The Uncle John that Grandma talks about on January 08, 1913 is more than likely Uncle John Basch.
Uncle John was Louisa Basche Stuves ( Tracie’s Mother) younger brother, born about 1876. This photo is marked Uncle John Basch and was found in the photo album.
In the diary entry on January 8, 1913 Grandma wrote of Uncle Herman’s coming for Anna and Harry’s Wedding.
Herman John born February 21 1860 married Matilda Elsie Beck
Uncle Herman was a younger brother of Louis Carl ( Tracie’s Father)
Jan 1: New Years Day 1913. Went to the neighbors to get money for the minister. John, Hattie and Vern here. Jims, Albert’s, Harris and Harry here in the eve. Had some music. To bed at 12-30.
Jan 2: Emma and Anna went to town. Hattie and John went up to Maudes. Started to make Emma’s pink dress. To bed at 7. Rubert came got up and talked a while. To bed at 9-25.
Jan 3: Washed in the morn. Sewed on Emma’s dress. Us kids all went to Literary in the eve at Starry Point. To bed at 12.
Jan 4: Did up the work. Frances, Jim and I went to town. Went to a picture show. Bessie came down on the 4-32 all went out to Japs for supper then came home. To bed at 10-45.
Jan 5: Sunday. Snowed all day. Bessie, Harry and Harris here. Fooled around. Jim and Rubert came in the eve. To bed at 10-45.
Jan 6: Bessie and I sewed. Harris and Harry here. To bed at 8-30.
Jan 7: Did a lot of baking and cleaning the house. Played Board of Trade in the eve. Jim here. To bed at 11-30.
Jan 8: Did up the work. Bessie, Harry, Rubert and Harris here for dinner. Anna and Harry were married at 3 o’clock. Albert’s, Japs, Franks, Teds, Uncle Johns, Uncle Herman’s, Maude, Jim, Rubert, Bessie, Harris, Laura B. , Ferdinand D. A chivalrie crowd came in the eve. Played some games, had lunch at 11-30. Japs, Frank’s and Uncle Herman’s stayed all night. To bed at 3 o’clock.
Jan 9: The people here a while in the morn. Cleaned up the house. Rubert came over. Uncle Herman’s went home. Bessie went home. Fred to Mo. Valley. The kids had their picture taken. To bed at 6-45.
Jan 10: Washed in the morning. Maude’s here. Ferdinand and Laura came over. Us kids all went up to Maude’s in the eve. Played Board of Trade. To bed at 11 o’clock.
Jan 11: Did up the work. Ironed a little bit. Harris, Harry, Anna, Emma, Ferdinand, Laura, Jim and I all went down to Ted’s in the eve. To bed at 1-20.
Jan 12: Sunday. Played Board of Trade. Rubert came in the morn. Laura and Ferdinand here we all went to Sunday School and Church in the afternoon. Stella and Velma came home with us. Jim came in the eve. To bed at 1 o’clock.
Jan 13: Mama, Papa, Laura, Ferdinand and I went to town. The kids went home. Talked to Fred Stuve. To bed at 8-30.
Jan 14: Did not do much of anything. Harris went over to Japs, To bed at 8-30.
Jan 15: Rubert came over before we were up. Us four kids went to the Short Course. Jim and I stopped at Japs a while. Went to the Court room and Domestic Science in the afternoon. Up to Morris’es for supper. Hazel Sowers was there. Then us kids went to the picture in the eve. Came home. To bed at 2 o’clock.
Jan 16: Started to piece a quilt. Ted came up after the horses. To bed at 7-45.
Jan 17: Sewed a little. To bed at 8-30.
Jan 18: Did up the work. Frances went up to Maudes. Anna and Harry came home. To bed at 8.
Jan 19: Sunday Went to Sunday School. Emma and I down to Birkses all day. Jim and Rubert here in the eve. To bed at 11-45.
Jan 20: Helped Anna tie a quilt. Finished my quilt top. Harry went to Mo. Valley. To bed at 8-30.
