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Today's Way Back Wednesday photo is from a recent scan from my grandmother's photo collection. This is a photo of her family. Her parents, Maurice & Agnes (BRAATZ) CORRIGAN, along with her twin, Thomas, and her older sister, Shirley. The photo is probably from around 1927 or so based on the age … [Read more...]
I was put in charge of creating the memorial video that was to be played at my Grandmother's funeral today, so that everyone could remember her through the years. I assume this is due to the fact that I seemed to have inherited the title of "Family Historian" which I have no problem with. I love … [Read more...]
A photo of my great-grandmother, Agnes (BRAATZ) CORRIGAN. If I had to take a guess, I'd say the photo was taken around 1904-05 since she looks to be about 1-2 years old. … [Read more...]
This is a photo of my wife's great-great-grandparents, Charles & Emma (DIETER) MORAN, and three of their children. The child on the left is her great-grandfather, Fred MORAN, born in 1891. Basing the date off of the children, this photo was probably taken in about 1900. The other two children … [Read more...]
This is a photo from my paternal Milwaukee line. I don't know the names of everyone in the photo, but there are a few I know. My great-grandmother, Emily (TROKA) ZALEWSKI, is at the top-left. Her mother, Clara (SZULTA) TROKA, is right below her. Clara's mother (and my 3rd-great-grandmother), … [Read more...]
This only the second photo I have of my great-great-grandmother, Augusta (LUEDTKE) LAST. She lived to be 100-years-old, passing away after 1 century and 2 weeks. She looks tough, and she should, she also had at least 16 children. … [Read more...]
For Wayback Wednesday, I'm going to give you more than just the one photo shown here. I'm going to give you a whole collection of 119 photos. I recently uploaded my grandfather's Navy photo collection to Flickr. I was hoping that maybe somebody from the photos, or their families, will find them. It … [Read more...]
A photo from 1921 that includes my 3rd-great grandmother, Nepomuncena (SYLDATK) SZULTA, in the middle. This is a photo of her with a bunch of her grandchildren. Since it seems to be sometime in Summer or Spring 1921, my grandfather would not have been born yet. Though, the little girl in her lap on … [Read more...]
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