I'm still amazed at how faithfully these old photos copied when they were reduced for the Pictorial Atlases, and how well they scan and enlarge now, more than 100 years later. This pic was smaller than a deck of cards in the books, but we can see hands on shoulders, buttons, folds and trim on clothing, and definitely physical traits passed along from Gerhard and Marie. Wow!
Once again, I don't know of any Hesch links to this family, but the name is certainly familiar. We've posted about the two youngest boys before--John because he was a banker and ball player in Buckman when he grew up, and Ferdinand because Larry found a photo of him in Life Magazine in 1947.
Here's the family as listed in the 1895 Minnesota State Census:
Looks like the oldest daughter had already left home in 1895, but she came home for the portrait (10 kids on the census but 11 in the pic).
The census says Gerhart was 48 and Mary was 40. The kids at home then were Anna, 18, Heinrich, 17, Barbara, 15, Margaretha, 12, Adelhart, 11, Elizabetha, 9, Nickolaus, 7, Mary, 6, John, 4, and Ferdinand, 1.
(Unrelated: See the family just above Terhaars on the census? Looks like BEDNAR was sometimes written as BETNAR. It's just interesting ☺ )
Once again, I don't know of any Hesch links to this family, but the name is certainly familiar. We've posted about the two youngest boys before--John because he was a banker and ball player in Buckman when he grew up, and Ferdinand because Larry found a photo of him in Life Magazine in 1947.
Here's the family as listed in the 1895 Minnesota State Census:
The census says Gerhart was 48 and Mary was 40. The kids at home then were Anna, 18, Heinrich, 17, Barbara, 15, Margaretha, 12, Adelhart, 11, Elizabetha, 9, Nickolaus, 7, Mary, 6, John, 4, and Ferdinand, 1.
Added later: From the Pierz Journal, published in two separate issues in August of 1909:
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