Wollensak of 500 National Ave in Milwaukee,Wis was the photographer.
The little boy has something in his hand…maybe one f those “wands” that a music director uses? He is also holding his sisters hand. The little girl appears to be holding some flowers.
Elsie – Herbert Graffenius
This is the back of the Cabinet Card.
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Dr.Jeff notes the photo is on Ancestry.
Iggy
Herbert Karl Wilhelm Graffenius (Sep. 18, 1891 - Mar. 24, 1947) lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was the son of Herman Graffenius (1868 - 1927) and Louise nee Kloehn Graffenius (1869 - 1939). He apparently, like several of his brothers, never married. He worked as a Glass Maker but was unemployed as were his brothers in 1940.
Herbert is Find A Grave Memorial# 103125815
His younger sister, Elsa (Elsie) Anna M Graffenius was born 25 Apr 1893 and died on 8 Feb 1980. She married Carl A. Thoms (1887 - 1949) at the age of 33 and later she was the third wife of Edward H. Groshek Sr. (1901 - 1973). She is Find A Grave Memorial# 122929807. She appears to have never had children.
This photo went Full Circle 92 on November 17, 2014
It seems to me that Ancestry has a picture looking exactly like this, here:
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Thanks Dr. Jeff, Is there anyone to contact that might like the photo? I am not a member at Ancestry.
DeleteHerbert Karl Wilhelm Graffenius (Sep. 18, 1891 - Mar. 24, 1947) lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was the son of Herman Graffenius (1868 - 1927) and Louise nee Kloehn Graffenius (1869 - 1939). He apparently, like several of his brothers, never married. He worked as a Glass Maker but was unemployed as were his brothers in 1940.
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His younger sister, Elsa (Elsie) Anna M Graffenius was born 25 Apr 1893 and died on 8 Feb 1980. She married Carl A. Thoms (1887 - 1949) at the age of 33 and later she was the third wife of Edward H. Groshek Sr. (1901 - 1973). She is Find A Grave Memorial# 122929807. She appears to have never had children.
I mailed a copy of this blog to Melvin In Wisconsin today. We will wait and see what happens next. :)
ReplyDeleteThe 'stick' looks like a crop that would have been used when riding horses.
ReplyDeleteI thought it looked like a violin bow.
ReplyDeleteI heard from Melvin, he is thrilled to have the photo for his collection, he shared a photo of other members of the family. I mailed the original photo to him on October 16, 2014
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