Dating Photos

1870 to 1899

1872

1900 to 1919

1900 approx

1920 to 1949

1922

L to R: Elizabeth Cavanaugh (Bettinger), Frank Blau (born May 19, 1896, son of Joseph and Anna Brickl Blau; foster child of Mary Blau), Mary Blau Brickl (Ruhland Brey). Guessing that the photo was taken after Mary's husband Daniel Brickl died on July 7, 1900. [Kathryn Blau Hausner collection]

1901

June 1922; Back L to R: Frank Schweitzer, John Bindl, Bartl Lehner, John B. Dischler holding Anthony "Pat" Dischler, Anna Lehner Ringelstetter, Frederick Schweitzer, Catherine Lehner, Miss Mary Schweitzer, Herman Ringelstetter. Seated L to R: Alois Lehner, Joseph Lehner holding Genevieve Bindl, Mary Brickl Dischler, Margaret Lehner Bindl holding John B. Bindl, Frances Sturm Lehner, Mary Lehner Ringelstetter holding Lawrence Ringelstetter, Rose Hetzel. Children in front: Charles Ringelstetter, Mark Ringelstetter, Andrew Ringelstetter, Mary Bindl, Francis Bindl.

Mary Blau and Daniel Georg Brueckl / Brickl. Married November 12, 1884, at St. Luke's Catholic Church, Plain, Sauk County, Wisconsin. [Mary Blau Brickl Ruhland Brey collection]

Children of John and Margaret Lehner Bindl. L to R: Genevieve, Francis, Mary Bindl. ca 1922

1924

1892 or before

Caroline Gruber Blau and John Blau, wedding portraits, September 17, 1901. [Linda Peterson Wiedenfeld collection]

Barbara Dobmeier Blau (born 1833, died 1920), Michael Blau (born 1825, died Dec. 1892). Charcoal portrait.

[Linda Peterson Wiedenfeld collection].

Evelyn Philomena Mohelnitzky and James Joseph Whalen. Married September 24, 1924, at St. Anthony de Padua Catholic Church in Germantown, Richland County, Wisconsin. Photographer: Harper's Studio, Reedsburg, Wisconsin. [Dean Blau collection]

1925

John Mohelnitzky and Emma Brunkalla. Married October 16, 1901 at Holy Reedemer Catholic Church, Athens, Marathon County, Wisconsin.

Seated: John Blau, Caroline Gruber Blau. Standing L to R: Emma Blau (Ring), Michael Blau, Adeline Blau (Wiedenfeld), Herman Blau, Louise Blau (Pings). Estimated 1925. [Linda Peterson Wiedenfeld collection]

1931

Mary Blau Brickl Ruhland and 2nd husband John L. Ruhland. They were married Dec. 2, 1901. John died in 1905. This is presumed to be a wedding portrait. [Ray Brey collection]

1903

Front, L to R: Anton Blau (groom), Merie Mohelnitzky (bride), Helene Ostermeyer [Duren] (flower girl). Back row, L to R: George Blau (best man), Dorothy LaRue Blonion (bridesmaid), Clara Blau (maid of honor), Marcella Duren Anderson (bridesmaid), Herman Blau (usher). Anton and Merie were married on September 30, 1931, by Reverend Alois J. Daniels at St. Anthony de Padua Catholic Church in Germantown, Richland County, Wisconsin. Merie wore the veil of her cousin, Eleanore Geib, and carried a shower bouquet of white Killarney roses and lily of the valley. Clara's dress was light blue chiffon with an orange sash. The two bridesmaid's dresses were pink.

Family of Bartholomew and Frances (Sturm) Lehner in front of their log house north of Plain in Franklin Township, Sauk County, Wisconsin.

