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.
Click on photo for enhanced view.
(Photo courtesy of Jane Klotz, submitted July 2017)

Runals Family Photos

Carrie and Frank Runals with Frankie
Circa 1885
Photographer Max Platz of 88 N Clark Street, Chicago at Rose Cottage
(Photo courtesy of Jane Klotz, submitted July 2017)

Helen Charille Murray Runals and granddaughter Ellen Stryker Runals
Circa 1891
(Photo courtesy Jane Klotz, submitted July 2017)

Ida Belle Runals, born 1887
(Photo courtesy of Jane Klotz, submitted July 2017)

Eli Griffith Runals
(Photo courtesy of Jane Klotz, submitted July 2017)

Arlene Runals and Orville Homan wedding photo
Dress first worn by Carrie W. Stryker Runals in 1881
(Photo courtesy of Jane Klotz, submitted July 2017)

Charille Runals outside Willowbrook (Runals home)
Circa 1875
(Photo courtesy of Jane Klotz, submitted July 2017)

Frank Runals
(Photo courtesy of Jane Klotz, submitted July 2017)

Frank Runals, age 12, circa 1865
(Photo courtesy of Jane Klotz, submitted 2017)

Runal home also known as Willowbrook - Circa 1900
Two young girls on porch may be Ellen Stryker (middle name) Runals and her sister, Ida, both granddaughters of Eli Runals who purchased this home.  Ellen and Ida were the daughters of Frank Adelbert Runals and Helen Charille Murray.
Ellen lived here until she married John LeRoy Todd who worked at Nash Rambler for Mr. Jeffreys.  When Todd retired in the 1960's, he was in charge of International Sales, South America.
(Photo courtesy of Jane Klotz, submitted July 2017)

Inside Willowbrook (Runals home)
(Photo courtesy of Jane Klotz, submitted July 2017)