Jan 21: Washed in the morn. Harry came home. To bed at 8-30.
Jan 22: Anna and Harry went to Ted’s. Papa and Mama to town. Grandad and I here alone. To bed at 8-30.
Jan 23: Tied two comforts for Anna. Not much of anything else. To bed at 8-30.
Jan 24: Tied a quilt in the morn. Anna and I went over to Claytons in the afternoon. Nina, Rubert and Jim came over, we went to the box supper at Starry Point. To bed at 1.
Jan 25: Did up the work. Emma, Papa and I went to town. Emma and I were going to Mo. Valley but missed our train, Trains in Logan don’t wait. Went up to Morrises to stay all night. Mr and Mrs Morris, Mrs. Vale, Leeta, Emma Tupper, Emma and I went to the picture show in the eve. To bed at 10-30.
Jan 26: Emma and I went to Mo. Valley. Mr Crawford carried our suitcase to the depot. Got down to Fraziers before they were up. Johns Mother came down. Fred went to Woodbine. Mrs. Clark came down and stayed all night. Pete Mc Klean is boarding here. Mrs Anderson, Lenora, Hubert, Martha, Harold and Glendon were over in the eve. The boys played on the violin and organ. To bed at 12.
Jan 27: Emma and I went uptown to meet Fred. Were coming home but decided to stay. I went over to Ed Fraziers to phone to Jim. Helped Hattie take up the rug had a dance in the eve a nice crowd after the rest went home. Martha, Leonard and Hubert stayed we had lots of fun. To bed at 4-30.
Jan 28: Got up at 10-45. Put down the rug. Martha and Fred went to the depot with us kids got to wave at Leonards. Jim met us at the train in Logan came out home. To bed at 11-45.
Jan 29: Washed in the morn. Washed our heads to. Nina, Leona and Hattie Clayton were over here in the evening.
Jan 30: Papa went to town. Mama to Mrs. Dous, Emma and I ironed and sewed. To bed at 8-30.
Jan 31: Swept upstairs. Jim came over, intended to go to Literary but I was too cold. To bed at 11-30.
This is a photo from the photo album.
I wonder if these are the dresses that Grandma mentioned in her diary a while back..she said something like “Emma went to town and got our dresses.”
Here is the back of the postcard.
December 1: Sunday, Mama and Papa went to the funeral. It rained in the afternoon. Harris and Rubert were here a while. Fred and I took a snooze in the afternoon. Anna went to Birkses. Jim came in the evening. Harris and Harry stayed all night. To bed at 1-15
December 2: School started, the kids went. Papa and Fred went to town. Fred went to Ellerbecks. Teds, Japs, Marie and Ethyl Jenderson were here for dinner. To bed at 8.
December 3: Washed in the morning. Albert here. Emma, Lydia, Jim, Rubert, Fred, Effie, Ted, Anna, Harry, Stella, Velma were all over to Japs in the eve, had lots of fun. To bed at 2 o’clock.
December 4: Ironed and sewed. Papa went to the sale. To bed at ---.
December 5: Finished Emma’s dress. Mama, Papa and I went to Hiram McKees it was real cold. To bed at 8 o’clock.
December 6: Sewed a little. To bed at 8-15.
December 7: Emma, Papa and I went to town. Emma, Fred and I came home together. Watered the horses after supper. To bed at 10-45.
December 8: Sunday. Went to Sunday School. The folks went over to Japs. Just Harry, Fred E. and us kids here. Rubert, Jim, Stella, Velma and Nellie were here in the evening. Fred took Stella home. To bed at 11-45.
December 9: Sewed a little while. Anna and I took Fred over to Ellerbecks, stopped at Japs a while. Ila is real sick. Anna stayed. Fred Stuve came home with me. To bed at __.
December 10: Sewed. The folks went to town. Anna came home that night. My foot is still sore. To bed at 8.
December 11: Washed in the morn. Fooled around. The kids all came down to practice the Xmas songs. To bed at 10-15.
