterman Jr. Born June 25, 1965 [I need to check with Aunt Mary...one of these is wrong!]
52. Willie Sohns Born Lee Co., Texas, 1915

July:
53. Anita Louise Wetterman Born 10:00 am 3708 Barrot St. Waco, Texas. July 7, 1933
54. Carl Wetterman married Inez Wilburn July 10, 1926
55. Jimmy (James Edward) Wetterman married Mary Eva Harrell July 28, 1962 at 8:00 pm
56. Annie Mae Wetterman [Olsen] Born July 7, 1941 Wife of B.L. Wetterman
57. A.H. Wolfe died July 23, 1961
58. Kelly Hugh Wetterman Born July 29, 1961

August:
59. Charles Henry Wetterman Born May 8, 1872
60. [Unreadable first name] Wachsmann Born 1906 Lee County, Texas
61. Arthur Carl Wetterman Born 1934 Waco, Texas Son of Carl and Inez
62. Adolf Wachsmann Born 1871 in Washington, Co., Texas
63. Karolina Wachsmann [Neutzler] Born 1840 in Germany

September
64. Anita Louise and Hugh Miller married September 2, 1955.
65. Albert Hughton [sic] Wolfe Born September 15, 1883
66. Stephanie Denise Wetterman Born September 6, 1965
67. Macy Mildred Boyd Born September 2, 1917
68. Bertha Wetterman Born 1880 in Washington Co., Texas
69. Henry Rodeck Born 1897 in Lee Co., Texas
70. John G. Ells Born 1905

October:
71. Inez Wetterman Born October 3, 1907
72. Charles Wayne Wetterman Born October 5, 1938 in Houston
73. Emma Wetterman Born 1875
74. August Wetterman married Bertha Pruet October 9, 1926
75. Patsy Ann Wetterman Born at 1008 Tobar Street, Houston, Texas October 15, 1934
76. Louise Wolfe October 12, 1911
77. Anna Amelia Wettermann Born March 27, 1876 Died October 13, 1939
78. Mary Ann Wetterman Born at 1521 Bosque Waco, Texas 1934. William's daughter.
79. Karl W. Weettermann Born 1906 in Coryal County, Texas October 31.

November:
80. Samantha Darlene Wetterman Born November 1, 1976
81. Charlotte Ann Wetterman Born November 1, 1977
82. [Unreadable first name] Wachsmann Born 1907 in Lee County, Texas
83. Dorotha Wolfe-Loveless Born November 9, 1923
84. Donald Ray Wetterman Born November 17, 1935 Waco. Son of Carl
85. William Gaines Wetterman Born November 17, 1935 Waco. Son of William
86. Howard Albert Wetterman Born November 11, 1946
87. Mina Wettermann Born 1886 in Lee Co., Texas
88. Heinrich Wetterman Sr. Born 1905 Lee Co., Texas
89. John Wachsmann Jr. Born 1898 in Lee Co., Texas
90. Karl Wetterman married Anna Wachsmann 1899
91. Bertha Wetterman married Robert Ells 1904
92. John Wachsmann Jr. Born 1898 in Lee Co., Texas
93. Henry Wettermann married Meta Maas 1899 in Lee Co., Texas
94. Leo Nuetzler married Emma Osterlo 1899 in Washington, Co., Texas

December:
95. Albert E. Wolfe born December 8, 1917
96. Martha Josephine Wolfe Murphree Born December 21, 1913
97. B. W. Witte Born 1901 in Lee Co., Texas
98. Emma Witte Born 1904 in Lee Co., Texas
99. Marnie Sohns Born 1910, Washington Co., Tx
100. W.A. Wetterman married Buelah Gaines 1932 in Waco.
101. B.L. Wetterman Born December 26, 1939 to Mr. and Mrs. E.A. Wetterman
102. Annie Mae Olsen married Bobby Lloyd Wetterman December 26, 1960
103. Emma Witte Born 1904 in Lee Co.
104 Heinrich Rodeck Born 1898 in Lee Co.

Keep in mind that all the above entries were made by Anna Amelia Wachsmann and later added to by Louise Wetterman. Therefore some of the entries may not be totally accurate, and this could explain some of the double entries found above. I copied this book in 1989, and there have been many Wetterman marriages, births, and deaths since that are not listed herein.

Finally here are a few more pictures: