LOHMANN

Just this past weekend, I visited some of my dad's cousins in Zumbrota, Minnesota, and I got some wonderful old pictures from them. David Lohmann provided this photo of the Carl C. & Wilhelmina (Kaun) Lohmann family.

I believe that it was taken in the late 1890's. Carl and Wilhelmina are my great-grandparents, and my grandfather, Gustav, is the youngest boy, second from the left.

David didn't couldn't positively identify everyone in the picture. But here's what he does know:

• The woman in back is Anna (Schmidt) Lohmann, wife of John
• The girl on the right is Eda
• The boys in front are Otto, Gustav (my grandfather) and H. August
• Wilhelmina and Carl are seated in the middle

Here's the birth order of their ten children:

• John (1874-1919)
• Charles (1876-1959)
• Louis (1878-1953)
• Emil (1879-1914)
• Albert (1881-1881)
• Edward (1882-1972)
• Eda (1884-1925)
• Otto (1886-1910)
• H. August (1889-1961)
• Gustav (1892-1963)

So... based on all that, here is my guess:

BACK ROW (left to right):Louis (?), Anna, John (?), Edward (?), Emil (?)
MIDDLE ROW:Charles (?), Wilhelmina, Carl, Eda
FRONT ROW:Otto, Gustav, H. August