Freudental, Odessa
Hello, Freudental colony in the Odessa region is one of my ancestor’s homes. Web List;
Hello, Freudental colony in the Odessa region is one of my ancestor’s homes. Web List;
The Short family has a mail order bride story; I’ve always thought it was interesting, but I just found out that the bride probably misrepresented her age. Here is the Montana marriage license. Pauline Phelps lists her age as 61. The marriage was in 1942, so this implies that she was born in 1881. Rumor […]
International Falls, Winter of 1983; we lived in International Falls for a few years and spent time with John Traybert and Jerry Martin at houses out on 13 Mile Island. There were more than this at the party but this is who I have in photos. Olympus OM-1 35mm camera. I would shoot a roll […]
THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH Born: 1887 Theodore poppke Died: 1962 Herbert Poppke (his son, b1921) 15 April 1984 18$9?-1907? Apprenticeship with Karl Albrech (Albrecht?) from age 1* to 20. In Lesowschtschisna?/Volhynia, Russia. 1907?-1910? At a sawmill?. This is where he met Looey Seiford (Seifert?)?. This might have been in Espovich/ Volhynia, Russia. See The Great Escape. […]
Hello, my Uncle Herbert Poppke (1921-2012) created short documents on different subjects and passed them around. The were all numbered in the upper left hand corner. This is 30-1. PDF scan is available on the link. Below is a text version of the scanned PDF file. 30-1 Theodore Poppke Passenger List. H. Poppke, 20 Nov 1986 […]
The main bath is off of the hall way. Full bath with tub / shower fiberglass insert. Ultimate before photo = 2009 from previous owner Vanity removed. The tub is gone and the Queen of Demo. New deeper ‘soaker’ tub installed. Subway tile with two inserts. Tub surround is grouted in with accent inserts. Floor […]
We’re doing a major interior remodel project; I’m breaking up the photos into rooms. Master bathroom. I’ll have to hunt for ‘before’ pics. Here is the vanity and the fiberglass shower out. The old shower surround. Bonus view from main bath into the master bathroom. Shower roughed in with the cement pan in place. Picking […]
Photos of the Rudolf Bossert sod house south of Mercer in McLean County, ND. I was visiting North Dakota in the summer of 2005 and my Uncle Don took me on a road trip south of Mercer in McLean County to visit the farmsteads of his great-uncle Rudolf Bossert and his great-grandfather Andreas Bossert. In […]
Hi, a distant cousin wrote this and gave me permission to publish. OSHER WHY THE CIVIL WAR STILL MATTERS CIVIL WAR SERVICE OF MY GREAT GRANDFATHER HUE L. SHORT & MY WIFE’S GREAT GRANDFATHER WILLIAM M. GANNON Gene Yeates January 2019 INTRODUCTION I plan to spend about 15 minutes today covering the topics shown on […]