Bigger Families; Faces From the Past

Photo and story from  FATE OF THE GERMAN BAPTIST PASTORS: Russian Volhynia, 1929-1938 Pastor Wilhelm F. Tuczek, his wife Therese, and seven children, Reinhold, Alois, Berthold, Walter, Bruno, Engeltrude, Lily and Antoinette, resettled to Occupied Poland on December 19, 1939. Wilhelm died of cancer in Lodz on November 9, 1943. Therese died December 18, 1980, in Burnaby, B. C.

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It is unusual to me, for this era, that everyone is smiling! Shared from     http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/MAIN:Everything:SLV_VOYAGER1739000

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Quotation and photo shared from http://www.gwoodward.co.uk/pages/bakers_at_war.htm The Baker Family 1914: Back row - left to right: William, Charles, Harry, Walter (Jack), Herbert, Fred and Frank. Front row - left to right: Elizabeth, Charles Baker Snr, Eliza Baker and Virginia. " Charles Baker and Eliza Fletcher originated from Sudbury in Staffordshire and between 1879 and 1902 they had seven sons and four daughters, although two of the daughters died young... In 1914 the seven sons all volunteered for service in the army for the First World War. The miracle was that despite the horror and carnage of that war,  they all came back alive!.  Only Fred Baker was seriously injured - he had bullet wounds to his legs, arm, and head, but still lived to the ripe old age of 71 years."

Photo and story from  FATE OF THE GERMAN BAPTIST PASTORS: Russian Volhynia, 1929-1938 Eduard A. Wuerch, his wife, Matilda, and their children, Arthur, Bernard, Alice, Angelica, and Willie, of Cholosno, immigrated to Canada in 1928 and served a number of churches in western Canada. He retired in 1936 and moved to Vancouver, BC, where he died on June 26, 1941. Angelica is still living in Oregon. Matilda, died in Vancouver, BC in 1944.