1001927, Henry’s Journal
Henry and Marguerite had their first child in 1920. Here their 6th child is born.
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Henry and Marguerite had their first child in 1920. Here their 6th child is born.
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John and Mary Lorang wrote home before leaving for the Middle East.
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One of our earliest and most clear photo of the Gesellchen and Lorang family. John and Mary Lorang are sitting on the right side of the table, to the left of the woman in a polka dot dress.
In 1909, some counties in Idaho were going dry, without alcohol. One of the ways to protest was by using an umbrella to symbolize hoping for a wet county, with alcohol. Here are two of John Lorang’s hired hands in a professional portrait. On the left is Henry Lestoe who worked at the Ranch for
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Children gather around Grandpa Gesellchen. John Lorang is looking from behind, standing at the steps. Mary Lorang is behind the tree.
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Here are Gesellchen and Lorang family members and friends. John’s daughter Martha Lorang identified as many people as she could. John Lorang is seated sideways in a chair with a light vest, Mary Lorang stands further right in a black skirt and white shirt waist with her arms crossed. Mary’s father Peter Gesellchen sits on
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Also recording the weather for the “weather bueror”
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Ledger kept by John Lorang, translated from Old German by Horst Reil. Thanks to an Idaho Humanities Grant.
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