Gallery 1

John Weidner. Courtesy of Solemn blessing & dedication of St. Mary's School, Buffalo Grove, Illinois; By His Eminence Samuel Alphonsus Cardinal Stritch, Cardinal Archbishop of Chicago, October 5, 1947; On the Hundredth Anniversary of the First Holy Mass in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, Celebrated by the Reverend John H. Fortmann, Pastor, St. Joseph's Church, Gross Point, ILL. in the Fall of 1847.

John George Weidner. Courtesy of Solemn blessing & dedication of St. Mary's School, Buffalo Grove, Illinois; By His Eminence Samuel Alphonsus Cardinal Stritch, Cardinal Archibishop of Chicago, October 5, 1947; On the Hundredth Anniversary of the First Holy Mass in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, Celebrated by the Reverend John H. Fortmann, Pastor, St. Joseph's Church, Gross Point, ILL. in the Fall of 1847.

Eva Spoerlein. Solmn blessing & dedication of St. Mary's School, Buffalo Grove, Illinois : on the hundredth anniversary of the First Holy Mass in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, celebrated by the Reverend John H. Fortmann, pastor, St. Joseph's Church, Gross Point, Ill. in the fall of 1847.

Jacob Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Jacob Weidner. Courtesy of Solemn blessing & dedication of St. Mary's School, Buffalo Grove, Illinois; By His Eminence Samuel Alphonsus Cardinal Stritch, Cardinal Archibishop of Chicago, October 5, 1947; On the Hundredth Anniversary of the First Holy Mass in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, Celebrated by the Reverend John H. Fortmann, Pastor, St. Joseph's Church, Gross Point, ILL. in the Fall of 1847.

Bonagratius (Pancraz) Georg Weidner. Courtesy of Lois Weidner of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

John Weidner. Courtesy of Solemn blessing & dedication of St. Mary's School, Buffalo Grove, Illinois; By His Eminence Samuel Alphonsus Cardinal Stritch, Cardinal Archibishop of Chicago, October 5, 1947; On the Hundredth Anniversary of the First Holy Mass in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, Celebrated by the Reverend John H. Fortmann, Pastor, St. Joseph's Church, Gross Point, ILL. in the Fall of 1847.

George M. Weidner. Courtesy of Die St. Mariengemeinde zu Buffalo Grove, Illinois, pg. 95., via Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

John George Weidner. Courtesy of Die St. Mariengemeinde zu Buffalo Grove, Illinois via Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Pankraz Weidner. Courtesy of Die St. Mariengemeinde zu Buffalo Grove, Illinois via Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Mary Margaret Weidner. Courtesy of Die St. Mariengemeinde zu Buffalo Grove, Illinois via Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Albinus Carl Raupp. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Elizabeth Stanke Raupp. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Theodore Francis Raupp. Courtesy of the Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, Illinois.

Josephine Raupp. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Gerhard Michael Raupp. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Myrtle D. Sieg. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Frank Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Mary Kreutzer. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Clara Ludwina Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Edmund George Nickol. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Mildred Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

John Arthur Walter Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Quirine Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Mary Schmitt. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Antonette Weidner, Sister Adelphia. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Oscar Joseph Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Clara Theis. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Mary Ann Novak. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Sister M. Robertylle, O.S.F., Lidwina Weidner. Courtesy of Solemn Blessing and Dedication of St. Mary's School; Buffalo Grove, Illinois. October 5, 1947. p. 54.

Emil Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Magdalen B. Funk. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Lucy Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Peter Albert Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Catherine Elizabeth Theis. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Nicholas Quirine Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Mary Michelau. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Clarence Alois Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Leonard Valentine Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Henry Albinus Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Adele Hoff. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois. Photograph is from obituary.

Diane Mary Weidner-Popp. Courtesy of the Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, Illinois.

Virginia Weidner. Courtesy of the Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, Illinois.

Frank Mueller. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Edward Pancratius Brehm. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Elizabeth Schmitt. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Gerald J. Bauer. Courtesy of Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, Illinois.