Michael Ringelstetter and Margaret Pfeiffer wedding portrait. Marriage was on May 7, 1903, at St. Luke Catholic Church in Plain, Sauk County, Wisconsin. [Rosemary Lins Pulvermacher collection]

1905

Herman Blau, Lucy Schoenmann. Witnesses in back: Ray Ederer and Adeline Blau (Wiedenfeld). Married: November 17, 1931 [Linda Peterson Wiedemann collection]

1934

Believed to be Anna Duren and husband Frank Bowar. Tthey were married on July 7, 1896, in Germantown, Richland County, Wisconsin. Photographer Clizbe Sisters of Reedsburg, Wisconsin. The book, 'Biographies of Western Photographers' by Carl Mautz, shows a Miss Carrie Clizbe had a photography studio in Elroy, Wisconsin, circa 1895.

1889 or before 1896

Lehner group at Daniel and Anna Lehner Nachreiner farm, Franklin Township, north of Plain in Sauk County, Wisconsin. Picture taken by Herman Ringelstetter. {Contact me for complete list of names}

1935

Front: George Brey and Mary Blau Brickl Ruhland Brey. Married on August 21, 1905, at St. Luke Catholic Church, Plain, Wisconsin. Witnesses in back: Simon Brickl and his wife Barbara Blau Brickl. This was Mary's 3rd marriage. [Dean Blau collection]

1907

John Ringelstetter, Frances Huber Ringelstetter.

Frances died in 1895 or 1896. On the back, a note mentioned Gust. Alvin who married Frances Ringelstetter in 1889.

[Jon Lothe collection]

July 1935; L to R: Andrew B. Ringelstetter, Daniel Nachreiner, Anna Lehner Ringelstetter Nachreiner, Charles H. Ringelstetter. Girl in front: Mary Ann Nachreiner.

1936

1897

Back, L to R: George Thomas Brey (married to Catherine Blau), Arthur Brey (m. to Anastasia Brickl), Elizabeth Cavanaugh Brickl (adopted child; married Philip Bettinger), Eulalia Brey (married Curt A Ratzer). Front, L to R: Isadore Brey (married Helen Van Huffel), George Brey (1st wife was Theresa Liegel), Leo Brey (died age 19), Mary Blau Brickl Ruhland Brey (second wife of George Brey), Frank Blau (foster child - married Rose Ruhland). First Communion of George Thomas Brey. June 16, 1907. [Erna Liegel Ringelstetter collection]

1909

Ca 1936; John & Margaret Lehner Bindl Family. Back L to R: John B., Genevieve, Francis, Mary. Seated L to R: Bernard, Sylvester, John (father), Lawrence, Margaret (mother), Leo Bindl.

Back, L to R: Annie Frank (Mrs. Hubert Jaeb), Alois Frank, Henry Frank (tallest; born 1874 in Waldmünchen, Bavaria), Adam Frank, Katherine Frank (Mrs. George Riederer). Front, L to R: Mary (Ferdinand Muglich), Mary Frank (Jaeb Muglich), Lorenz Frank (father), Annie Roetzer Frank (mother), Frances Frank (Mrs. Alois Jaeb). Frank family lived in Tiefenbach. Photo taken about 1897, when the Frank family lived in Spring Green Township, Sauk County, Wisconsin. [Dean Blau collection]

1898

Bartholomew and Frances (Sturm) Lehner family at their farm home north of Plain in Franklin Township, Sauk County, Wisconsin.

Children of Raymond & Emma Blau Ring - ca. 1936. Seated L to R: Caroline Ring, John (Jack) Ring, Standing L to R: Bernice Ring, Cletus Ring, Elvy Ring, Delmar Ring [Linda Peterson Wiedenfeld collection]

1937

Simon Brickl, Frank Brickl (born Jan. 1909), Barbara Blau Brickl

1910

1937, Alois and Catherine Lehner Pulvermacher Family. L to R: Alois (father), Catherine, John, Rosemary, Catherine (mother) Lehner. Inset: Larry Lehner.

1940

Margaret Lehner (Bindl)

1911

Mary Valeria Fastner and Conrad Sebastian Mohelnitzky wedding. Married August 22, 1899 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church (11th and Cherry Streets) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Photographer: Prescher, 527 Chestnut Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [Jackie Eckhardt collection]

Herman and Mary Lehner Ringelstetter family. Standing back L to R: Victor, Mark, Irene, Lawrence, Mary Alice. Front, L to R: Louis, Beatrice, Mary Lehner Ringelstetter, Bernice, Herman holding Leonard, George, Edward. Harper Studio in Reedsburg, Sauk County, Wisconsin. Photo taken in 1940. [Beatrice Blau collection]

1945

Bartholomew and Frances (Sturm) Lehner family at their farm home north of Plain in Franklin Township, Sauk County, Wisconsin. L to R: Alois, Joseph, Bartl, Frances, Anna, Elizabeth, Catherine.

