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Name: Emil Henry Buenger ^{1 2}
Sex: M
Birth: 26 SEP 1884 in Shaws Bend, Colorado Co., Texas ^{1 3 4}
Death: 29 MAY 1952 in Yoakum, Lavaca Co., Texas ^{4 5}
Burial: Oak Grove Cem., Yoakum, Texas. ⁶
Residence:
1. in 404 S. South St., Yoakum, DeWitt Co., Texas. ³
Person Id: I15
Tree Id: 620827

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Parents

Father:

Charles Ludwig Buenger: Birth: 10 DEC 1857 in Industry, Austin Co., Texas. Death: 5 MAR 1914 in Yoakum, Lavaca Co., Texas

Mother:

Marie (Mary) Antonette Neumann: Birth: 4 MAR 1863 in Bellville, Austin Co., Texas. Death: 5 AUG 1942 in Yoakum, Lavaca Co., Texas

Family
Marriage:

Married: Erna Lange.
Erna Lange: Birth: 14 MAR 1893 in Ellinger, Fayette, Texas. Death: 10 NOV 1971 in Yoakum, Lavaca Co., Texas

Children:

Mary W. Buenger: Birth: 22 NOV 1914 in Yoakum, DeWitt Co., Texas. Death: ABT 2002 in Yoakum, DeWitt Co., Texas

Sources

1.	Title: Family Bible of Mary Neumann Buenger
2.	Title: 1900 Census, Colorado Co., Texas, Pct. 5, West of Cummings Creek
3.	Title: WWI Draft Registration Card
4.	Title: Cem. Records of Oak Grove Cem. @ Yoakum Library
5.	Title: Buffington Funeral Home Records, Lavaca County, TX Publication: Name: http://www.rootsweb.com/~txlavaca/5b-48-51.txt;
6.	Title: Beck/Buffington Funeral Home Records

Notes

Note: Lost Hand in Accident prior to 1917. Source: WWI Draft Registration Card
Cause of Death: Bleed to Death as a results of being hit by a car.
The following is information obtained from Emil Buenger's personal records in which he recorded just about every paycheck and number of hours worked from 1906 until his death in 1952:
Started work for S.A.&A.P. Railroad on Nov. 9, 1906 in Railroad Shop in Yoakum. Worked 9 and 10 hours per day, 6 days a week and made between $40 and $50 per month. His wages in 1910 were $0.23/hour. In 1924, he became a Watchman for S.A.&A.P. Railroad at $115 per month. In February, 1933 - in the middle of the Great Depression - his wages were reduced to $75 per month. In January, 1937, he went to work for the Guadalupe Valley Creamery in Yoakum making about $60 per month. He worked for the Creamery until his death in 1952 at which time he was making about $130 per month.

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