Kunigunda Brehm. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Anna Maria Huebner Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Reverend Martin P aul Weidner. Courtesy of Solemn Blessing and Dedication of St. Mary's School; Buffalo Grove, Illinois. October 5, 1947. p. 46.

Sister M. Cordelia, O.S.F., Maria Alma Weidner. Courtesy of Solemn Blessing and Dedication of St. Mary's School; Buffalo Grove, Illinois. October 5, 1947. p. 52.

Bernard Edward Rosentreter. Courtesy of Cloverdale Funeral Home, Boise, Ada County, Idaho

Floyd Joseph Weidner. Courtesy of Tampa Bay Online newspaper.

Louis Weidner. Courtesy of Sandy Weidner-Menne, Laporte, Indiana.

Mary Remm-Weidner. Courtesy of Sandy Weidner-Menne, Laporte, Indiana.

Ferdinand Weidner. Courtesy of Sandy Weidner-Menne of Laporte, Indiana

Agnes Brandl-Weidner. Courtesy of Sandy Weidner-Menne, Laporte, Indiana.

Maria Margaret Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

John Raupp. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Jacob Raupp. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Olga Dorothea Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Susan Helen Raupp. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Maria Barbara Raupp. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Andrew J. Firnbach. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Alois John Raupp. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Catherine Raupp. Sister Clodisinda. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Carl Christopher Raupp. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Bernard Alois Raupp. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Laura Anna Nickol. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Ann Raupp, Sister Ottonella. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Philip A. Raupp. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Agnes Chrsitina Raupp. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Christine Raupp. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Martin J. Raupp. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

John N. Raupp. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Ursula Hennemann. Courtesy of Lois Weidner of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

John Simon Weidner. Courtesy of Patricia Weidner-Waite, Waukesha, Wisconsin.

Katharina Anna Kolling-Weidner. Courtesy of Patricia Weidner-Waite, Waukesha, Wisconsin.

Petronilla Maria Weidner-Elafros. Courtesy of Patricia Weidner-Waite, Waukesha, Wisconsin

Katherine Elafros. Courtesy of Star-Tribune newspaper.

Aspasia A. Elafros. Courtesy of Star-Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Roman G. Weidner. Courtesy of Patricia Weidner-Waite, Waukesha, Wisconsin

Leander Andrew Weidner. Courtesy of Patricia Weidner-Waite, Waukesha, Wisconsin

Olga Teigh-Weidner. Courtesy of Patricia Weidner-Waite, Waukesha, Wisconsin.

Francis Xavier Weidner. Courtesy of Francis' son, James Weidner, Minnesota. Edited from his wedding day photograph.

Ralph Lucian Weidner, about 1955.

Agnes M. Weidner-Roethle. Courtesy of Star-Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota. January 12, 2010.

Hugo Jacob Weidner. Courtesy of Patricia Weidner-Waite, Waukesha, Wisconsin

Agnes Weidner (Sister Florine). Courtesy of Patricia Weidner-Waite, Waukesha, Wisconsin.

Charles Robert Weidner. Courtesy of Daniel Funeral Home, St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota.

George D. Weidner. Courtesy of Daniel Funeral Homes & Cremation Services, St. Cloud, Minnesota.

Robert Francis "Buzz" Weidner. Courtesy of the St. Cloud Times, St. Cloud, Minnesota.

Andrew Weidner. Courtesy of Gretchen Leisen, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Peter P. Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Maria Margaretha Brehm. Courtesy of Die St. Mariengemeinde zu Buffalo Grove, Illinois via Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Rose Weidner-Horcher. Courtesy of Maureen Weidner-Kolstad, Arpin, Wisconsin.

Andrew Horcher. Courtesy of Maureen Weidner-Kolstad, Arpin, Wisconsin.

Fred (Theodore?) Horcher. Courtesy of Maureen Weidner-Kolstad, Arpin, Wisconsin.

John August Weidner. Courtesy of Maureen Weidner-Kolstad, Arpin, Wisconsin.

