Early Travis County Births, 1873-1878
Compiled by Alice Duggan Gracy, Jane Sumner, Emma Gene Seale Gentry
Extracted by Kay Dunlap Boyd
The act to provide for the Registration of Births was implemented May 3, 1873 by the legislature and repealed August 21, 1876. It stated, “that it shall hereafter be the duty of the clerks of the District Court of this State to make and keep in their offices a register of all persons born in their respective counties.” These record books were found in 25 counties, Travis being one of those. As a bonus a family would often record the birth dates of their previous children at the same time. The color of the parents was not recorded, as it was not consistently noted. Most of the maiden names came from separate research and not from the birth registrations.
| PARENT | CHILD | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| ARCHER, Osceola & Minnie W. | Annie Elizabeth | 13 Sep 1873 |
| AUSTIN, C. F. & Anna P. (Hague) | Thos. F. | 18 Dec 1873 |
| AUSTIN, C. F. & Anna P. (Hague) | Mattie A. | 3 Oct 1875 |
| BAKER, D. W. C. & Mary E. (Graham) | Julia | 6 Jun 1873 |
| BARTHOLOMEW, E. C. & E. E. | Claude Morley | 21 Jun 1873 |
| BEALL, Duval & Jennie (Turner) | Helen | 21 Sep 1873 |
| BLUMTRITT, Louis & Caroline (Bastian) | Jane Caroline | 9 Dec 1874 |
| BOCK, Edward & Julie (Veuss) | Mathilde | 9 Dec 1870 |
| BOCK, Edward & Julie (Veuss) | Edward | 15 Dec 1872 |
| BOCK, Edward & Julie (Veuss) | Theodore | 17 Jul 1874 |
| BOCK, Edward & Julie (Veuss) | Guido | 12 Jul 1876 |
| BOCK, Edward & Julie (Veuss) | Harry | 15 Sep 1878 |
| BOWLES, J. S. & M. E. (Huling) | Albert Sidney | 5 Jan 1874 |
| BRASS, G. M. & Amelia (Bothe) | G. M. | 8 Sep 1874 |
| BROWN, Albert & Jennie Ann | Coke | 30 Nov 1873 |
| BRUEGGERHOFF, William & Mary (Calhoun) | Louis | 18 Sep 1874 |
| BUECHNER, Christ. & Mary | Herman Justus | 8 Jun 1874 |
| CALLAWAY, C. M. & L. E. (Evans) | Charles Kendall | 11 Aug 1874 |
| CASWELL, Timothy & Julia | Minnie Amelia | 11 Jul 1873 |
| COLVIN, G. & E. A. (Summers) | Lillian | 10 Aug 1874 |
| COX, J. F. & Nancy | Elizabeth Ellen | 16 Dec 1871 |
| COX, J. F. & Nancy | Willis Hampton | 27 May 1874 |
| CUSTARD, Wm. & Clara (Stanfield) | Ellen | 6 Oct 1873 |
| DOHME, Ferdinand & Mary | Louis | 17 Mar 1867 |
| DOHME, Ferdinand & Mary | Ferdinand | 16 Nov 1868 |
| DOHME, Ferdinand & Mary | Emma | 11 Nov 1873 |
| DOHME, W. A. & Thecla M. | Franz Joseph | 13 Feb 1874 |
| DOWTY, Sam J. & Helen V. (Wheeler) | Samuel Seelye | 27 Mar 1874 |
| ENOCHS, J. A. & Eliza Harriet | Eliza Harriet | 19 Aug 1873 |
| EVANS, Clark O. & Martha M. | Joseph W. | 20 Aug 1874 |
| FARR, Thomas Jefferson & Sarah Ann (Galloway) | Thomas Jefferson | 3 Mar 1874 |
| FIELDS, J. D. & Mary F. (Raney) | Eleanor Hibernia | 3 Sep 1873 |
| FORD, S. W. & Nannie (Walker) | Lizzie | 6 Nov 1873 |
| FORD, S. W. & Nannie (Walker) | Tennie | 17 Sep 1875 |
| FOREHAND, William & Alice (Talk) | John | 16 Jul 1873 |
| FOSTER, Eldie P. & Mary Francis | James B. | 13 Nov 1873 |
| FOWLER, W. S. & Mattie G. | Rupert | 23 Jul 1873 |
