Photo Number 1043

This is a really cute snapshot that I purchased in Duluth Minnesota.

The young man seems really happy.  He was in the Army or the Army Air Corps.  This was taken sometime in the 1940’s.

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Photo Number 1042

This is a photo from the antique shop in Park Rapids Minnesota.

He looks so young!   He appears to be wearing an Army Uniform.  The art deco frame was popular during the 1940’s.

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Photo Number 1041

This is a photo from the antique shop in Brainerd.  One of the few servicemen that I have a name for.

Clarence Grieben/ Grisben  had his photo taken in California at Austin Studios sometime during the 1940’s.  He was in the Army.
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Update from Jacqi:
There is an army record for a Clarence Grieben born March 1, 1910, enlisted in the Army April 10, 1942, release date October 7, 1945. 

Update:  I found a Clarence E. Grieben who was born March 01, 1910 and died September 04, 1985.   Possibly he was born or raised in South Dakota. 

Photo Number 1040

This is a Real Photo Postcard.  

A WWI era soldier 1914 to 1918. 

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I scanned this photo at a higher resolution

Looks like crossed swords on his collar.

Photo Number 1039

This is a snapshot of a WWI soldier.

It snowed someplace.  WWI  took place from 1914 to 1918.  Armistice Day was November 11, 1918.  Hopefully this photo was taken after the war.

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Photo Number 1038

Today we begin to look at Soldiers who fought for our freedom.

This snapshot is from the antique shop in Dorset Minnesota.  These are WWI Soldiers or Home Guard Soldiers.  Home Guard Soldiers were groups of men who got together and protected their communities during WWI. I wrote more about the Home Guard here.

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Photo Number 1037

I got a request from a reader.  To help figure out a mystery.

My great grandparents gave birth to 4 children between 1910 & 1915...They divorced in 1916

and in doing so they gave up all 4 of the kids..Now we found on the 1920 census that the 2 boys

were found in a childrens home..then 10 years later they are found in a home for the feeble minded.

10 years after that they were back in there home towns with family members...they both married and

had a good rest of there lives..That is until death took them both to early...And when they did they

took the memories of the girls with them...and no other family member will tell us anything ....My

mom lost both of her parents and a sister when she was only 8 years old...So she grew up not knowing

her fathers side of the family which is one of the 4 kids...

Lisa wrote to me asking for help.  I said I would try..at least the information would be out there.  She sent a little info.

 

Thank You so very much..Will mean a lot to me and my mom..no guarantees understood. But hopefully someone will know for sure who these people are.

1 & 2. My mom was told by a non family member that this photo was her Aunts Minnie & Esther Huffman.....all it says on the back is to uncle Willie ....no date given.

 

3.. we do not know who this baby is. But might be one of the girls or there brother William & Paul Huffman..Nothing written on the back.

4. This might be my moms father William Huffman....But he was never in the military so can't say it is him.

Things we know

1910 William E.Huffman & Laura Sampsel Married

1910 Paul Born

1911 William F Born

1913 Minnie Born

1915 Esther Born

1916 William & Laura Divorce

1920 William F. & Paul in crawford County Childrens home in Ohio

1930 William F.& Paul in Home for Feeble Minded in Columbus Ohio

1940 William F. & Paul Back with Laura under last name Foltz

1944 William F. Gets Married

1945 Paul Married

1956 William F. Dies with wife & 1 daughter

1967 Paul Divorced and dies

No idea where girls went after the divorce of there parents William E Huffman & Laura Sampsel Huffman

All info came from census records from Ohio & Ancestry

Lisa

 

My thoughts:

Photo 1 and 2 ..The girls are too young to have been in this photo.  I would date the photo 1910 to 1915. The boys in the photo are unlikely to be one year apart in age.  So I don’t think it is the boys either.  I would look for other family members that would fit this photo..could possibly be friends and not relatives.

Photo Number 3…it could be any of the four children.

Photo Number 4.  Men that were in the CCC often dressed in this type of uniform. Unmarried unemployed  men during the years 1933 to 1942 often worked in the CCC camps.  I wish I could date the car in the background.

If anyone comes up with anything please leave a comment. 

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Since it is November we will start a series of Soldiers photos tomorrow.  Armistice Day is coming up.