Here's an interesting connection we figured out because of a wedding pic from the Morrison Co Pictorial Atlases--a 1945 photo of Alfred and Eva Janson (it's here, just down the post).
--Cousins Johann and Josef Janson arrived in Minnesota with their families in 1883;
(Josef was our greatgrand).
--Johann eventually had 11 kids, one of whom was
--Michael, who married Antonia Hurdt. They had 10 kids, one of whom was
--Alfred, born in 1921.
First tho, a bit about Eva's family of origin:
Eva was born in 1919, as shown in the 1920 census here, but everybody in this undated photo was younger. I'd guess it was taken about 1910, since the oldest, Lena, looks about 15, don't you think?
But wait! Thanks to Carrie for some clarification. She wrote that this pic:.. "is my grandma's parents and kids (10) of them from about 1914. They had 13 all together, the very middle baby Mathias Jr. died as a baby. The baby in the picture is Gust who was born in October 1913. The inset picture is my grandma Eva (youngest) & her sister Catherine. We always figured they thought they were done after Gust so had a family pic done! My great-grandma was almost 40 I think when Gust was born. By the time they had my grandma, she was 45 years old and Math was 52. One of my grandma's nieces added the little pic of Catherine & Eva on the side".
Here's more about Mike's family....and a charming pic of Mike (Alfred's dad) with a case of Cold Spring beer. Par-TAY!
So the wedding photo below, taken June 5th, 1945, was Mike and Toni Janson, Alfred and Eva Janson, and Eva's mom, Catherine Meyer. (Her dad Math died in January 1933).
A fun extra is that the photos below were obviously taken on the same day--the wedding pic came from the atlases and the brothers' pic came from Carrie Staves' website at least 4 years ago. (The checked paper decoration shows behind Eva when the bridal photo is expanded). Isn't that cool?
Note from Carrie: the brother with Mike here was Joe (Alfred's sponsor) ☺.
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