December 12: Sewed a little. My foot real sore. Jim came over in the eve to practice. To bed at 12-15.
December 13: Sewed and put down a carpet. The kids all came down to practice had a lot of fun. To bed at 10-30.
December 14: Emma, Frances and I went over to McKees they are going to move to Missouri. The folks went to town. Sewed a little in the eve. To bed at 9-15.
December 15: Sunday. Jim came over and went to Sunday School, practiced, Anna, Harry, Emma, Jim and I went over to Hawkins. Had a dandy time. Charlie and Mattie there in the eve. Anna went to Japs. To bed at 12-45.
December 16: Fooled around. Helped Mama. To bed at 7-30.
December 17: Sewed. My foot hurt. The kids all came down to practice. To bed at 12-15.
December 18: Sewed and walked in the morn. Foot hurt. To bed at 6-45.
December 19: Papa, Mama, Anna, Mattie, Minnie all went to Omaha. I sewed. Us kids went over to Grossmans to practice in the evening. To bed at 12.
December 20: Emma, Rubert and I went to town. Nellie and Owens went to California. Stella, Emma, Velma and I had our picture taken. Us kids stopped at Japs for supper, then went over to Grossmans to string popcorn and fill candy sacks. To bed at 12-30.
December 21: Went up to Maudes to take care of the kids. Mrs. Clayton is awful sick. Stella and Ruth came up to sew in the afternoon. The folks went to town. To bed at 8-15.
December 22: Jim came over went up to the school house to practice. Mrs. Clayton died in the morn. Went to church in the afternoon. Rubert and Harris here. Anna, Rubert, Harry, Emma and I went over to Charlie Alecks in the eve. Mattie and Grover and their pals were there. To bed at 1-15.
December 23: Sewed a little. Emma, Fred and I helped decorate the school house for the Christmas tree. Practiced at the school house in the eve. To bed at 10-30.
December 24: Us folks all went to Mrs. Claytons funeral then to the grave yard. Nona Graham came here from the funeral. Then we all went to the Xmas tree at Pleasant Hill. The program was just fine. Maudes and Alberts came down to stay all night. To bed at 11-30.
December 25: Xmas day. I was sick. Emma went up to Heiferbier’s. Jim, Maude and Harry were here. Franks came in the afternoon. To bed at 10-15.
December 26: Washed in the morn. Mama and Fred went to town after Grandma, Aunt Mary, John, Anna and Ella. Emma helped clean the school house. To bed at 8-30.
December 27: Helped Iron. Was sick. Helped Emma make her dress. Japs here in the afternoon. To bed at 8.
December 28: Finished Emma’s dress. Papa took the folks over to Webers. We took up the carpet in the front room. Frank and Mattie here. Harry and Anna went to town. The boys chivalried Beatie, Jim Fopuch, Theron and Clifford Theipp. To bed at 9.
December 29: Sunday. Jim came over went to Sunday School. Ted and Effie and Harris here for dinner. Harry, Jim, Anna and I went down to Smith’s in the afternoon. Had a good time. Came home to bed at 1-30.
December 30: Put down the carpet upstairs. Mama and Papa went to town. Harris here for dinner. Floyd Ralph and Ray Tripp came over. The boys chivalried Fred Hendricks. To bed at 7-45.
December 31: Cleaned the cupboard. Emma came home sick. Rev. Marsolf here a little while. To bed at 7-30.
November 1: Sewed a little. Emma and I went over to Ronfeldt’s to phone after supper. To bed at 8-15.
November 2: Did up the work. Papa and Fred went to Mo. Valley. Uncle Henry Stuvie and his wife from Co. Bluffs came up. Anna, Harry, Emma, Rupert, Jim and I went over to Japs to eat oysters. Jim went to Logan to play for a dance. To bed at 2 o’clock.
November 3: Sunday. Went to Sunday School. Alberts here for dinner. John Petersons came in the afternoon. I went up to the school house to help Juanita clean the lights. Us kids all went to church in the eve at Pleasant Hill. Rev. Mc Comb preached. To bed at 11-30.
