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This is my Mom's sister, Aunt Alice on her wedding day |
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Aunt Alice and Uncle Doug Rosebrook Doug's dob: 01-26-14, dod: 05-86 |
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Alice and Doug Rosebrook |
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Alice and Doug Rosebrook in 1962 |
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Merva Barbara Dolsen Hennings (my Dad's Mom), 1948 dob: 04-29-1887, dod: 02-14-1949 |
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Abraham James Hennings (my Dad's Dad), 1948 dob: 07-19-1885, dod: 12-25-64 |
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A.J. Hennings' home, 2425 Lincoln Street, Evanston, Illinois. Built in 1932. |
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Merva and the boys, Ralph (left) and Jim Ralph dob: 02-21-14, dod: 12-23-92 |
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Left to Right, Ralph, Abraham James, James Abraham, Margie, Merva Hennings James dob: 06-03-12, dod: 02-23-63 Margie dob: 08-11-22 |
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Ralph Waldo Hennings (without glasses) |
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Ralph Waldo Hennings (with glasses) |
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Ralph (right side with hat) in school play |
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Top Row, Uncle Walt Schafer, Uncle Bob Hennings Middle Row, Aunt Fritz, Grandpa Hennings, Dierdre (Bob's daughter) and Carrie (my step-grandmother) Bottom Row, Robert and Joe (Bob's sons, my cousins) Robert Edward Hennings (Uncle Bob) dob: 08-04-25 Nancy Harriet Wensley Hennings (Aunt Nan) dob: 09-12-26 Dierdre Hennings (cousin) dob: 09-06-51 Robert Edward Hennings (cousin) dob: 08-14-54 Joseph Turner Hennings (cousin) dob: 10-28-56 |
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Mother's grandmother, she is 91 in this picture. She died when she was 92. |
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Alta Coates Bartholomew standing against tree -- wearing no hat. Frank Carl Bartholomew was the photographer. (Grandma Bonnie Bee Knutz's maiden name was Bartholomew) |
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William and Bonnie Bee Knutz's home, 2305 Pioneer Road, Evanston, Illinois. circa 1924. |
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A young Bonnie Bee Bartholomew (later Knutz) dob: 12-08-1889, dod: 01-01-78 |
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William Knutz as a young man |
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Will Knutz (2nd from left) in high school play in 1907 |
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Will Knutz college graduation in 1912 |
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Left to Right: Jay Knutz, Fred Knutz, Will Knutz, taken June 12, 1932 Dates of Birth: Jay dob: 05-04-1895 Fred dob: 11-09-1856 William dob: 03-31-1889, dod: 06-23-56 |
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Will Knutz on right |
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Will Knutz in 1945 |
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Will Knutz in 1946 |
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Will Knutz in 1950 |
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Will Knutz smiling |
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Will Knutz on right, downright laughing! |
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Will Knutz |
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Bonnie Bee & Will Knutz December 1947 in San Juan Capistrano |
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Will and Bee Knutz |
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Bonnie Bee Knutz |
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Eastern Star. Bonnie Bee Knutz on far right |
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Taken in Pearl & Lige Johnson's yard in Newcastle Ercel Johnson (side view), Alice Knutz, Esther Knutz Esther Mildred Knutz dob: 04-22-15 |
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Esther Knutz on Lake Michigan in 1932 |
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Another view of Esther Knutz on Lake Michigan in 1932 |
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Newspaper clipping about Esther Knutz |
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Esther Knutz at graduation with Bonnie Bee and Will Knutz |
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Shot of group at Lockheed Aircraft in 1945. Esther Hennings worked as a Technical Statistician, and their group developed designs for airplanes. |
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Esther (Now was my mom gorgeous or what??) |
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Esther |
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Midge (Marji as a cute kid) Now how does that song go? Oh, she must have been a beautiful baby... |
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Midge in her jammies Marguerite Ellen Hennings dob: 02-05-41 |
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Midge with a bead necklace |
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Midge and Esther This photo was used on the family Christmas card |
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Midge and her dolly, January 14, 1945 |
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Midge in dress that Mother made for her |
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Midge in dress that Mother crocheted, June 1948 |
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Bubbles |
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Midge on a pony |
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Barbie & Midge in 1949 Barbara Bee Hennings dob: 05-28-47 |
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Merva Kay Hennings at 16 days old dob: 10-13-50 |
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Mom and Kay |
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Mom, Kay & Barbie |
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Kay in 1963 at Hawthorne Christian School |
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Barb's 1966 wedding. Linda Pelton, Maureen Deane, Vicki Greibel, Janice Grove |
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Marji's wedding with Gertrude Harvey |
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Barb's silly shots, taken at El Camino College in the late 1960s. |
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Another of Barb's silly shots |
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And yet another |
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Chancel Choir at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in 1957. Ralph & Esther Hennings are in there somewhere. |
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St. Andrew's Choir (Dad in upper right corner) |
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St. Andrew's Choir (Mel & Dorothy Tully in center front, Mom and Dad also in there somewhere) |
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This is the sight that greeted Dad when he started his job at a Texas oil refinery |
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Another shot, as it's burning and melting. |
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It's still burning! |