Identification: Two Hadeler sisters and family.
Back row (standing)
Louise (Wegener)
Mayer, Henry Wegener, Friedrich J. W. Bursch, Dina (Wegener) Wegener
Middle row (seated)
Gottfried
J. B. Wegener, Elisabeth “Lisette” (Hadeler) Wegener, Anna (Hadeler)
Bursch, Peter Mayer
Front row (seated on ground)
Henry J.
Wegener, Alice Wegener
Notes: Lisette and Anna (seated together) were sisters. Anna was
married to Friedrich Bursch. Lisette was married to Gottfried J. B. Wegener.
One of their children, Louise, was married to John Mayer (probably taking
the picture), and with them is their son Peter. Another of their children
was Henry, who married his cousin, Dina Wegener. They had two children,
Alice and Henry.
See detail below of Gottfried J. B. Wegener and Elisabeth “Lisette” (Hadeler)
Wegener.
Date: circa 1906-1908, based on estimated ages of youngest children. (One of the children, Henry, died at age 11 on 28 December 1911.)
Repository: Photograph was owned by Alice Wegener; disposition of the original after her death in 1981 is not known. Black and white negatives and color slides held by Concordia Historical Institute, St. Louis, Missouri.
Size of original: Not known.
Number: W-PHO-0002.
Retrieve: Larger image (jpg - 2,241k).
Description of photograph provided by Alice Wegener:
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Aunt Louise Mayer [Louise Wegener Mayer]
(My father) Uncle Henry Wegener [Henry Wegener]
Uncle Fred Bursch (Grossmama's brother-in-law) [Frederick J. W. Bursch]
(My mother) Aunt Dinah Wegener [Gerhardine "Dina" Wegener Wegener]
Middle row seated
Grosspapa [Gottfried J. B. Wegener]
Grossmama [Elisabeth "Lisette" Hadeler Wegener]
Aunt Bursch (Grossmama's sister) [Anna Hadeler Bursch]
Cousin Peter Mayer [Peter Mayer]
Last [front] row seated
(My brother) Henry [Henry J. Wegener]
"Me" Alice [Alice Wegener]
Gottfried J. B. Wegener and Elisabeth “Lisette” (Hadeler) Wegener.