November 4: Emma and I husked corn all day. Aunt and Uncle went home. Ted and Effie were here. Anna went down to Myers to work. Emma and I went to town in the eve after Fred. To bed at 9-45.
November 5: Husked corn all day. The folks washed. The men went to election. Mama , Emma, Lydia and I went to church. To bed at 9-15.
November 6: Husked corn all day. Went to church in the eve. Wrote a letter to Hez. To bed at 9-30. ( I think Hez is Hazel Aleck Wall)
November 7: Husked corn in the morning, stayed in the house in the afternoon. To church in the eve. Jim there. To bed at 12.
November 8: Husked corn all day went to church in the eve. Came home with Floyd Baum. To bed at 10-30.
November 9: Husked corn all day. Floyd, Lisle and Leona here in the eve. To bed at 10-30.
November 10: Sunday. Went to Sunday School. Teds , Japs, and Harry and Jim here. All went to church in the evening. To bed at 11-15.
November 11: Husked corn all day. To bed at 7 o’clock.
November 12: It rained all day. Wrote letters and fooled around. To bed at 6-30.
November 13: Helped wash then husked corn. Went to church in the evening, the last night. Came home with Jim. To bed at 11-15.
November 14: Husked corn all day was tired. To bed at 7-10.
November 15: Husked corn all day. Emma, Lydia and I went over to Knausses in the eve. Myrtle and Isabelle Mayfield were there. To bed at 10-30.
November 16: Husked corn all day. To bed at 8.
November 17: Sunday . Harry here for dinner. Jim came we all went to Sunday School and church in the afternoon. Rubert here in the eve. Sang songs. To bed at 12.
November 18: Husked corn all day. Nellie here sewing. To bed at 8 o’clock.
November 19: Husked corn all day. Emma, Lydia, Anna and Frank took Nellie home in the eve. Wrote a letter. To bed at 8.
November 20: Husked corn. Lydia went down to Teds. To bed at 8-15.
November 21: Husked corn. Papa, Anna and Frank went to Mo. Valley. To bed at 8-30.
November 22: Husked corn all day. Jim came over in the eve. Emma and I went with him over to Pitts saw Rubert. To bed at 12-30.
November 23: Emma, Papa and I went to town. Lydia came home. Harris and Harry here. Eva and Ila here stayed all night. Anna sick. Had the Doctor for her. To bed at 10-30.
November 24: Sunday. Went to Sunday School. Japs here. Jim and Maude here. Rubert here in the eve. Anna still sick. To bed at 10-15.
November 25: Washed in the morn. Fred came home. Leola and Ruth K. and Ruth Copp here in the afternoon. To bed at 8.
November 26: Picked ducks and geese. Ruth here. Fred went away. Harry here in the eve. To bed at 8.
November 27: Did up the work. Ironed in the afternoon. Papa and Lydia went to town. Fred Ellerbeck came. Anna a little better. To bed at 10-20.
November 28: Nothing particular in the morn. Goose for dinner. We didn’t eat much. Also Goose Berry pie. Emma, Fred and I went hunting in the PM. Saw one “tiny” little rabbit didn’t kill it. Went around past Ronfeldt’s and stopped at Birk’s came home through the sand burrs. In the eve Ruth Knause , Germaine Knause and Floyd Baum played games, told fortunes. To bed at 11-15. ( written by FHE? only initials)
November 29: Did up the work. The folks went over to Stuarts. Fred, Emma and I went up to help Juanita clean the school house. The box supper at Pleasant Hill in the eve. I ate with Percy Smith. Percy and Pearl were here in the afternoon. Went to the doings with Fred came home with Jim. To bed at 1 o’clock.
November 30: Did up the work. Emma, Fred and I took Harry’s team and went to town. Got oysters went down to Teds for supper. Anna, Harry and Frances came down. Came home to bed at 1 o’clock.
Note that Women did not have the right to vote until August 1920.