Charles Joseph Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Katherine Schmitt. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Joseph Weidner. Courtesy of Maureen Weidner-Kolstad, Arpin, Wisconsin.

Elizabeth Weidner. Courtesy of Maureen Weidner-Kolstad, Arpin, Wisconsin.

Mary Elizabeth Firnbach-Brusca, 05 May 1918 - 15 June 2002. Courtesy of Regina Brusca, Streamwood, Illinois.

John Frank Brusca, 27 July 1916 - 05 Nov 1981. Courtesy of Regina Brusca, Streamwood, Illinois.

Mary Weidner. Sister Mercedes. Courtesy of Maureen Weidner-Kolstad, Arpin, Wisconsin.

Eva Nickol. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Ursula Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

John George Spoerlein. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

John Baptiste Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Susan Raupp. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Melchior Raupp. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Maris Theobald. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Alois Weidner, Brother Wunibald. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Agnes Carolina Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Rose Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Anton Bernard Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Mary Theresa Leikam. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Alphonse J. Weidner. Courtesy of Solemn Blessing and Dedication of St. Mary's School; Buffalo Grove, Illinois. October 5, 1947. p. 58.

Raymond Otto Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Maria Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Christopher Dittrich. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Reverend Alexius (Jno. Baptist) Dittrich, C.SS.R. Courtesy of Solemn Blessing and Dedication of St. Mary's School; Buffalo Grove, Illinois. October 5, 1947. p. 46.

Agnes Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

George Anton Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Sophie Schoeneberger. Courtesy of Solmn blessing & dedication of St. Mary's School, Buffalo Grove, Illinois : on the hundredth anniversary of the First Holy Mass in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, celebrated by the Reverend John H. Fortmann, pastor, St. Joseph's Church, Gross Point, Ill. in the fall of 1847.

Geoge Martin Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Clara Maria Klein. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

William Peter Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Lorena Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Nicholas Horcher. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Rudolph Francis Horcher. Courtesy of The Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, Illinois.

Harold Peter Horcher. Courtesy of N H. Scott & Hanekamp Funeral Home,

Ermenelda Katharina Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Catharine Cecilia Weidner. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Margaret Weidner. Courtesy of Solemn blessing & dedication of St. Mary's School, Buffalo Grove, Illinois; By His Eminence Samuel Alphonsus Cardinal Stritch, Cardinal Archibishop of Chicago, October 5, 1947; On the Hundredth Anniversary of the First Holy Mass in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, Celebrated by the Reverend John H. Fortmann, Pastor, St. Joseph's Church, Gross Point, ILL. in the Fall of 1847.

John Popp. Courtesy of Die St. Mariengemeinde zu Buffalo Grove, Illinois via Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Maria Dittrich. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Sister Mary Johanita, Frances Brehm. Courtesy of Solemn Blessing and Dedication of St. Mary's School; Buffalo Grove, Illinois. October 5, 1947. p. 56.

Michael Raupp. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Mary Theresa Nickol. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Marie Raupp. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

George Carl Raupp. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Susan Agnes Raupp. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Mary Lucy Raupp-Kramer. Courtesy of the Arizona Republic.

Helen Anna Raupp. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Elizabeth Klopp. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Christine Schmitt. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Adolf Boedeker. Courtesy of Solemn Blessing and Dedication of St. Mary's School; Buffalo Grove, Illinois. October 5, 1947. p. 68.

Bernard Kettler. Courtesy of Solemn Blessing and Dedication of St. Mary's School; Buffalo Grove, Illinois. October 5, 1947. p. 68.

John Brehm. Courtesy of Maureen Weidner-Kolstad, Arpin, Wisconsin.

Sister M. Rose, O.S.B., Brehm. Courtesy of Solemn Blessing and Dedication of St. Mary's School; Buffalo Grove, Illinois. October 5, 1947. p. 50.

