This photo is a formal photo of four young girls. They are, left to right clockwise: Anna Gossen, aged 6, Lena Kliewer, aged 3, Wanda Kliewer, aged 5 and Elfrieda Gossen (later Dyck) aged 4. Elfrieda’s mother had made the dresses, which Anna and Elfrieda are wearing as well as the shoes. Elfrieda (Gossen) Dyck remembers her mother making these shoes.
This photo is of a cycling party on the Fehderau property. On the left is Nocholas J. Fehderau's brother-in-law, Jakob Dyck; second from the right Ernest Gosemann. The family's summer kitchen is in the background.
This photo is of a group of women taken in Halbstadt in October 1942 includes Elfrieda (Gossen) Dyck’s grandmother, Anna (Wiens) Rempel who is sitting in the middle. The family milked this goat because they couldn’t afford a cow. The photo was given to Anna by a person named H. Schirmacher. The other women on the photo are not identified. Perhaps they were kindergarten teachers with Anna. (See photo #12)
The 18 year old Abraham Unruh, Alida’s maternal uncle, is seated with his guitar. Abraham was the brother of Anna Unruh, Alida’s mother. The photo was taken Aug. 22, 1943 and sent to Anna Unruh who was living in Leipzig, Germany at that time. Abraham changed his name to Adolf under the German occupation of the Ukraine.
This photo is a formal family photo taken on the occasion of the engagement of Elfrieda (Gossen) Dyck’s grandparents, Anna Wiens and Dietrich Rempel, standing. Anna’s younger brother Peter stands at the right. Anna’s parents (and Elfrieda (Gossen) Dyck’s great-grandparents) Margareta (Dück) Wiens and Peter Wiens sit in the middle with their younger daughter, Gretchen (Margaret) seated on a low stool at the right. Peter and Margareta Wiens owned the store in Halbstadt, located across the street from the pharmacy.
This photo is related to #12 and shows some of the kindergarten children taught by Anna (Wiens) Rempel, grandmother of Elfrieda (Gossen) Dyck, during 1939 and 1940 in Halbstadt. Anna, with white hair, is standing in the back row near the middle.
This photo is of young people socializing (playing a game) in the foreground, The church cemetery is in the background. Nicholas J. Fehderau's father, nephew, sister Tina's son Jakob (Jaschinka), and his aunt, Sara, were buried there.
This photo is of part of the Fehderau family on the green benches behind their home. L-R: Tina, Liese, Mrs. Fehderau (mother), Jascha, Mr. Fehderau (father), and Manja.
This photo from Nicholas J. Fehderau's album is of young women doing handwork and having a "cozy chat." From the left: Sara Dyck, Liese, Kaete Dyck (Ediger), and Tina.
Anni Rosen? a German friend of Anni Unruh, Alida’s mother, stands in front of the Medizinisches-Tecknikum, the school for training nurses in Halbstadt. It was sent to Anni Unruh August 23, 1938 as a remembrance from Anni Rosen’s school days. Anni Unruh wanted to become a nurse but her parents couldn’t afford to pay for her education.