October 1: Picked up a few potatoes. Minnie and the kids here. Harry, Lydia, Francis and I took her home after supper. To bed at 9-30.
October 2: Washed in the morning. It rained in the afternoon. Pap went to town. To bed at 8 o’ clock.
October 3: Picked beans. Ironed. Ruth was here. Harry went squirrel hunting in the eve. To bed at 8-45.
October 4: Swept the house. Mama went after apples. Lydia and Ruth here for dinner. Emma went to Birkses, to bed at 9-15.
October 5: Mama , Lydia and Frances went after apples. Did the work. Emma, Rubert, Stella, Velma, Jim and I went to Persia to the picture show had lots of fun. To bed at 2.
October 6: Sunday, went to Sunday School. Harry and I went down after Anna. Harris here. Jim and Rubert here in the eve. To bed at 12-45.
October 7: Washed in the morning. Pap went to town. Fred came home. Japs came over in the eve. To bed at 9-30.
October 8: Ted, Effie and Mr. Edwards were here. Liddie Wilson here. Emma went to town with Birkses got our new dresses. To bed at 9-30.
October 9: Sewed all day. It rained. Wrote letters. To bed at 8-30.
October 10: Sewed all day. It rained. To bed at 9.
October 11: Sewed in the morning. Fooled around. To bed at 9.
October 12: The folks all went to town. Emma and I here. Anna came home. Dad went to a meeting. To bed at 9-30.
October 13: Sunday. Us kids went to Sunday School. Japs and Jim were here. Fred came home. Jim and I went over to Frank Henderson’s had a good time. The kids at home went to church. To bed at 1 o’clock.
October 14: Washed in the morning. Fooled around. Lucille Aleck stayed all night. To bed at 7-30.
October 15: Ironed in the morning. Emma, Rubert, Anna, Harry, Ted, Effie, Fred and I went to a show at the Opera house in the eve. It was just fine. Laughed until I was nearly sick. To bed at 12-45.
October 16: Swept upstairs. Mattie came over, helped her do some sewing, her and the kids stayed all night. Fred went to the show. To bed at 7-20.
October 17: Mattie here, sewed. Emma and I went down got Anna and went after walnuts. To bed at 8.
October 18: I went over to Japs to help Minnie cook for thrashers. Came home and had thrashers here. Effie here, the men all here for supper. Anna came home. To bed at 10.
October 19: Had Thrashers. Emma and I went up to the mail box. Anna and Harry went to town in the afternoon. Hazel came home with them. Anna, Harry, Emma, Stella, Maggie, Hazel, Jim, Rubert and I all went to Persia to the picture show. Harry Heath came home with Stella. To bed at 2 o’clock.
October 20: Sunday. The folks went to Webers. Went to Sunday School. Nona, Earnest and Edith here for dinner. Clifford, Erwin and Miss Rouse, Stella, Hazel, Velma and Jim came in the afternoon. Harvey and Rubert came in the evening. It rained. Hazel stayed all night. To bed at 11-30.
October 21: Hazel here. Emma, Hazel and I dressed up in boys clothes, went for a horse back ride had lots of fun. Fred took Hazel and I to town in the eve. Anna and Harry came too, stayed all night with Hazel. To bed at 10-30.
October 22: At Alecks, fooled around. Mrs. Lyons and Mrs Smith here for dinner. Went down town twice in the afternoon. Emma came up home with us. Emma, Clifford, Hazel and I went up to Milliminams after Mattie Henderson. Went for a walk. Jim came in town for band practice. Came home with him. To bed at 1 o’clock.
October 23: Washed in the morning. Minnie, the kids and Effie were here for dinner. Sewed a little. To bed at 8_30.
October 24: Ironed a little while. Fred, Anna and I went to Teds to help saw wood. Emma came home. To bed at 8-30.
October 25: Sewed a little. Went to the mail box. Fred, Anna, Harry, Emma, Rubert, Jim and I went to Logan, Republicans Rally and Dance going on. Went up to Alecks a while with Hazel, Esta and Nellie went to the dance. To bed at 3-30.
