Jennie Murray was born about 1859 in Brooklyn, New York. She came with her parents, John and Jermana (nee Griffith) Murray, to Milwaukee sometime before the 1870 census records were collected. Her father was an immigrant from Scotland who worked as a sailor and a watchman. At the age of 22, Jennie married William Hawkins … More The Compositor
Ann and Margaret Philpot, sisters born in 1857 and 1859 respectively, grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On the 1860 census, Ann was two years of age and Margaret was 10 months old. Their parents George and Anna (nee Nuzum) were immigrants from Ireland. The girls had two older siblings, Thomas and Sarah. Ann and Margaret, … More Fountain of Youth
The Bauer sisters, Barbara, Lucinda, and Hanna, sat for this photograph at the Gustave Kundler photography studio in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I believe the image was captured about 1875. The girls would have been 11, 10, and two years old, respectively. I’ve come to surmise that the photos of the identified children found in this album … More The Pottery Maker
Hattie was born Hedwig Reuter on June 24, 1864, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The boy in the photo was her brother, Robert. They were the oldest children of Jacob and Ida (nee Geier) Reuter, immigrants from Germany. Look at their matching shoes! This carte de visite (cdv) is the second photo I researched out of what … More The Baker
the rescued photo 