| GALAWAY, Hosea & Sarah Adeline (Farr) | Sarah Adeline | 17 Aug 1873 |
| GODBEY, William & Margaret | James Willis | 28 Dec 1873 |
| GREGG, Richard & Mary | Ethel | 19 Jun 1874 |
| GRUMBLES, John D. & Lisa J. | Stephen Pomeroy | 8 Oct 1873 |
| GUEST, Alexander H. & Catherina | Emma Landor | 20 Apr 1875 |
| HAMPTON, William & Sarah Ann | William Columbus | 22 May 1873 |
| HANNA, R. H. & E. J. | John Austin | 25 Dec 1880 |
| HARRIS, Fleming & Rachel (Rogers) | Walter Elmer | 5 Jun 1875 |
| HEFFTER, H. O. & Mary Louisa | Matilde Charlotta Attilie | 27 May 1873 |
| HEFFTER, H. O. & Mary Louisa | Willy Hugo Frederick | 2 Nov 1868 |
| HEFFTER, H. O. & Mary Louisa | Elizabeth Rosalie Matilde | 5 Mar 1870 |
| HENDERSON, McD. & Elvira L. | James Thomas | 19 Dec 1873 |
| HUTCHINS, A. H. & Kathleen (Lancaster) | Rufus Jones | 14 Aug 1874 |
| JESSEN, Adelbert C. & Ottilie W. A. (Potthoff) | Elfreide Otillie | 8 Sep 1873 |
| JOHNSON, Sam H. & Desdemona (Golden) | Samuel William | 18 Jan 1874 |
| JOHNSON, Sam H. & Desdemona (Golden) | Guy Augustine | 11 Nov 1874 |
| JOHNSON, Sam M. & Helen | Edith | 10 Sep 1873 |
| JOLLY, Cornelius & Bethnia (Pearson) | Abner Elijah | ?????? |
| KEANESTER, Wm. V. & Mary H. | William Hill | 17 Mar 1874 |
| KELLER, J. George & Ida (Lorenz) | J. G. William | 18 Nov 1873 |
| KESSEE, William & Jennie | Willie | 13 Apr 1873 |
| KIRKPATRICK, Thomas & Mary Susan (Hammett) | Arthur Benton | 6 Apr 1877 |
| KIRKPATRICK, Thomas & Mary Susan (Hammett) | Edward Oliver | 18 Oct 1879 |
| LABENSKE, Daniel W. Mary Ann (Patterson) | Robert Lee | 25 Feb 1875 |
| LEE, George W. & Sarah (West) | Malcom | 7 Jun 1874 |
| LITTLE, James M. & Catherine (Custard) | Henry Ettie | 14 Jul 1874 |
| LITTMAN, Leopold & Hattie | Belle | 15 Feb 1876 |
| MCKINNEY, Jas. P. Jr. & Clara (DeGress) | Elizabeth Anna | 27 Jul 1874 |
| MCKINNEY, Jas. P. Jr. & Clara (DeGress) | Elvira Mary | 18 Dec 1875 |
| MCLAUGHLIN, C. E. & R. A. | Guy | 11 Mar 1873 |
| MCLAUGHLIN, C. E. & R. A. | Maud | 8 Jan 1875 |
| MCVEIGH, James D. & Mary Francis | James Martin | 23 Jul 1874 |
| MANOR, Jo. J. & J. A. (Forehand) | Fannie | 4 Aug 1873 |
| MARKLEY, Thomas J. & S. J. (Monson) | Olga Josephine | 29 Oct 1875 |
| MEYER, Phillipe Louis & Louisa (Feige) | Frieda Emilie | 29 Sep 1874 |
| MILLER, Charles & Louisa | Pina(?) Evangeline | 28 Aug 1875 |
| MILLER, M. K. & Lucretia (McKinney) | Forest | 2 Apr 1874 |
| MILLER, W. A. H. & Kate | Mattie Bell | 8 Oct. 1874 |
| MILUM, Joseph & Mary Jane | Francis Elizabeth | 18 Oct 1873 |
| MINTER, J. C. & Evaline A. | Maud C. | 16 Jan 1874 |
| MOORE, A. E. & S. S. | Mary Alice | 26 Jul 1873 |
| MOORE, E. T. & Maggie R. (Cloud) | Victor Cloud | 4 Feb 1874 |
| MOORE, Newton Cain & Mary Catherine (Jester) | Atha May | 6 May 1879 |
| NEWMAN, R. J. & M. C. | Malinda Catherine | 22 Mar 1874 |
| NOTEN, Thomas & Marian | Thomas | 7 Dec 1873 |
| PEARSON, E. & Ann | Nancy Elizabeth | 27 Jan 1874 |
| PEARSON, W. S. & S. E. (Milam) | Allebie | 15 May 1873 |
| PETTAWAY, Lee & Julia (White) | Margarette | 21 Oct 1872 |