October 26: Did up the work in the morning. The folks went to town. Fred, Emma and I went after dinner, up to Alecks sale down town several times. Had our picture taken twice. Perry Henderson came home with us. Hazel and Nellie went up to Wilsons. Jim, Anna, Harry, Perry, Emma, Lydia, Fred and I went to the Wilsons in the eve. Played “hide and seek” To bed at 11.
October 27: Sunday went to Sunday School. Perry here, Clifford came home with us. Fred and Perry went away. Us kids went over to Knausses a little while. Jim, Rubert, Anna, Emma and I went to church ay Fourth Slough in the eve. To bed at 1-30.
October 28: Washed in the morn. Lydia took Anna and I over to Matties and Emma to Minnies to work. To bed at 8.
October 29: Cleaned house all day. To bed at 9 o’clock.
October 30: Washed in the morning. Sewed in the afternoon. Anna, Jim and I went to town in the eve to the Rally. Came out to Franks had “oysters.” To bed at 11 o’clock.
October 31: Washed woodwork. Came home in the afternoon. Mama and Dad went to Omaha got some new duds. To bed at 8-30.
In the diary entry of September 16, 1912 Tracie talks of going to the Ellerbecks. This is a photo that was in the album. It is marked Henry Ellerbeck.
H.A. Ellerbeck and his wife Sophia and seven children were found in the 1900 census. This photo was most likely taken in the 1880’s. Bustle dress with apron, high collar and hair worn pulled back showing the ears. H A was born in 1865, their first child was born in 1887. The Ellerbecks lived near the Herman Basch farm, the Gottlieb Wittlands and Hugo Fisher..all people who I think are relatives.
Update:
This is Anna Louise Stuve Ellerbeck ( She was Louis Carl Stuve’s sister) so she and her husband would have been Aunt and Uncle to our Tracie.
I found some info that Dick Beck sent me:
Anna Louise born 1856 & married Franz Henrich Ellerbeck in 1874 . It was his 2nd marriage. His 1st marriage was to Wilhelmina Kamp.
In the last diary entry Grandma talks about the Herwinkles on the 12th of September she rode with them from Church cleaning when she was sick, and on September 16th and September 17th she went to visit them and stayed all night.
In the old photo album there are two photos of the Herwinkles. I have not yet figured out a connection..were they relatives or friends?
I found Fredrick and Wilhemina Herwinkles in the 1900 census. They lived near Louisa Basch ( Grandma to Tracie) who was living with son John in 1900. They also lived near Theodore and Margaret Basch.
The Herwinkle children were: Mary 22, Louisa, 20, John 17, Fredrick 13, Lydia 12, August 10 and Lena 7 in 1900. ( Henry the oldest son was most likely living elsewhere in 1900.) The youngest five children could be in the following photograph if it was taken about 1893.
A Herwinkle Family
Mary, Henry and Louisa Herwinkle
September 1: Sunday, went to Sunday School. Japs, Teds, Harris, Stella, Velma, Rubert and Jim here. It rained all eve. To bed at 12-30
September 2: Anna and I went up to Maudes in the morn. Picked and canned plums in the afternoon. School started. Harry went to Mo. Valley. To bed 9 o’clock.
September 3: Washed in the morning. Picked plums. Papa went to St. James Minnesota. To bed at 9-30.
September 4: Ironed. Helped dig potatoes. Maude and Albert here. Emma, Jim and I went to a Band Concert stayed for the dance. To bed at 3 o’ clock.
September 5: Mama went to town after Dad. I went to Persia after Inez and Bessie. To bed at 8-45
September 6: Rained in the morn. Bessie and I went to the mail box. Us kids all went up to Maudes to see the teacher in the eve. To bed at 9-30.
September 7: Did up the work. Us girls all helped pick beans in the afternoon. Anna, Harry, Jim, Bessie, Inez and I went to a dance up to Jacob’s had some fun. To bed at 3-30.
