The first photograph was taken at Peter P and Margaretha’s house in Ontario, California. According to a note on the back of the photo, this shows the front of the house located at 426 East I Street (see here for an earlier mention of the address).
The photo includes Peter, Margaretha, and four of their eleven living children (their firstborn died at an age of eight days): Sara, Anna, Henry, and Maria (who is sitting on the lawn). Peter was sixty-nine, Margaretha sixty-seven, Sara thirty-eight, Anna, twenty-four, Henry twenty-two, and Maria thirty. The house appears to be modest but nice, the palm-tree setting perfect for retirement life.
The second photograph was taken the same day but includes one additional person (far left, next to Henry) who cannot be identified; it seems reasonable to imagine that she was a friend of Henry’s. We will return to Henry at some point in the future, to share what we can of his experience as a prisoner of the Nazis during World War II.
Since the first two photos were taken in front of the house, the third photograph was probably taken in the back yard, especially since the setting resembles the earlier photos (see here) from Peter P and Margaretha’s fiftieth wedding anniversary, which we know were taken in the back yard. One thing we do know (based on a note on the back of the photo) is that the photo below was taken February 27, 1944.
The problem with this photo is that we can identify only some of the people. Margaretha and Peter are easy to spot in front, and standing between and behind them is their daughter Sara. The woman on the far right may be Maria.
The back of the photo identifies a few more people but skips most of them. On the front left is Jacob P Buller (Peter P’s younger brother); on the back left is Albert Friesen, while the curly-haired gent in the center-right back is John Peters. As always, please leave a comment if you can identify anyone else, and I will update the post accordingly.
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