Monday, August 23, 2010

Herbert V. Schulz At The 2010 Family Reunion


H. V. was the oldest attendee at the 2010 family reunion last July. He's wearing his authentic German hat. A relative bought it for him on a recent trip to Germany, and you can tell H. V. is very proud of it. Looks good!


Helon Ruth Viertel Knudson

Here's a picture of Helon Ruth as a toddler. I'll be tactful and say this picture must have been taken in the late 1930s.

Schulz Family Reunion, July, 1965


These three picture show the Schulz Family Reunion held in 1965 at the Tobias & Wilhelmina Schulz homestead west of Clifton. My family didn't attend this reunion, but we went to one out at the old family farm a couple of years earlier. We had a lot of fun out in the yard.


If I remember correctly, someone grilled a goat among other meats. I can't recall if I tried it.

Undated Photo of Men's Picnic


This picture comes from the Krueger family photo collection. The only person I can identify is Will Krueger, Sr. You see him at the center of the table. I can't identify any of the other men.


This is a stag affair, but they are dressed in suits & ties. Maybe it's a men's fellowship outing or a fraternal organization function. The date must be sometime in the 1920s.

Photo of Picnic dated May 1, 1921


We have other pictures from this picnic. An annotation on the back of this one says, '5 - 1 - 21.' I can identify Hilda Rachuig Krueger on the left side of the table. I think that's her brother Walter Rachuig, Sr. on the far end of the right side. I'm sure that's Evelyn Rachuig Belcher standing in the background on the right (in the black hat). I can't identify any of the others. Any ideas?


Unidentified Soldier, Early 20th Century


We found this photo among the Krueger family photos. The man appears to be dressed in an army uniform (WWI vintage). The date and location are unknown. Any idea on who this is? Location or date?


Sunday, August 8, 2010

Unidentified Homestead, 1925


This is another photo of an unknown subject. I can't really identify the house, so I can't determine which part of our extended family lived there. All I can say is they were connected to the Krueger-Rachuigs in some way. Note the snow/ice.

(Update) Mayme Rachuig Hause (my aunt) has told me this is the Krueger home on the east side of the Bosque River. This is the home they lived in before moving to the home I always knew on the west side of town.

Unidentified Family, In-laws or Friends


Here's a photo of an unidentified group of family, in-laws or friends of the Krueger-Rachuig family. No idea on the date or location. Any help is appreciated. (They may be tossing horse shoes.)


Selma Schulz Rachuig, 1934


I have good reason to think this photo was taken sometime in 1934, probably just before Selma was to travel to a tuberculosis sanitarium in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. This photo was probably taken as her family gathered to say good-bye. Notice how sickly she looks. She died in January, 1935 of tuberculosis.


The location is her home on Hackberry Street in Clifton. The two little girls are my mother, Sally Rachuig Kelly (left) & Mayme Rachuig Hause (right). The standing adults from left-to-right are Evelyn Rachuig Belcher, Herbert Rachuig (my grandfather), Mamie Adams Rachuig (my grandmother), Julius Herman Rachuig (my great-grandfather), Hildegard Rachuig Krueger, Tobias Schulz, Alvina Beyerstedt Rachuig, Walter Rachuig (Sr.), Wilhelmina Schulz (in front of Walter) and Edgar Rachuig. Selma is the seated woman.

4-Generation Photo of Schulz Women


This photo shows Wilhelmina Schulz, her daughter Selma Schulz Rachuig, her granddaughter Hilda Rachuig Krueger and great-granddaughter Dorothy Krueger Mansur. I'm not certain of the exact date, but it must be around 1923. The location may be the Schulz home north of Clifton. I don't have any good guesses on the identity of the boy in the background.

Unidentified Family, In-laws or Friends


I'm not sure who these people are, or where the picture was taken although the stamp on the back says it was taken around August 12, 1924. These people are family, in-laws, or friends of the Krueger-Rachuig family. I appreciate any help with identifying them.



Flora Frieda Viertel Meissner As A Young Girl Before 1920


This photo shows Flora Viertel Meissner sometime before 1920. (She was born in 1905.) I'm not sure of the location, but it may be her grandparents' farm near Cranfils Gap. (Her grandparents were Tobias & Wilhelmina Schulz.)


Tobias & Wilhemina Schulz's 50th Wedding Anniversary in 1923


This photo shows the extended Schulz family celebrating Tobias & Wilhelmina's 50th wedding anniversary on June 8, 1923. The location for this photo is the home of Julius & Selma Rachuig. It still stands on Hackberry Street in Clifton. Selma was the couple's oldest daughter. I have a newspaper account of the celebration which I'll post later.


Herbert Schulz, oldest attendee at the recent family reunion, is one of the little guys in the front. I'll bet he's the one next to his grandfather's left knee.