Top- Lizzie Biever, Emma Sonnemann, Ida Barkow; bottom- Hilda Barkow, Emilie Krueger
Date: 01/05/2008
More about these people: Lizzie Biever must have been Elizabeth M. Buending (1872-?), wife of Martin Michael Biever (1862-?). Emma Sonnemann was my grandmother Emma Bertha Louise Korn (1878-1963), wife of William Henry Sonnemann (1879-1956). Ida Barkow was Ida Frances O. Meschke (1873-1928), wife of William F. Barkow (1873-1947). Hilda Barkow was Hilda Wilhelmina Barkow (1900-1981), daughter of Ida, and later the wife of Clarence Louis Mauck (1896-?) and author of a Barkow family history. Emilie Krueger was Emilie Augusta Amalia Sonnemann (1874-1941), wife of Heinrich Johann Herman Krueger (1861-1925).
Barkow and Sonnemann families
Date: 01/07/2008
Back of photo was marked "Wm. Barkow, April 13, 1930". Kneeling in front: Ruth Sonnemann. Far right: William Henry Sonnemann. Third from right: Emma (Korn) Sonnemann. Judging from the writing on the back, two of the others are probably William F. Barkow and his wife Ida Frances O. Meschke. It seems a good guess that the third couple are also Barkows -- possibly William Barkow's brother Rev. John P. Barkow and his wife Augusta J. W. Meschke, in Milwaukee on a visit. Ida and Augusta were first cousins to William Sonnemann -- their mother was Augusta Buending, while William's mother was Augusta's sister Johanna Buending. Another possibility for the third couple may be William Barkow's brother Frederick Carl Barkow and his wife Alvina -- the birthdate of Frederick's son Herman is recorded in Ruth Sonnemann's birthday book, so the Sonnemanns must have known that branch of the Barkows too.
Ferdinand Buending, fireman
Date: 01/05/2008
Watertown Fire Dept Special Police, c1870s
Watertown Historical Society
Watertown Historical Society
Ernst Buending, fireman
Date: 03/11/2008
Watertown Fire Dept Special Police, c1870s
Watertown Historical Society
Watertown Historical Society
