Former Senior Royalty
and Their Courts
1926 - 1950
1951 - 1975
1976 - 2000
2001 - Pres.
1877 - 1899
1900 - 1925
Volksfest Queen
1877 Bettie Engelke (Tristram)*
1878 Augusta Minkwitz*
1879 Selma Engelke (Reichardt)*
1880 Louise Hoffman (Schuerenberg)*
Maifest Royalty
1881 Frankie Foote* and Robert Tarver*
1882 Annie Spencer (Cochran)* and Albert G. Hayes*
1883 No Maifest held, per the April 11, 1883, Brenham Daily Banner
1884 Emily Harris* and Eugene Muse*
1885 Ida Bassett (Botts)* and William Lusk*
1886 Lizzie Lindermann (Hoffman)* and G.B. Bryan*
1887 Nettie Pampell (Lockridge)* and Honorable Ben S. Rogers*
1888 Nannie Clemons (Dallas)*, The White Rose Queen, Eula Gee (Gantt)*, The Red Rose Queen and R.E. Pennington*, Attorney: “The War of the Roses”
1889 Nettie Estes (Fischer)* and P.H. Swearingen*, Science teacher
1890 Ethel Muse (Gillespie)* and Thomas A. Holland*
1891 Three Flowers: Lillian Lindermann (Meyer)*, White Lilly Ella Werner (Searcy)*, Blue Violet Jessie Shepard (Compton)*, Red Rose
1892 Thomas A. Holland* and Lillian Engelke (Wangemann)*
1893 Hettie Harrison (Curry)*, Queen Isabella and Judge E.P. Curry*, Christopher Columbus: Firemen’s “Columbian” Mayfest, 400th Anniversary of Columbus’ Discovery of America
1894 Hester Abbott (Smith)*, Queen of All Elements and Charles L. Wilkins*, Prince of All Elements; Julia Epstein*, Queen of Air; Dora Schwendener*, Queen of Fire; Mattie Campbell*, Queen of Water; Ellen Langhammer*, Queen of Earth
1895 Alice Roberson (Lockett)* and Tom Rivers*: Operetta
1896 Hattie Simon* and Henry Grote*: The Toy Shop Operetta
1897 Julia Epstein* and Judge E.P. Curry*
1898 Bertha Becker (Wilkins)* and John Watson*
1899 Mary Stone (Nicholson)* and William Lusk*
1900 Julia Epstein* and Frank A. Dever*
1901 Lillian Lindermann (Meyer)* and Thomas A. Holland*
1902 Alita Gardner (Vann)* and Tarver Wilkins*
1903 Susan Shepard (Becker) and Alita Gardner (Vann)
1904 Elise Lockett (Williamson)* and Heber Stone, Jr.*
1905 Macadee Barnett (Mayfield)* and Fred L. Amsler*
1906 Julia Salley (Hover)* and John E. Pace*
1907 Theresa Dee Ross (Carroll)* and Dunbar Affleck*
1908 Florence Seward (Dennison)*, The Lone Star Queen; Bertha Schuerenberg*, Germany; Louise Giddings*, Sunny Spain; Ethel Tucker*, Merrie England; Olga Van Hutton*, Icy Russia; Annie Marek*, Mexico; Corrine Huettig*, Japan; Minnie Seelhorst*, The Stars & Stripes of Uncle Sam’s Domination and Frank Shepard: Court of Queens of the Nations
1909 Minnie Lee Gehrmann (Sampley)* and Frank Shepard*
1910 Lila Shepard (Rasberry)* and L.E. Rasberry*
1911 Louise Stone* and Earl Dallas*
1912 Florence Simmons (Becker)* and Frank Gehrmann
1913 Susie Lipscomb (Knolle)* and William Tucker*
1914 Edna Buck (Eversberg)* and Eugene Eversberg*
1915 Gladys Baumgart (Hoffmann)* and Oscar Hoffmann*: The Evolution of Cotton
1916 Margaret Bozman (Bagley)* and Arthur Hohlt*
1917 Mattie Reeves Wood (Ferguson)*, Patriotic Queen and Nelson Rodesney*: Patriotic
1918-1920 No Royalty: World War I
1921 Willie Mae Knolle (Hasskarl)* and Will J. Embrey*
1922 Ida Mae Baumgart (Ruland)* and Giddings Stone*
1923 Hester Smith (Lockett)* and Reese Lockett*: Court of Jewels
1924 Martha Grote (Schmid)* and Wallie Schmid*
1925 Mary Sommer (Low)* and Theodore A. Low, Jr.*: Court of Maytime
1926 Erette Reese (Red)* and Edwin Hacker*: Court of Wild Flowers
1927 Margaret Routt (Miles)* and Dr. S.E. Stafford*: Colonial Court
1928 Bernice Becker* and Edwin Searcy*: Spanish Garden Scene
1929 Ruth Hasskarl (Robertson)* and Smith Mercer*: Sweethearts on Parade
1930 Flora Ann Williams (Stuckert)* and Dan Williams, Jr.*: Court of Forget-Me-Nots
1931 Mary Edna Carroll (Lee)* and Charles Allen DeWare, Jr.*: Court of Light
1932 Bo Peep Seelhorst (Fisher)*, Queen of May and Franklin Fisher, King Cotton: Court of Cotton