September 8: Sunday. Went to Sunday School. Perry Grossman, Stella, Velma, and Rubert here. The kids went to Persia in the eve. Inez and Bessie went home. I went for a ride. To bed at 12.
September 9: Washed in the morning. Ironed in the afternoon. To bed at 9.
September 10: It rained nearly all day. Canned some tomatoes. To bed at 9-30.
September 11: Anna and I went to Co. Bluffs bummed around town with Elda Frohart. Rode out of town with Mr Burkhauer. Stayed all night at Uncle Fred Basches. To bed at 10.
September 12: We all went over to clean the church. I was sick. Rode home with Herwinkles then Anna and I went to Uncle John Basches to bed at 10:15.
September 13: It rained in the morning. Aunt Sophia, the kids, Anna and I went up to Frankies in the afternoon. Rained in the eve. To bed at 10-30.
September 14: Uncle John took us over to Aunt Anna Youngs had thrashers for dinner. It rained in the afternoon. To bed 8-15.
September 15: Uncle John , Aunt Anna, Anna and I went to church in the morning, stayed all day had the Mission Feast went to Wittlands in the eve. Had lots of fun. To bed at 11-15.
September 16: Was at Wittlands in the morning. Anna, Ida, Johnnie, Anna and I went to the Ellerbecks in the afternoon. Emma and I had some fun helping milk. Henry and John came out from town in the eve. All of us young kids went down to Herwinkles in the evening. Anna and I stayed all night. To bed at 11 o’clock.
September 17: At Herwinkles. It rained in the morning. Anna, Lena, August and I went to Peters for dinner. Ate watermelons, had lots of fun, played the phonograph in the evening. To bed at 9-30.
September 18: August worked on the road. Anna, Lena and I went over to Aunt Berthas stopped at Wittlands. Anna and I stopped at Fishers, stayed there all day then walked over to Drinkuth’s in the evening. Mr Swanson came up, played the phonograph. To bed at 11-15
September 19: At Drinkuth’s bummed around all morn. Uncle Henry took Anna and I to town to Aunt Mary’s in the afternoon. Froharts and Wittlands here for supper. John and Henry came over in the eve. To bed at 10.
September 20: At Wittland’s. John and Fred came up a little while. John came with his car in the afternoon and us kids went for a ride. Started for home in the eve. Hazel was at the depot in Co. Bluffs. Went up to Alecks in the eve. Us kids all went to the picture show. Esta and Harry were there. Jim came in. I went home. To bed at 2.
September 21: Did up work in the morning. The whole family of us went over to Japs to pick Hazelnuts in the afternoon. To bed at 9.
September 22: Sunday. Japs and Franks were here. Went to Sunday School and church in the afternoon, went to church again in the evening____________ to bed at 12-30.
September 23: Anna went down to Cooks. Dug Potatoes all day. Ruth here a little while. To bed at 9.
September 24: Picked up plums, dug potatoes. Rained. Ted was here. To bed at 8.
September 25: Washed in the morning. Took up the flowers, moped and picked up Ground Cherries . Ruth here a little while. Harry went bumming. To bed at 8-15.
September 26: Dug potatoes and Ironed. Alberts here a little while. To bed at 8-30.
September 27: Ironed, washed windows, swept. It rained. To bed at 8-15.
September 28: Rained, did up the work. Anna came home. Rubert came over. To bed at 10-15.
September 29: Sunday. Went to Sunday School. Anna, Harry, Rubert, Emma, Jim and I went over to Japs. Art and Blanche were over there. Had lots of fun, came home. To bed at 11-45.
September 30: Mama, Papa, Emma and I went to town, got a new coat. Saw Hazel too. To bed at 7-45.
All this family history had me looking..I found this Real Photo Postcard in the Bible that Grandma Tracie gave to Eugene. It is James X. Henderson’s Bible. I have scanned the entries in the family section of the Bible and we will look at them when we get to the Henderson part of this adventure.
