Anna & Sophia Janson

This photo was in the "Closet batch" too.  I knew the two nuns were Srs. Lazara and Kunigunda.  They were my grandpa Anton Janson's sisters Sophia and Anna.  What I didn't know was who the young man between them was.

So, it's time to compare photos!

This man definitely has light eyes, and he's not very tall.  (Larry noticed that he's pinching the crease in his hat...lol)
All three of them look to be in their 30s, not older.  If Anna, the youngest, was born in 1883, then this pic could have been taken about 1913-1915. 

I know some of the Brandls went to Wisconsin to visit these women, who were their aunts.  But I don't think this man is a Brandl. 
Hmm...consider the photo from the last post:  Wendelin was in his 50's here, at least.   If it was a photo taken when he was 55, for instance, the year would be 1927...

Ok...so when did Sophia and Anna enter the convent?  Sophia was born in 1876, Anna in 1883; perhaps when they were each about 20?  If that's so, then Sophia left Buckman in 1896, Anna in 1903.  (Her obit says Anna made her vows in 1903).

Wendelin was born in 1871...by 1913, he was already 42!  The man in the photo with Sophie and Anna couldn't be Wendelin.  It couldn't be my grandpa Anton either, because Anton had a full head of fairly fuzzy hair and brown eyes.  So, it was either Eugen or Sebastian.

I think it was Eugen, who was born between these two sibs (1878). Wow!
(Later:  Eugen's WWI draft card says he had blue eyes!)

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This is pretty cool:

The four Janson sisters, in old age.