Reverend Joseph Francis Firnbach. Courtesy of Solemn Blessing and Dedication of St. Mary's School; Buffalo Grove, Illinois. October 5, 1947. p. 46.

Clara Anna Hinsberger. Courtesy of Paddock Publications, Arlington Heights, Illinois. Photograph is from obituary. [Note: I have a scanned image of photograph from the newspaper, I am interested if anyone can better edit this and return the edited version. Please email me.]

Sister M. Marolin, O.S.F., Maria Catharina Horcher. Courtesy of Solemn Blessing and Dedication of St. Mary's School; Buffalo Grove, Illinois. October 5, 1947. p. 48.

Betty Jane Nebel. Courtesy of Paddock Publications, Arlington Heights, Illinois. Photograph is from engagement announcement.

Herbert Henry Reckamp. Photograph courtesy of Querhammer & Flagg Funeral Home, Crystal Lake, Illinois.

George Isidor Nickol. Courtesy of Paddock Publications, Arlington Heights, Illinois. Photograph is from obituary.

Grace B. Dahm-Obenauf. Courtesy of Glueckert Funeral Home, Arlington Heights, Illinois

Herbert R. Schaeffer. Courtesy of Paddock Publications, Arlington Heights, Illinois. Photograph is from obituary.

Carl Christoff Raupp. Courtesy of Raupp Memorial Museum, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

Theresa Catherine Bugner-Raupp. Photograph courtesy of the Nitardy Funeral Home, Whitewater, Wisconsin.

Peter J. Schuetz. Courtesy of Solemn Blessing and Dedication of St. Mary's School; Buffalo Grove, Illinois. October 5, 1947. p. 58.

James J. Weidner. Courtesy of the Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, Illinois.

Henry Firnbach. Courtesy of Paddock Publications, Arlington Heights, Illinois. Photograph is from obituary.

Vincent William Weidner. Courtesy of Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, Illinois

Albert W. Goedke. Courtesy of Paddock Publications, Arlington Heights, Illlinois. Photograph is from obituary.

Victoria Cecilia Marynowski-Weidner. Courtesy of Weidner Research Center.

Geraldine Johann-Raupp, nee Firnbach. Courtesy of Paddock Publications, Arlington Heights, Illinois. Photograph is from obituary.

Carl H. Teigh. Courtesy of Patricia Weidner-Waite, Waukesha, Wisconsin.

Eleanor Van Dyke-Luetkenhaus. Courtesy of the Columbus Telegram (Columbus, NE).

Benedict Richard Chohon. Courtesy of The Columbus Telegram, Columbus, Nebraska.

Norman W. Kurtenbach. Courtesy of Columbus Telegram, Columbus, Nebraska.

Randal Lee Herchenbach. Photograph courtesy of the Columbus Telegram, Columbus, Nebraska.

Vernon Kurtenbach. Courtesy of the Columbus Telegram, Columbus, Nebraska.

Shirley A. Monaghan, May 04, 1935 - May 01, 2006.
Photograph courtesy of Leonard-Muller Funeral Home - Manchester, Iowa

John Arlt. Courtesy of Sandy Weidner-Menne, Laporte, Indiana.

John Simon Hennemann. Courtesy of Solemn Blessing and Dedication of St. Mary's School; Buffalo Grove, Illinois. October 5, 1947. p. 20.

Sylvester Guido Weidner. Courtesy of LaPort Herald-Argus, LaPorte, Indiana.

Rita Mae Labenz Weidner. Courtesy of What's New LaPorte, LaPorte, Indiana.

Bernard Theobald. Courtesy of Solemn Blessing and Dedication of St. Mary's School; Buffalo Grove, Illinois. October 5, 1947. p. 68.

Veronica Katherine Pasciak-Marynowski.

Thomas Pasciak. Courtesy Weidner Research Center Collection.

Emily Kuc-Pasciak.

Steven Vincent Marynowski.

Peter Marynowski, Hammond, Indiana, 1920.

Mary Brach-Marynowski, Hammond, Indiana, 1920.

