ALTHAUS, Charles C. ³⁸⁰

  Allgemeine Notizen:

Buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Fredericksburg next to his wife Attie M. Key Althaus. Referred to as Charley, his name is listed as Carl in the 1860 Gillespie County Census.

Information from Mr. Voy Althaus, Sr. shows that his name shows as Karl on baptismal records. It was later translated to Charles which he used legally but was called "Charlie". As a young adult Charlie was sent by his father from their Cave Creek home to the north east part of Gillespie County to start a cattle ranch on the Pittman track which Christian had bought at a tax sale. He started the ranch by roping wild cattle, yoking them to tamed oxen and letting the oxen bring the cattle home where they were claimed by branding. He didn't marry until he was about 30 when anglos began to move into the area of the ranch. They expanded the ranch to 5000 acres in Gillespie County and 1000 acres in Blanco which made him one of the largest ranchers in the County. Voy states that he remembers Charlie when he was in his teens and Charlie was in his 70's. He still rode all of the round ups, always out rode Voy and was still roping calves for marketing when he was 80. He was a great old man to have for a grandfather.

Charles heiratete Atwood Modina A. KEY im Jahr 1890 in Fredericksburg, Gilliespie Co., Texas, USA. (Atwood Modina A. KEY wurde geboren im Jahr 1872 und starb im Jahr 1954.)