Peter P farm 3

First a correction, then a new photo.

The previous post identified the two boys as Ben and Grandpa Chris. Dad (Carl) advises me that the older boy is probably Klaas, not Ben. Dad also learned that the original photo came from Don and Margaret Huebert, who made it available to Abe Buller.

And now today’s photo detail.

Standing at the north end of the barn are, it is thought, Peter P and Margaretha Epp Buller, parents of Grandpa Chris. If you recall, both Peter P and Margaretha were born in the Molotschna colony, Peter in 1869 and Margaretha in 1870. They were likely in their mid-40s when this photo was taken, circa 1913. They lived on this farm for another twenty-three years, until they moved to California in 1936. Margaretha died at the age of eighty in 1951, Peter at the age of ninety-five in 1964.

Not a great deal more to say about this detail, except to note the horse and buggies in the background. We will focus in on those next.