Teachers and students pose below and on a climbing apparatus in Halbstadt. On back of photograph: "High School (Fortbildingschule) in Halbstadt. Grandfather David Friesen on ladder to right - third from bottom, about 1898." The photograph was probably taken at the teacher training school in Halbstadt, the Halbstadt Zentralschule. The equipment may have been used for exercise or physical training.
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.
Three young women pose sitting on a bench outdoors. Left to right they are: Agatha (Rempel) Regehr, Mariechen (Hamm) Kliewer, Anna (Wiens) Rempel, grandmother of Elfrieda (Gossen) Dyck.
Three young women pose standing, outdoors. Left to right they are: Katja Rempel, Anna (Wiens) Rempel, grandmother of Elfrieda (Gossen) Dyck, Agatha (Rempel) Regehr. Katja and Agatha were step-sisters.
Elfrieda (Gossen) Dyck’s grandmother, Anna (Wiens) Rempel poses on the verandah with her two daughters, Herta at left, and Rita (Margarete), sitting on the step.
Herta, at left, born in 1905 and her sister Rita (Margarete), at right, born in 1905, sit beneath the decorated Christmas tree in their home with their dolls and other Christmas presents around them. The Christmas tree had real candles. The other decorations on the tree were homemade and consisted of nuts and homemade cookies. These girls were the daughters of Dietrich and Anna (Wiens) Rempel, Elfrieda (Gossen) Dyck’s grandparents and Rita was the mother of Elfrieda (Gossen) Dyck. Anna (Wiens) Rempel was born in Bachmut and likely both of her daughters were born there as well. It is not known when the family moved to Halbstadt.
Mr. Hänsel, at left, Anna (Wiens) Rempel in the middle and her husband Dietrich Rempel, share a toast at an outdoor picnic. Anna and Dietrich are Elfrieda (Gossen) Dyck’s maternal grandparents. The two daughters of Anna and Dietrich: Rita (Margarete) at the left, mother of Elfrieda (Gossen) Dyck and Herta on the right, sit with their parents.