| PHILLIPS, John Hughston & Mary Elizabeth (McMahan) | Amelia Launa | 9 May 1874 |
| PITTS, Wm. A. & Samonie | William Wirt | 25 Aug 1865 |
| PITTS, Wm. A. & Samonie | Henry Curtis (b Indianola, Calhoun Co.) | 7 Nov 1868 |
| PITTS, Wm. A. & Samonie | Rell Maxey | 24 Jan 1874 |
| PRATHER, T. F. & C. N. (Austin) | Chas. F. | 6 Sep 1876 |
| PRESSLER, Franz & Dora (Schenck) | Hedwig | 5 Jul 1874 |
| PRESSLER, Franz & Dora (Schenck) | Walter | 10 Feb 1876 |
| REEVES, William D. & Elizabeth | Pearl | 22 Jul 1874 |
| REICHMAN, F. Johann & Ellen M. A. (Schumann) | Emmy | 27 Apr 1874 |
| REINKE, Paul & Emma | Otto Robert | 18 Jan 1873 |
| REINKE, Paul & Emma | Charlotte Emilie | 31 Jan 1875 |
| ROSENBERG von, William & Auguste | Carl Wilhelm | 13 Jul 1850 |
| ROSENBERG von, William & Auguste | Arthur | 1 Sep 1851 |
| ROSENBERG von, William & Auguste | Ernst | 25 Nov 1852 |
| ROSENBERG von, William & Auguste | Paul | 10 Aug 1854 |
| ROSENBERG von, William & Auguste | Laura | 26 Feb 1856 |
| ROSENBERG von, William & Auguste | Emma | 15 May 1857 |
| ROSENBERG von, William & Auguste | Wilhelm | 14 Jan 1859 |
| ROSENBERG von, William & Auguste | Anna | Oct 10 1860 |
| ROSENBERG von, William & Auguste | Maria (d 7 Aug 1864) | 31 Jan 1863 |
| ROSENBERG von, William & Auguste | Lina | 27 Oct 1864 |
| ROSENBERG von, William & Auguste | Friedrich Cal | 3 Nov 1866 |
| SANDEL, D. C. & Zerena | Mattie | 27 Jan 1874 |
| SCHUTZE, Julius & Julia (Ohrndorf) | Adolf | 4 Sep 1873 |
| SJOBERG, Herman & Martha | John Herbert | 2 Jul 1873 |
| SMITH, J. F. & Laura M. | Walter Franklin | 23 Jun 1874 |
| SMITH, R. B. & Mary E. | Myrtie H. | 6 Jul 1874 |
| STALNAKER, J. W. & A. B. (Black) | Anna Rebecca | 2 Feb 1875 |
| STERZING, Fred & Agnes (Pressler) | Fred Herbert | 23 Jul 1875 |
| STOKES, John F. & Julia | Agnes Augusta | 30 Jul 1873 |
| STOKES, John F. & Julia | John Fernando | 11 Mar 1875 |
| STRAHLEY, Andrew & Anna | Susan Augusta | 14 May 1874 |
| STROETER, Ernst F. & Carrie G. | Luella Elizabeth | 25 Aug 1875 |
| STUBBS, B. J. & Minerva (Richie) | Thomas Nicholas | 14 Jun 1873 |
| SUMMERROW, M. P. & N. A. (Turley) | Kate | 28 Oct 1873 |
| SWISHER, John Milton & Nellie (Nickerson) | Annie Elise | 13 Oct 1873 |
| SWOFFORD (Swoford), John & Mary Susan | Anna Mandy | 30 Oct 1873 |
| SWOFFORD (Swoford), John & Mary Susan | Lena | 26 Mar 1875 |
| THURMAN, H. G. & M. C. | Mary Caroline | 28 Dec 1873 |
| THURMAN, Thomas & Malissa (Pierson) | Charles Andrew | 14 May 1874 |
| TOWNSEND, A. B. Caroline (White) | Charlie & George (twins) | 20 Aug 1873 |
| TOWNSEND, Drewry & Naricopa (White) | Mary | 4 Sep 1873 |
| WADDELL, Daniel & George Ann (Foster) | Elkin | 17 Nov 1873 |
| WALLACE, R. G. & Mille | Mary Ann Rachel | 15 Feb 1874 |
| WASHBURN, Wm. & Polly Ann | Charles Bird | 20 May 1874 |
| WEED, V. A. & Bell (Brush) | Hattie Catherine | 17 Jan 1875 |
| WHITE, C. W. & M. J. (Brush) | Sillie (Sallie?) Pearl | 7 Feb 1873 |
| WHITTEN, Aaron Hill & Martha Elizabeth (Bostick) | Aaron Stuart | 27 Oct 1874 |
| YOUNG, Richard S. & Orlenia (Edwards) | Mattie Ella | 26 Feb 1874 |
