Photos1890-1903

Photo by John Lorang. L-R: Peter, Albert, Mary Lorang and Barney, Christine and Amalia.

L-R: Charles, Viola, Martha, Bertha, Amalia (Mollie), Christine, Albert, Henry, Barney and Peter.

Theodore worked with his younger brother John Lorang until 1900. Then Ted, as they called him, moved with his family to Spokane in 1908. Theodore’s wife was Anna Gesellchen, the older sister of Mary Lorang.

This photograph was taken when the family was living in the 1884 Homestead. Before the new 1904 section was built. L-R standing back: Henry, Barney, Peter, Albert. Middle row: Christine, Amalia, John Lorang, Bertha, Mary Lorang, Little ones in front: Martha, Viola and Charles in Mary’s arms.

In 1890, John Lorang and his brother Theodore combined efforts to buy a piece of land just South of the farm. The land had belonged to John’s old friend William White and his wife Mary. When William passed away, John and Theodore bought the land and old farmhouse on the property. There is overwhelming circumstantial