Stanley Pasciak.

Sister Mary Magdelene, Becker. Courtesy of Solemn Blessing and Dedication of St. Mary's School; Buffalo Grove, Illinois. October 5, 1947. p. 56.

Bertha Marynowski-Mlacak, Hammond, Indiana, 1920.

Anna Marynowski-Franz-Rouhselange, Hammond, Indiana, 1920.

Fank Marynowski, Hammond, Indiana, 1920.

Cecelia Marynowski-Flores, Hammond, Indiana, 1920.

Marly Elsie Kurtz Longhenry. Courtesy of Mundwiler Funeral Home, Milbank, SD

Sister M. Patricia, O.S.B., Rosina Recktenwald. Courtesy of Solemn Blessing and Dedication of St. Mary's School; Buffalo Grove, Illinois. October 5, 1947. p. 50.

John Donald "Moe" Dvorak. Courtesy of Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa.

Shirley Jane Weidner, nee Norling. Courtesy of Shirley's son, James Weidner, Minnesota. Edited from her wedding day photograph.

Stephen Francis Weidner. Courtesy of Stephen's brother, James Weidner, Minnesota. Edited from his high school graduation photograph.

Alonzo Stonebreaker, husband of Elizabeth Kolling. Alonzo practiced veterinarian medicine in Wakarusa, Indiana; Goshen, Indiana; and Hammond, Indiana. During the 1870 U.S. Census he was a farmer in Largo Township, Wabash County, Indiana.

The photograph was probably taken in either Goshen or Wakarusa, Indiana during the mid 1880s.

Photograph cropped from original.

From the collections of the Elkhart County Historical Museum, Bristol, Indiana.
Unknown donor. Accession number 1963.001.0124.

Elmer Gerhard Schleper. Courtesy of St. Cloud Times, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Kenneth J. Reckamp. Courtesy of Daily Herald newspaper.

Minnie Teigh-Broich. Courtesy of Patricia Weidner-Waite, Waukesha, Wisconsin.

Evold John Weidner. Courtesy of Orion Gazette, Orion, Illinois.

Vincent R. Bugner. 01 June 1936 - 06 September 2010. Photograph courtesy of Strang Funeral Home, Antioch, Illinois.

Marilyn B. Obenauf-Fagan. Courtesy of the Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, Illinois.

Genevieve M. Raczka Marion

Betty Ilene Knoles-Marynowski. Courtesy of Bernard P. Tiltges, Dyer, Indiana.

Paul H. Schleper. Courtesy of the St. Cloud Times newspaper

Florence C. Spanier-Schroeder. Courtesy of St. Cloud Times newspaper (Minnesota).

Jeannette M. Gatto Hoogland. Courtesy of Panozzo Brothers Funeral Home, Chicago Heights, Illinois

Elizabeth Kristine Weidner. Courtesy of Grand Island Independent, Grand Island, Nebraska.

Joanne Cavanaugh-Herff. Courtesy Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL).

Hildegard R. Schleper Mehr. Courtesy of Wenner Funeral Home, Richmond, Stearns County, Minnesota.

Helen Hemesch Schleper. Courtesy of St. Cloud Times, St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota.

Lawrence H. Sueper. Courtesy of the Columbus Telegram Newspaper.

Robert Weidner, Adopted by Clemens Weidner & Annie Zarling. Courtesy of St. Cloud Daily Times, St. Cloud, Minnesota.

Andrew J. Neutzling. Courtesy of the St. Cloud Times.

John J. Kurtenbach. Courtesy of the Columbus Telegram.

William Kurtenbach. Courtesy of the Columbus Telegram. Columbus, Nebraska

Jack Kieffer. Courtesy of What's New LaPorte, LaPorte, Indiana.

Raymond Hoppe. Courtesy of Wichman Funeral Home, Menasha, Winnebago County, Wisconsin.

Elizabeth "Bettie" Hoppe-Bruette. Courtesy of Appelton Post-Crescent, Appelton, WI.