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Adolph Otto Domel Sr

25 Oct 1879 – 18 Aug 1971

Birth25 Oct 1879
Death18 Aug 1971
CemeteryZion Cemetery
Walburg , Williamson County , Texas , USA
Added byLori on 07 Jul 2023
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Adolph Domel was born in the Cottbus/Schorbus/Spreewitz area of Germany, the fourth of the six children (all sons) born to Johann Dohmel and Marie Schulz. His father died young in a house fire, and in 1891 his widowed mother immigrated with the six boys to central Texas, where her mother and siblings had already arrived. On May 1, 1891 Marie and the six boys took the steamship "Lincoln" from Hamburg, Germany to Grimsby, England (on the eastern coast) where they then traveled overland to Liverpool and sailed on the steamship "Lord Clive" to the Port of Philadelphia. No ship record has been found for the last leg, but it is believed to be by ship from Philadelphia to Galveston, Texas. They first live in the Warda area and attend Holy Cross Lutheran Church. There the mother remarries, to Johann Pobran, and has two more children, both girls. Adolph and most of his brothers move to the Theon/Walburg area in Williamson County, Texas, where three of them become lifelong members of Zion Lutheran Church. On 26 Dec 1905 Adolph married Selma Kalmbach, daughter of Gotthilf/Gotthilf Kalmbach and Maria Buettner. Adolph's brother John later marries Selma's sister Annie Kalmbach. Adolph and Selma had 14 children, of which 12 lived to adulthood. The family lived on their farm near Walburg, TX, just north of Zion Lutheran Church on the east side of County Road 1105 and across the road from Adolph's brother John and family. After the death of her second husband Johann Pobran, Adolph's mother moves to the Walburg area and takes turns living with her sons there. She and Adolph will each live to age 91 and are buried at Zion, where there are 4 generations of the Adolph Domel family buried. ----------------------------- DOMEL, Adolph Henry, Sr. of Walburg. Age 91. Died 8/18/1971 (Wed.) (in paper 8/26/71) in a Georgetown hospital following a lingering illness. Services held at Zion Lutheran Church in Walburg. Burial in church cemetery. Pastor Kenneth Schauer officiated. Davis Funeral Home of Georgetown in charge of arrangements. Grandsons were pallbearers. He was a retired farmer and a longtime member of the Lutheran Church. He was preceded in death by his wife and 2 grandchildren. BORN 10/25/1879. SURVIVORS: 7 daughters, 5 sons, 2 sisters, 27 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren. Those going from Thorndale were: M/M. Robert Domel, Mrs. Steve Rieger, Jr., Mrs. Henry Sielaff, M/M. Albert Remmert, Frank Schwab, Alvin Heintze and Gerhard Biar, Jr. * * * * Entered Into Eternal Rest Aug 18, 1971 Adolph Domel, Walburg - Funeral for Adolph Domel, 91, of Walburg, will be at 3 p.m., Friday in Zion Lutheran Church of Walburg, with Rev. Kenneth Schauer officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery under the direction of Davis Funeral Home of Georgetown. Domel died Wednesday morning in a Georgetown hospital. He was a lifelong resident of Walburg and a member of the Walburg Zion Lutheran Church. He was a retired farmer. Survivors include five sons, Alvin Domel, Adolph Domel, Jr., and George Domel, all of Georgetown, Robert Domel of Thorndale and Burt Domel of Giddings; seven daughters, Mrs. Minnie Herzog, Mrs. Edwin Noack and Mrs. John Marak, all of Georgetown, Mrs. Alvin Schwertner of Bartlett, Mrs. Werner Marburger of Jarrell, Mr. Al Hallmark of Beaumont and Mrs. Vernon Holderrieth of Houston; two sisters, Mrs. Martha Killiam of Pflugerville and Mrs. Alma Pickle of Nashville, Tenn. [Funeral and Obituary Notice printed in The Austin American, Austin, Texas, date unknown.]

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