Husband: August BANIK
Birthdate: April 2, 1858
Birthplace: Posen, Germany
Death date: July 19, 1951
Place of death: Elm Mott, McLennan Co., Texas
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Wife: Augusta DREWS
Birthdate: January 1, 1864
Birthplace: Posen, Germany
Death date: April 13, 1934
Place of death: Elm Mott, McLennan Co., Texas
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Mother:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Ernest BANIK
Sex: M
Birthdate: April 25, 1885
Birthplace: Round Top, Fayette Co., Texas
Death date: June 8, 1968
Place of death: Waco, McLennan Co., Texas
Marriage date: November 30, 1914
Marriage place: Waco, McLennan Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Fena SCHRANK

Child No. 2: Albert Gustav BANIK
Sex: M
Birthdate: October 27, 1886
Birthplace: Round Top, Fayette Co., Texas
Death date: September 5, 1968
Place of death: Baytown, Harris Co., Texas
Marriage date: October 4, 1918
Marriage place: Gerald Community, McLennan Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Alma Dorothea BLANKENSTEIN

Child No. 3: Ottilie Anna BANIK
Sex: F
Birthdate: August 1, 1888
Birthplace: Burton, Washington Co., Texas
Death date: September 26, 1973
Place of death: Dayton, Liberty Co., Texas
Marriage date: January 22, 1914
Marriage place: Gerald Community, McLennan Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Charles GEORGES

Child No. 4: Hulda Antonia BANIK
Sex: F
Birthdate: May 29, 1891
Birthplace: Burton, Washington Co., Texas
Death date: December 5, 1972
Place of death: West, McLennan Co., Texas
Marriage date: November 8, 1919
Marriage place: Gerald Community, McLennan Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Otto BLUHM

Child No. 5: Carl Wilhelm BANIK
Sex:
Birthdate: February 14, 1893
Birthplace: Falls Co., Texas
Death date: August 21, 1893
Place of death: Falls Co., Texas
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Child No. 6: Helen Sophia BANIK
Sex: F
Birthdate: October 7, 1895
Birthplace: Falls Co., Texas
Death date: March 1975
Place of death: Northeast, Pennsylvania
Marriage date: December 28, 1924
Marriage place: Gerald Community, McLennan Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Louis KABLITZ

Child No. 7: Herman Edward BANIK
Sex: M
Birthdate: March 1, 1898
Birthplace: Falls Co., Texas
Death date: June 16, 1969
Place of death: Waco, McLennan Co., Texas
Marriage date: November 7, 1920
Marriage place: Malone, Hill Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Meta Dora SCHRANK

Child No. 8: Frieda Augusta BANIK
Sex: F
Birthdate: February 14, 1901
Birthplace: Gerald Community, McLennan Co., Texas
Death date: February 22, 1972
Place of death: Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas
Marriage date:
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Spouse's name: Albert KERN

Child No. 9: Friedrich Christoph "Fritz" BANIK
Sex: M
Birthdate: May 12, 1903
Birthplace: Gerald Community, McLennan Co., Texas
Death date: November 1973
Place of death: Tampa, Florida
Marriage date: January 19, 1928
Marriage place: Malone, Hill Co., Texas
Spouse's name: Helen Henriette HUSE

Child No. 10: William August "Bill" BANIK
Sex: M
Birthdate: October 26, 1905
Birthplace: Gerald Community, McLennan Co., Texas
Death date: May 19, 1977
Place of death: Brazoria Co., Texas
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Spouse's name: Hattie GRAEFF
 
 
Documentation:
* August and Augusta Banik's oldest daughter, Ottilie, divorced her husband, Charles Georges.
* Ottilie's second marriage was to Joseph Bernard (Joe) ROLKE in El Campo, Texas.

Sources:
* Mrs. Hulda Rolke Aucoin
* Courthouse records of McLennan Co., Waco, Texas.
* Church records from: St. Paul United Church of Christ, Gerald, McLennan Co., Texas;
* Salem Lutheran Church, Malone, Hill Co., Texas;
* The former Zion Evangelical Church of Waco, Texas.
* Cemetery inscriptions from the Gerald Cemetery in McLennan Co., Texas.