1933 Annie Louise Tiemann (Seidel)*, Queen of the Garden of Roses, and Lorenz Seidel*, King of the Garden: Court of Roses
1934 Lillian Louise Adams (Wilder)* and Frank Wood, III*: Court of Jewels
1935 Mary Seidel (Ziesemer)* and Henry W. Hughes*: Court of The Modern Age
1936 Minerva Inez Reese (Rymer)*, Texas, Queen of States and Clint Giddings Anderson*: The Court of the Texas Centennial
1937 Maurine Barnes (Harrison)* and Harold E. Pflughaupt*: Court of Songs
1938 Elvera Dallmeyer (Muery)* and Sam Muery, Jr.*: Court of the Universe
1939 Dorthea Hasskarl (Niemeyer)* and Hoffmann L. Reese, Jr.*: Court of Crinoline Age
1940 Nancy Green (Scheffler)*, Queen of All Flowers and Tom A. Adams, Jr.*: Maytime
1941 Ruth England (Rennels)* and Ernest N. Reinchardt, Jr.*: Court of American Youth
1942-1947 No Royalty: World War II
1948 Frances Ann Navratil (Bredthauer) and Charles Albert Mast: Court of Freedom Presents “America the Beautiful”
1949 Sudie Lu Shaer (Stark) and Fred Becker: Court of the Deep South
1950 Betty Byrom (Foerster) and Allan Hunter Hohlt*: Stars in the Summer Sky
1951 Joanne Steinbach (Zuch) and John Cline*: The Land of Romance
1952 Nell Dyer (Capriotti) and William Irwin Navratil*: Court of Melody
1953 Gloria Greenwade (Nix) and Joe Ervin Snodgrass*: Court of Showboat Time
1954 Sylvia Langston (McCall) and John Williamson Barnhill, Jr.: Court of Maytime
1955 Marian Byron (Hayes) and William F. Henze, Jr.: Court of Memories
1956 Bess Guggolz (Rice) and Herbert Louis Steinbach: A Night in Old Spain
1957 Diane Schoenemann (Moore)* and Fred Murchin*: The Court of Friendship
1958 Rebecca Seidel (Flowers) and Franklin Fisher, Jr.: Court of Jewels
1959 Patricia Ann Maddox (Hensen)* and Eugene LaFleur*: Court of Hearts and Flowers
1960 Kathyrine Reese Jones (Simank) and Charles Simank: Court of Festivals
1961 Myra Kunkel (Overton) and William Judge Rabb: Court of the Romantic South
1962 Carol Lynn Voelkel* and Charles Mewis: Court of the Roaring Twenties
1963 LeGrand Jones (Spradley) and Fred Sander: Court of A Night in Blue Hawaii
1964 Cathy Coates (Buchanan) and Hub Ewen Baker, Jr.: Court of Gaiety
1965 Jody Freeman (Leifeste) and Billy Barnett: Kingdom of Diamonds
1966 Deanna Dippel (Alfred) and David Atkinson: An Enchanted Evening
1967 Ella Buchanan (Lossow) and Patrick Cole: Moonlight Serenade
1968 Marjorie Ann Routt (Young) and Ben Edward Boettcher*: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
1969 Sue Tomachefsky (Raup) and Michael Schomburg: Moonlight and Roses
1970 Christie Barnes (Webb) and Paul LaRoche III: Kingdom of Celestial Realms
1971 Charlyn Gail Rosenbaum (Schoenvogel) and Charles Walter Schwartz: Court of Enchanted Reveries
1972 Mary Ruth Giddings (Wenske) and Thomas Hodnett Swygert, Jr.: Court of Serendipity
1973 Kathie Pomykal (Boehnemann) and Charles Ray Hahn: Court of Utopia
1974 Elizabeth Jane Winfield (Rigney) and Robert Schaer Stark: Court of Medieval Enchantment
1975 Karen Boehnke (Thornton) and Richard Joseph O’Malley: Court of Nostalgia
1976 Ann Lea Schwartz (Bishop) and Delbert “Bubba” Stark, Jr., Commander in Chief: Maifest 1776
1977 Cheri Kay O’Malley (Addicks) and Kevin Ray Lehmann: Court of Romance
1978 Catherine Lynn Tabor (Jury) and Joseph Anthony Garnett: The Mystical Court of Game and Chance
1979 Regina Ellermann (Holtkamp) and David Scott Higgs: Court of Shooting Stars
1980 Kay Lynn Schwartz (Murphy) and Kevin Matthew O’Malley: Court of Musical Memories
1981 Tamara Kay Lehmann and Robert Kyle Gaskamp: Court of Maifest Potpourri
1982 Rebecca Lynn Tate (Ehlert) and Henry Julius Boehm, III: Court of Oriental Splendor
1983 Lois Winkelmann (Kolkhorst) and John Williamson Barnhill, III: Court of Showboat Time
1984 Jenifer Claire Damon (Hungate) & Mark Wesley Spinn and Julia Deanne Damon (Wolff) & John Frederick Hajovsky: Court of Fun and Fantasy
