Gustav Alfred Basse (b. 22 April 1895 in Fredericksburg to Adolph Friedrich Basse and Emma Caroline Schnerr) was a pupil of Pecan Creek School, later he attended Fredericksburg High School. When WW1 came, Gustav was drafted and stationed in Baltimore, he was in charge of the ammunition place (1).
After the honorable discharge, before coming home, Mr. Basse traveled to see various big cities in the north of the country. He decided to become a teacher and studied at the University of Texas where he was also captain of a wrestling team and a member of the T Association (related to sports).
Gustav Alfred Basse graduated from the university in 1922 with a BBA degree (he was the first in his family who completed university studies), by then he had changed his mind regarding his future career as he felt he did not like living in a big city. Therefore he came back home and together with his brother, Gus ran his father's farm. During the years, he expanded it from 160 to 1600 acres.
Gustav married Miss Lina Cora Evers in 1927 (1).
After her death in 1955, the man married Estella Treibs Keyser.
Mr. Basse was Pecan Creek School trustee and a member of the following organizations:
Baron Creek Schuetzen Verein,
Gillespie County Fair Association,
Gillespie County Historical Society,
and the Louis Jordan post of the American Legion.
Gus Basse also worked as secretary of the Holy Ghost Lutheran Church in Fredericksburg.
He loved ranching and the land where he lived.
Gustav Alfred Basse passed on 3 July 1994.
His father Adolph Friedrich Basse (b. 7 Oct. 1849, Fredericksburg, Gillespie, TX/d. 20 Oct. 1919) married Miss Emma Caroline Schnerr (b. 20 April 1855, Gillespie, TX/25 Feb. 1956, Fredericksburg, TX), daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm Schnerr (a German nobleman) and Elisabeth Emma Schneider. The ceremony took place on 14 Nov. 1875 (3).
Gus' grandfather from his father's side was Heinrich Stefan Wilhelm Basse (b. 9 Oct. 1804, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany/d. 10 Jan. 1865, Fredericksburg, TX) was a German minister. The latter one became Fredricksburg's first Protestant pastor - he celebrated the first mass in the Verein Kirche.
The family tree branch
Gus A Basse
⇒ his father Friedrich Basse
⇒ his brother William Basse (b. 2 Feb. 1852/d. 2 April 1914)
⇒ his wife Louise Wahrmund (b. 1855/d. 1897)
⇒ her sister Mathilde (Wahrmund) Meckel (b. 20 Feb. 1859/d. 17 Sept. 1913)
⇒ her husband Heinrich Bernard Meckel (16 May 1854/d. 16 March 1909)
⇒ his mother Henriette (Luckenbach) Meckel (b. 13 Oct. 1829, Stein, Marienburg, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia/d. 17 Sept. 1917, Fredericksburg, TX)
⇒ her brother Friedrich Wilhelm Luckenbach (b. 14 Sept. 1823, , Marienburg, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia/d. 24 Feb. 19122, San Antonio, Bexar, TX)
⇒ his son Louis Carl Luckenbach (b. 25 Oct. 1882, Willow City, Gillespie, TX/d. 20 Feb. 1975, , San Antonio, Bexar, TX)
⇒ his wife Jeannie Katherine (Hart) Luckenbach (b. 20 Dec. 1887, Bexar, TX/d. 28 April 1958)
⇒ her sister Elizabeth (Hart) Angel
⇒ her husband Rufus Monroe Angel - our 3rd cousin 4 times removed
Sources:
*"Our Way of Life. Voices of Gillespie County in the 1970s.", Philip O'Bryan Montgomery III, Shearer Publishing, Fredericksburg, Texas, 2013.
1. "Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV18-8THK: 13 March 2018), Gustav Alfred Basse, 26 Jun 1918; citing Military Service, Fredericksburg, Texas, United States, Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin.
2. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8B-SZL2: 10 December 2017), Gustov A Basse and Cora L Eueno, 04 May 1927; citing Gillespie, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,764,045.
3. "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK1Y-QVD : 22 January 2020), Adolph Basse, 1875.
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