Title

Immanuel Lutheran School Students, Courtland Township

Creation Date

1888

Description

Immanuel Lutheran School District 1 Students, Courtland Township, 1888. B/W photo of students and their teacher in front of the Immanuel Lutheran School District 1 in Courtland Township. Names are given on the back of photo "ED5337 back." The following list includes corrections of misspellings and married surnames in parentheses after the maiden names according to Minnesota marriage records. Front row that starts at the far left side of the photo, seated, left to right: Alma Lange (Bode Kettner), Anna Spoering, Clara Hermerding (Kleimenhagen), John Spoering, Carl Richert, Henry Bode, unknown, Martin Spoering, Louis Hermerding, Carl Schmidt, Berthold Richert, Dorothea Bruns (Rodewald), Anna Koehne (Wensloff), Minnie Meyer (Bode), unknown, Minnie Dreier, and Dora Wilking (Holtzerland). Front row, seated at the far right side of the photo, left to right: Theo Meyer, unknown, unknown, and Ferdinand Siemers. Second seated row, left to right: Maria Bode (Langhorst), Matilda Schmidt (Steinert), Helena (Lena) Richert, Bertha Lange (Bode), Anna Bode (Schwecke), Anna Bobsin, Minnie Stege (Hunziker), Bertha Voges (Martens), Mary Koehne (Bartz), and Margaret Pehling (Hagedorn). Third row, standing, left to right: Emily Tordsen (Gronholz), Mary Kranz (Bode), Emma Heidorn (Kesler), Anna Schmidt (Tordsen), Caroline Brandes (Maaske), and Anna Meier. Back row, standing, left to right: unknown Stolt, John Wenholz, Fred Wilking, Henry Pehling, Pastor William Horst, Wilhelm (Willie) Koehne, Henry Bendix, Teacher J. Landeck, Henry Becker, unknown, and John Meyer. Notes: The only Minnie Dreier found in census records for this time period was born in 1855 and was the wife of Fred Wilking. It's possible there was another Minnie Dreier who was in the area for a short amount of time, or that this girl was misidentified. The teacher is identified as J. Laudeck, but a J. Landeck is listed in the history of Immanuel Lutheran Church as a teacher during the years this photo was taken. Anna Bobsin who married a Schlottman was born in 1868, so the girl pictured could not be her; rather, is most likely Anna Bobsin, born in 1875, who did not marry.