Rodgers, Shadle, Corum, Moistner, unknown, Blacklock, Kirchner/Wilke/Wermert families

These are all linked from Ancient Faces. To see the original entry go to ancientfaces.com and search the names.

Henry Rodgers & family. Taken: Gainesville, Tex.

The Shadle family, left-right: Ornamel, Osman, Lydia, Alta, Sallie (b Feb 16, 1876), Laura, Isaac, Jacob.

1892 photo of John Corum family of Union County, TN. John's second marriage was to Martha Underwood.

Moistner family. Contributor believes the father is Jeramiah Moistner, also spelt Moystner.

Surname of family not known. First names listed are: Ruth, Guss (father), Jessie, Caroline (mother), Gertrude, Bertha, Edna (artist, seamstress).
Photo taken by Nicholson studios, K.C. (Kansas City?) - on Grand Avenue, and another location on Minnesota Ave.

This is the Clark Wilson Blacklock and Amanda Louvenia Edwards family, ca 1900, before the last 2 boys were born (VD 'Pat' in 1905 and Bill in 1908). CW was born April 4, 1866 in Milam Co. TX, and died July 15, 1920 in Pearl, Coryell Co. TX after stepping on a rusty nail and developing tetanus or lockjaw. The family moved to Bangs, Brown Co, then on to Garza Co. TX.

Bernard 'Bunt' M Blacklock, b Nov 9, 1896
Clark "CW" W Blacklock, b Apr 4, 1866
Thomas 'Tom' J Blacklock, b Apr 21, 1893
Sam D Blacklock, b May 6, 1898
Amanda 'Lou' L Blacklock, b Dec 31, 1872
Bessie L Blacklock, 3yrs, b Feb 4, 1900
Virgil 'Virge' R Blacklock, 1yr, b Feb 14, 1902

Kirchner, Wilke, or Wermert family from Seerappen, Germany (now Seerappen is in Russia) back in the 1930s.

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