For a long time [many years] I did not
know who these people were,
but my gut told me that one was my Grandmother. The problem was
that the age of the known kids did not fit.
Well, through the years, I have
discovered that Grandma came from
Germany, not just with her mother & step-father, but also a half
brother [who died within days of arriving in Mt. Olive in 1892] but
also a step sister, Sophie Schultz, two years older than she.
So, I believe this photo is of --
Auguste [Barkowsky] Schultz [1868 Germany - 1911 Mt. Olive, IL]
Marie [on the left] 1888 Germany - 1968 North Dakota]
Sophie Schultz [on the right] 1886 Germany - 1960 Michigan.
Sophie m. J.
Herman Gerdes in Mt. Olive 1909.
William Henry Schultz [baby], b. 2 May 1893 Mt. Olive, IL, d. 1951
California.
William Henry Schultz was baptised 14 May 1893 [Immanuel
Lutheran], so I would assume the photo was taken about that time.
I still have some problem with the photo, that Marie would have
been 4 1/2 yrs old then, but she was a very small woman, not quite 5 ft
tall. Sophie would have just turned 7.
After Auguste's husband, Henry Schultz, was killed in the mine
accident 25 July 1893, (
see Henry
Schultze article) Auguste
married John Hillmann in January 1895. Sophie was apparently
"farmed out" as she is living with William and Minnie Wellingbring
[Wellenbrink] family in the 1900 census.