1985 Lea Ann Boeker (Bartay) and Ross Oscar Sommers: Court of Fantasy Flight
1986 Teresa Elizabeth Boehm (Cole) and Jason Andrew Young: Court of Festivals
1987 Susan Dyan Lueckemeyer (Lancaster) and Scott Michael Baehren: Court of Majestical Alps
1988 Stephanie Dawn Schulte (Pennell) and James Eric Moser: Court of Memories
1989 Jenifer Jean Hermann and Brent Ross Gaskamp: Court of Mystical Dreams
1990 Anne Catherine Hamrick (Tarwater) and John Andrew Schulte: Court of Araby
1991 Sara Beth Williams (Hardy) and Jarvis Wade Van Dyke: A Celebration of Renaissance Royalty
1992 Dana Katherine Neal (Hext) and Michael Chad Gerke: A Celebration of the Age of Discovery
1993 Julie Elizabeth Bullock (Wunz) and Kelley Martin Hughes: That’s Entertainment!
1994 Addie Estefana Rexroad (Braziel) and Bradley Scott Tegeler: Music, Music, Music!
1995 Kathryn Adele Kenjura (Hall) and Kevin Lane Schubert: Hooray for Hollywood
1996 Sarah Elizabeth Seidel (Brieden) and Kristopher Scott Ehlert: Sea Paradise
1997 Courtney Cook (Holm) and John Bolling Schaer, III: Viva Las Vegas
1998 Amy Elizabeth Boettcher (Ging) and Kyle Norman Kokemoor: Starry Nights and City Lights
1999 Caroline Cook (Maxwell) and Joshua Robert Hyatt: A Medieval Quest
2000 Jenny Marie Wehmeyer (Schaer) and Michael Henry Hopkins, Jr.: The Rhythms of Life
2001 Sarah Kathryn Rothermel (Teeter) and Jared Alexander Jones: 2001: A Timeless Journey
2002 Hanna Beth Houston and Jackson O’Malley: Cruise Hawaiian Style
2003 Stephanie Lane Holtkamp (Koehler) and Benton William Schulze, IV: Parties of a Lifetime
2004 Jodi Winkelmann (Lyons) and Tyler Kennedy Wackman: An American Salute
2005 Brittany Ann Tiaden (von Rosenberg) and Devin Voelter: Passports to Postcards
2006 Kristen Gail Westbrook and Chase Morgan Schulze: Waltz Across Texas
2007 Brooke Leigh Higgs (Kaminski) and William Severin Witte: Music and Memories Throughout the Decades
2008 Margaret Lorriane Crowson (Melton) and Jared Christopher Tiemann: Visionary Voyages
2009 Victoria Elizabeth Lehrmann and Marshall Wilson Haley: The Best is Yet to Come
2010 Elizabeth Anne Stark and Jacob Gene Lange: Spotlights and Showcases
2011 Jane Cornelia (Corrie) Newman and Guy Richard Buls: Once in a Blue Moon Bash
2012 Janie Susan Cangelosi and Clayton Cash Conway: Music Revolution MMXII
2013 Tatum Carli Westerfeld (Lackey) and Dallas Riley Wooten-Gonzales: Live From New York; It’s Maifest 2013
2014 Caroline Rosemary Webb (Mikeska) and Caleb Scott Rodenbeck: Celebrations Across Texas
2015 Gretchen Madison West (Yeager) and Halen Scott Tilley: Brenham Maifest 125 Our Hometown Rocks!
2016 Hannah Elizabeth Damon and Colson Charles Altman and Madison LeAnne Tomachefsky: It’s Our World, What’s Your Story?
2017 Gracie Kate Westerfeld and Jacob McFaddin Pyle: Fly Me to Paradise
2018 Caroline Miller Cone and Noah Lee Ragonis Sara Ann Guiberteau and Stephen Parker Puckett: Maifest 2018 Our Excellent Adventures
2019 Chloe Katherine Hamilton and Wills Kirkpatrick Webb: Glamour and the Great Outdoors
2020 Annie Elizabeth Clepper and Cole Alexander Ragonis: Maifest 2020 The Great Jungle Journey
2021 Clara Ashley Hamilton and Carter Houston McVean: British Invasion
2022 Moli Ragonis and Blake Cutter Jones: And the Award Goes to… Maifest 2022
2023 Lauren Ruth Hook and Ashton Kiel Behrens: Musical Memories
2024 Ashley Ribbon Jones and Lucas Cash Flynn: Viva Las Vegas
2025 Emerson Taylor Behrens and Henry Latham Stopschinski: Summer of a Lifetime
View the Past Junior Royalty and their Courts
