Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Henry L. Langerhans


"H. L. Langerhans, alderman, was elected last year and he is proving the right man in the right place. He took hold of the work with a will and attends to his duties conscientiously. He is head miller for the Barry Milling Co. Mr. Langerhans is from Jefferson City, Mo., where he was born in 1866. He came to Barry in ’88. In 1894 he was married to Mattie Lane. They have an elegant home which Mr. Langerhans built in 1894."

From a transcription of the Barry Adage, Vol.XX5 Number 25, "Special Edition Illustrated", 2 April, 1896, located at Genealogy Trails.

Henry L. LANGERHANS (1866-1930) married Mattie LANE, daughter of Michael LANE and Emily Elizabeth BERNARD, who was a daughter of William Smith BERNARD and sister to Sarah BERNARD, wife of Alexander Bell BURKE.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Michael "Mike" Lane



"There is probably no name more familiar to our readers than that of Mike Lane. He has been for years prominent in Barry affairs. He is one of those public spirited and enthusiastic citizens who give live [sic] to any movement they take hold of. Mr. Lane is a son of old Ireland and was born in Dublin in 1837. In 1859 he was married to Emily E. Barnard, and to them six children were born. Mr. Lane has resided in several different places since he first came here and at one time removed to Oregon. Up to a few years ago he was in the harness business, but now he is engaged in the undertaking business for which he is well adapted."

From a transcription of the Barry Adage, Vol.XX5 Number 25, "Special Edition Illustrated", 2 April, 1896, located at Genealogy Trails.

Michael "Mike" LANE (1837- ) married Emily Elizabeth BERNARD (1838- ), a daughter of William Smith BERNARD and sister of Sarah BERNARD, wife of Alexander Bell BURKE.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

"Corner of Swanston and Flinders Streets, Melbourne, showing St. Paul's Cathedral"

This is the first of a number of panoramic images of Victoria, Australia, from a book in my collection. The cover says only Beautiful Victoria; apparently the title page is missing from this copy (as well as some of the plates). The book is probably Souvenir of Victoria, the garden state of Australia : 42 splendid views of city and country by Osboldstone Publishing, in the 1910s. It measures slightly under 19 x 44 cm.


"Corner of Swanston and Flinders Streets, Melbourne, showing St. Paul's Cathedral." St. Paul's was consecrated on 22 January 1891, but apparently the building of the spires did not begin until 1926.

Here is a view from 2009 (Wikimedia Commons), also from Flinders Street Station:

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Denver panorama, 1898


Panorama photo of Denver. Photochrom print by the Detroit Photographic Co., copyrighted 1898. From the Photochrom Prints Collection at the Library of Congress. Source: Wikipedia.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Marie Sedlmayr


Marie SCHUMANN or SCHUMAN was born 24 March 1849, in Bavaria, possibly in Dresden, and married Michael SEDLMAYR around 1866. They came to America in 1881 and settled in Denver, Colorado, where Marie died 14 July 1921.

This scan is from a photocopy of the original photograph, which was included in the anonymous biography of Marie supplied by Fred Kentz and/or Dorothy (Sedlmayr) Ohlhaver. The whereabouts of the original photograph are unknown.

Marie Sedlmayr and her daughters


Marie SEDLMAYR and her (surviving) daughters, probably taken in the 1900s. Seated at the front, Marie and Elsie. In the back, from left, Emma, Mary, Sophie, and Ann.

Marie SCHUMANN or SCHUMAN was born 24 March 1849, in Bavaria, possibly in Dresden, and married Michael SEDLMAYR around 1866. They came to America in 1881 and settled in Denver, Colorado, where Marie died 14 July 1921.

Mary Amelia SEDLMAYR was born 23 August 1866 in Bavaria, and married Herman WEFING in 1888, probably in Denver. She died in Denver 1 February 1962.

Sophie SEDLMAYR was born 20 May 1876 in Bavaria, and married William F. SCHMIDT in Denver on 14 June 1893, and second Arthur WALKER in Boulder on 22 January 1913. She died 1 September 1960 in Denver.

Emma SEDLMAYR was born around 1880[?] in Germany, and married John GARRETT in Denver on 6 November 1890, and second Frank J. McGILL in Boulder on 8 December 1908. She died in Denver on 5 December 1951.

Ann SEDLMAYR was born July 1881 in Bavaria. She married first Charles (Karl) GRETZINGER 4 November 1899 in Denver, and second Fred KENTZ in Denver in 1908. She died some time after 1930.

Elsie SEDLMAYR was born 20 November 1889 in Chicago, Illinois. She married first Samuel C. ROSLYN around 1906, and after divorcing him married Chris (Clarence Christian) KENTZ 8 August 1920 in Denver. Elsie died 10 October 1974 in Denver.

This scan is from a photocopy of the original photograph, which was included in the anonymous biography of Marie supplied by Fred Kentz and/or Dorothy (Sedlmayr) Ohlhaver. The whereabouts of the original photograph are unknown.

Marie Schumann


Marie Schumann as a young woman, in a photograph possibly taken in Dresden.

Marie SCHUMANN or SCHUMAN was born 24 March 1849, in Bavaria, possibly in Dresden, and married Michael SEDLMAYR around 1866. They came to America in 1881 and settled in Denver, Colorado, where Marie died 14 July 1921.

This scan is from a photocopy of the original photograph, which was included in the anonymous biography of Marie supplied by Fred Kentz and/or Dorothy (Sedlmayr) Ohlhaver. The whereabouts of the original photograph are unknown.