John Linden

John Mathew Linden son of Mathias Linden and Catherina (Pott) Linden  and Hulda Wachtler were married on 28 August 1909 at St Josephs Catholic Church in Aurora, Kane, Illinois. He was 22 years old and Hulda was 21 years old. Witnesses to the marriage were Peter Linden and Marie Barth.

   

Hulda was born in 1886 in Kobenhavn, Denmark. She arrived in USA at Boston in 1902 and settled in Chicago with her parents Sophia (Schitzalt) Wachtler and her father Gustav.

John Linden Wedding Picture
This was my orphan picture.  My mom identified it as her mother-in-law's brother John.  John Linden was born 26 June 1888. He was the second John in this family.  This is my great uncle John Linden

Wordless Wednesday: FERMAZIN GIRLS

FERMAZIN GIRLS:  Nancy and Mary                1948

Wordless Wednesday: Lola Fermazin Graduates from Sacred Heart Catholic School 1926

Lola Fermazin 1926

8th Grade Graduation

Sacred Heart Catholic School

Aurora, Illinois

Wordless Wednesday September 16, 2009

My mother - I miss her very much,Born 92 years, 7 months, and 7 days ago today
Wordless Wednesday, 9 September 2009
Grace Lorraine Worthing was born on 9 February 1917 in Truro, Iowa, a twin. Mother was Nancy Theo Ames and father was Charles Edward Worthing. Grace grew up in Truro. Her mother died in 1928 and her father died in 1933. In 1933 she moved to New Concord, Ohio to live with Eppie Castor Mossholder until she was 18. At 18 years old she moved to Aurora, Illinois to join her half sister Blanche Hansen. She married in Aurora and raised a family there until moving to California in 1959.