Carsten Petersen, Jr., William Went, and William Brunken Families
  • WHAT: The Carsten Petersen, Jr. family from Nebraska visited the William Went and William Brunken family in Oklahoma.
  • WHO: See the following snapshot for identification of who is in this picture.
  • WHEN: August 1925
  • WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma – Brunken farm – note the vines on the porch in the background.
  • SOURCE: Mildred Kletke.
  • NOTES: Hilda Brunken probably took this snapshot – she is not in this snapshot but she is in the following snapshot.
Carsten Petersen, Jr., William Went, and William Brunken Families – Another Snapshot
  • WHAT: Another Snapshot
  •  WHO:
    1. Hilda Brunken
    2. Alvina Petersen
    3. Mildred Brunken
    4. Ruby Petersen
    5. Mary Brunken
    6. Melvin Petersen
    7. Mrs. Wm Went
    8. Edna Petersen
    9. Leona Brunken
    10. Elsie Went
    11. Olga Went
    12. Harold Brunken
    13. Wm Went
    14. Wm Brunken
    15. Carsten Petersen, Jr.
    16. Mabel Petersen
  • WHEN: August 1925
  • WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma – Brunken farm – note the vines on the porch in the background.
  • SOURCE: Hilda Brunken’s Album.
  • NOTES: Lydia Went probably took this snapshot – she is not in this snapshot.
Brunken and Went Families
  • WHAT: The family of Gus Brunken, brother of Grandfather Brunken, along with his wife’s sister’s family, the Went family, visited.
  • BACK ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT:
    • William Went
    • Gustav “Gus” Brunken
    • Alvin William Brunken
    • Edwin Brunken
    • Clara Marie “Mary” (Petersen) Brunken
    • “Adeline B.” is Adeline Brunken
    • Leona Cecelia Brunken
    • Elise Ida (Schlosser) Went
    • Anna Ida (Schlosser) Brunken
    • Lydia Went
  • FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT:
    • Harold Carsten Brunken
    • Raymond Victor Brunken
    • Elsie Went
    • Olga Went
    • Irene Dorthea Brunken
    • “Mildred Lorena Brunken
  • WHEN: Circa 1925 – Assuming that Mildred is six years old and Adeline (Born 31 Jan 1924) is about a year old.  The Gus Brunken family moved to Nebraska mid-1925 – possibly this was a family farewell.
  • WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma – Probably on the Brunken farm near Lahoma, Oklahoma.
  • SOURCE: Mildred Kletke
  • NOTES: Neither William Brunken nor Hilda Brunken are in the picture – possibly one them took the snapshot.
Melvin Petersen and Harold Brunken.
  • WHAT: Two barefoot cousins
  • LEFT TO RIGHT: Melvin Petersen, son of Carsten Petersen, Jr; Harold Brunken, son of William Leopold Brunken.
  • WHEN: August 1925
  • WHERE: Lahoma, Oklahoma
  • SOURCE: Hilda Brunken’s Album
  • NOTES:   Taken while the Carsten Petersen, Jr. family was visiting the William Brunken family in Oklahoma.

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