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Charlotte "Lotte" Fritcher Wuneburger

1856 – 14 Mar 1887

Birth1856
Death14 Mar 1887
CemeteryDixon Prairie Cemetery
Paige , Bastrop County , Texas , USA
Added byJohn & Mimi Kimbrough on 03 Jun 2013
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111263090

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Lotte Fritcher was born Charlotte Fritcher in 1856, most likely in Industry, Austin County. She was the second of 12 children born to Louis and Frieda Fritcher. Both of her parents were born in Germany and had immigrated to Texas separately, he in 1848 and she in 1852. They were married in Industry, Austin County around 1852. Louis was a rock mason by trade, but in America he was a farmer, so their first daughter, Lotte grew up on the family farm near Industry. In 1870, when Lotte was just 14, a new family moved into the neighborhood from Lavaca County, the Wuneburgers, and they and the Fritcher family became close friends. Handily, the Wuneburgers, John and Dora, had 5 sons (and 4 daughters) who were reaching marriageable age, and with nature taking its course, attractions began to form between the “children”. While still living in Industry, in 1871 Lotte’s older sister, Annie, married Henry Theodore Wuneburger. Then in 1873 both the Fritcher and Wuneburger families moved to Bastrop County. It was there that Lotte Fritcher and Charles Wuneburger, now in their 20’s, lived when they were married (in Washington County) in 1877. Charles and Lotte continued to live in Bastrop County, and in 1878 their son Louis Frank was born. In 1880 Charlotte had another baby, but it only lived a short time so it was never given a name. Often in those times, because of high infant mortality rates, babies were not named for months by their parents. Also, sometimes when a named infant died, a later child was given the same name. Anyway, it is believed that Baby “No Name” was buried in the Dixon Prairie Cemetery. Charles and Charlotte then had daughters Freda and Eda in 1882 and 1884. Rounding out the Charles and Lotte Wuneburger Family, Lotte had another baby, Della (Granny Mobley), in March, 1886. Lotte never quite recovered from the birth of baby Della, and about a year after giving her birth, in 1887, Lotte died of her childbirth complications and is buried next to her Baby “No Name” in the Dixon Prairie Cemetery. This sad event left Charles with 5 children to support and raise – a very daunting task. He quickly remarried that year, a local widow named Frances Ann (Fannie) Harris Williams. She had a son, Marian from her previous marriage, and she and Charles produced another son and named him John (Johnnie) Charles in 1894. All this made for a house full of children to take care of, so when Della (Granny Mobley) was 11 years old, she was sent to live with Louis and Frieda Fritcher, her grandfather and grandmother who still lived in Bastrop County. For years Frieda had suffered from what were called “spells”, perhaps some form of epilepsy, so Della was tasked with looking after her while cooking, cleaning and washing for Louis and two grown sons who still lived and farmed with them. It must have been such a tremendous task for such a young, diminutive girl, but she carried on until 1902 when Frieda finally died. Two years later, at age 18, Della married John Morgan Mobley, a local farmer’s son, and the ”Granny and Paw Paw” team was formed, with most of us being their descendants. Frieda Fritcher, Lotte’s mother was buried in the Dixon Prairie Cemetery, flanking Baby “No Name” with her daughter, Lotte (Mrs. C. W. Wuneburger).

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