1912

First Holy Communion, Sunday May 27, 1945, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, East Bristol, Wisconsin. Rev. Charles J. Lehwald. {All identified, contact me for names} [Beatrice Blau collection]

1949

Front L to R: Joseph Sr. (father) Schweitzer, Frank Schweitzer, Barbara Sturm Schweitzer (mother), Mary Schweitzer. Back: Joseph Jr. Schweitzer, Fred Schweitzer. Taken outside their home, near Plain, Sauk County, Wisconsin.

1913

John and Maria Köppel Lehner Family of Schoemersdorf, Bavaria, Germany. L to R: Johan and Josef (twins) Lehner, Maria Köppel Lehner, John "Hans" Lehner, Margaretha Lehner, Maria Lehner.

Joseph Schweitzer, Frank Schweiter, Mary Schweitzer, Barbara Sturm Schweitzer.

1915

Barbara Dobmeier Blau (in rocking chair) with John Blau family. Back L to R: John Blau, Caroline Gruber Blau. Children in front L to R: Emma Blau, Louise Blau, Michael Blau, Adeline Blau (Wiedenfeld) born April 23, 1912. Herman Blau is missing from the picture. [Linda Peterson Wiedenfeld collection]

1917

Children at the 4-room school house, St. Luke's Catholic School, Plain, Wisconsin. Ca 1917.

1918 approx

Sisters: Mary Lehner (Ringelstetter) and Elizabeth Lehner (Brei). They were married within one week of each other in May 1919 in Plain, Wisconsin.

Soeldner family, ca 1918: Back, L to R:Adelia Soeldner Bindl (1902-1999), Michael Soeldner (1898-1996), Adam Soeldner (1895-1980), Joseph Soeldner (1900-1994), Veronica Soeldner Longfield (1894-1993), Clara Soeldner Gruber (1897-1950).

Middle (4 children, L to R):Andrew Soeldner (1904-1979). George Soeldner (1906-after 2004), Otto Soeldner (1908-1991), Catherine Soeldner Wiedenfeld (1911-2004).

Front: Lawrence “Larry” Soeldner (abt 1913-1991), Joseph Soeldner (father; 1869-1944), Agnes Soeldner Olson (1914-2005), Katherina (Rose?) Roth Soeldner (mother; 1872-1952) [Raymond Brey collection]

L to R: Teresa Bauer Dix, Elizabeth Bauer Escher (bride, seated), William (Bill) Escher (groom), Conrad Jasper. Wedding day of Elizabeth and William Escher. Marriage took place on November 27, 1918. Because they lived in Westford Township, they probably were married at St. Anthony de Padua Catholic Church in Germantown, Richland County, Wisconsin. [Peters Collection]

1919

Herman Ringelstetter and Mary Lehner. Wedding portrait. Married on May 7, 1919, at St. Luke's Catholic Church, Plain, Sauk County, Wisconsin. [original reproduction by Walcott Studio]

Front: Herman Ringelstetter and Mary Lehner. Witnesses in back: Joseph Lehner and Hilda Ringelstetter (Alt). Married on May 7, 1919, at St. Luke's Catholic Church, Plain, Sauk County, Wisconsin.

Andrew Ringelstetter and Catherine Pfeiffer oval portrait from 1919. They were married October 3, 1887, at St. Luke's Catholic Church, Plain, Sauk County, Wisconsin. Oval frame matched a frame used for their son Herman's wedding portrait from 1919. Photo by Bernice Ringelstetter in 2004 from original owned by the Durst family.

1919-1920

Brickl family: Back: Margaret, John, Frank, Herman, Mike, Dan, Mary, Front: Simon, Annie, Agatha, Barbara (Blau)