Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Somers School

Somers School class photo - circa 1900
Note numbers are not in row number.  Lightly penciled numbers typically written on girls white bodices and on the boys on their tags or white shirts.

1.     (name missing)
2.     Cherille Runals Brehm LeMieux
3.     Ellen Runals Todd
4.     Ida Runals Meier
5.     Conrad Shearer teacher
6.     Mr. Jorden
7.     Harry Jorden
8.     Murtie Jorden
9.     Etta Fouk
10.  Lora Rodgers
11.  (blank)
12.  Florence Buswell
13.  Lucy Rodgers
14.  Kate Dery
15.  Kate Olk?
16.  Hazel Buswell
17.  Ellen Pedley
18.  Carrie Fouk
19.  Lotie Rodgers
20.  Ester Kohlman
21.  Mrs. Rodgers, Lora’s Mother
22.  Mrs. Blackman
23.  Mrs. Kohlman, Ester’s mother
24.  Clerance Northway
25.  Lillie Folk
26.  Willie Houchin
27.  Al Fouk
28.  (blank) Coleman
29.  Mr. Buswell
30.  (blank) Rodgers
31.  Nick Michels
32.  (blank) Wills
33.  Housekeeper for school lives by school
34.  George Taylor

Row 1: L-R 9 (girl), --, -- 25, --
Row 2: 7, 22, 26, --, --, --, --, 24, --, --, 36, --, 35, --
Row 3:  1, 28, --, --, --, --, --,--,--,--,
Row 4: 33, 8, 2, 20, 23, 21 --,  34, 17, 16, 22, --,--,--,
Row 5: 29, --, 30 (3 men then to girl), --, 4, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, --, 10, --
Row 6: --, (woman behind tree), 19 (woman front of tree), 15, 32, --,31, 6, --,5, --,

(Photo courtesy of Jane Klotz, submitted July 2017)

Somers School class photo - circa 1896
In the bottom right corner of the photo is the name James Brehm.  He was a photo enthusiast with a dark room and he made this copy.  Ellen Runals and her sisters identified all the people.
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(Photo courtesy of Jane Klotz, submitted July 2017)



















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