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Marysville Kids

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A photo of Mary’s children and some of their Marysville pals.  The photo is undated but I would guess it was taken in about 1910.  Below the photo you will see the names of the children.  And below that, the results of some research I performed at Ancestry.com in the 1910 U.S. Census, which I hope will help identify these kids.

Marysville kids
Marysville Kids. Mary G. Rumping Schenk Schaffer Riordan Photograph and Personal Papers Collection

Back of the photo reads as follows:

  1. Frances Still
  2. Olive Plummer
  3. Evelyn Shenk
  4. Adolph Still
  5. Wilfred Plummer
  6. Irene Schenk
  7. Dollie Zimmerman
  8. Nick Zimmerman
  9. John Lewis
  10. Christy Shenk
  11. Louise Still
  12. Frances Schenk

Frances Still (#1), Adolph Still (#4), Louise Still (#11).  These are the children of Adolph and Frances Still.  They were 2, 4 and 8 years old, respectively, in 1910.

Olive Plummer (#2), Wilfred Plummer (#5).  These are the children of William and Sophia Plummer.  They were 1 and 3 years old, respectively, in 1910.

Dollie Zimmerman (#7), Nick Zimmerman (#8).  These are the children of Mary Zimmerman, who was listed as a widow in the 1910 U.S. Census.  Dollie (listed as “Edna” in the census) was 7 years old and Nick was 9.

John Lewis (#9).  I was unable to locate any information on John Lewis in the 1910 U.S. Census for Marysville.

Out for a ride

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This wonderful photo is only one of a few in Mary’s collection that isn’t identified on the back.  George Schenk may be the man in the photo driving the wagon and Mary is on his immediate left.  The other adult woman in the wagon may be Mary’s mother, Eva.  I am unable to positively identify any of the children; however, George and Mary had 4 children between 1901 and 1909 – and these could be their children.  If I have correctly identified Eva and the children, then this photo would have been taken about 1911.

Family in wagon pulled by horses
Unidentified photo. Mary G. Rumping Schenk Schaffer Riordan Photograph and Personal Papers Collection

Gus Johnson’s Feed and Livery Stable

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This is one of several pictures where Mary numbered many of the people on the front and then created a key on the back of the photo.  Be sure to click on this photo for a larger image.

Johnson Feed & Livery Stable (no date)
Gus Johnson’s Feed & Livery Stable (no date)

Here is the back of the photo.  Transcription of the information on the back is below the photo.

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Gus Johnson’s Feed and Livery Stable (photo back). Mary G. Rumping Schenk Schaffer Riordan Photograph and Personal Papers Collection

Transcription of the photo back:

Gus Johnson’s livery stable and horses.  Geo. Balkenhol driving team.

1 – Mike Zimmerman

2 – Mr. Pete Wild – 1st horse

3 – Charley Winstrom

4 – Henry Baker, Sophie Schaffer’s husband – 2nd horse

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This day in 1930: Fishing basket and little flower baskets

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black-woman-girl-thinking-white-cartoon-writingEntry from Journal #1: August 22, 1930

I got a fishing basket for Christ[opher] & little flower baskets for Irene & Evelyn Schenk (Wilber & Myers1) made by their Uncle Jno Eisenbardt2 from willows3.

1.  Wilber & Myers.  Did Mary mean to write “Weber & Marks”?  These were the married names of Irene and Evelyn in 1930, at the time this journal entry was made.
2.  Uncle Jno Eisenbardt.  John “Eisenbardt”, correctly spelled “Eisenbart”, was married to George Schenk‘s older sister, Emma Rose.  John and Emma married in Michigan in 1887 when Emma was about 16 years old.  The couple had four children, all daughters.  They lived for a time in Sand Coulee, Montana, and then moved to Great Falls, Montana.
3.  willows.  Through some research at Ancestry.com, I uncovered the fact that although John was a farmer by trade, he was also considered an expert at caning furniture.  So he likely made the fishing basket and “little flower baskets”.