Going Through the Era's {Random Wednesday} - 1940's

I'm linking up to Bramblewood Fashion's Going Through the Era's event!

 This week {March 11th-17th} is the 1940s.

Today's theme is...Random Wednesday! 

{share photos/magazine scans/dishes/cleaning recipes/things you own from the era/etc...}

Ready for more old family photos?!

Well ready or not, here we go...

First off, this one should have gone in the 30s post, but for some reason didn't make it in...

Clifford Raymond Miller

That little cutey is my Grandpa Cliff. :)

In my 30s post, you meet my Great Grandpa Anton "Tony", Great Grandma Ann "Annie" and their daughter Barbara.

Here they are in the 40s, although I have no pictures of Tony from this era.

Barbie Kern

My Grandma still plays the violin, also the piano and guitar.
A love of music is something I definitely inherited from her.

Barbie

The Kern family car, a Chevy

According to the note on the back, this car was wrecked sometime around 1945-ish.

Barbie and her dog Toy

Ann and Barbara Kern - 1946

Ann Kern and Toy -1946

Barbie and Toy - 1946

Remember the cute little boy in the first picture?  

Well here's his family during the 40s...

Loretta, Clifford and Yvonne Miller 

(I'm not sure who the little boy is - maybe a cousin)

I believe they were dressed up for a school play.

Clifford and Loretta in the back with Yvonne and Eileen in the front.

The baby of the family, Eileen, was tragically hit by a car and killed when she was very young.

The Miller kids

And that's all for the 40s.

Happy Trails y'all!

Going Through the Era's {Random Wednesday} - 1930's

I'm linking up to Bramblewood Fashion's Going Through the Era's event!

 This week {March 4th-10th} is the 1930s.

Today's theme is...Random Wednesday! 

{share photos/magazine scans/dishes/cleaning recipes/things you own from the era/etc...}

The perfect opportunity to share some vintage pictures of my family!

I feel so, so blessed to have these lovely vintage pictures of my family to look through and enjoy.

~ 1930-1939 ~

These pictures are of my great grandparents on my mom's mom's side of the family...

...our Austrian side.

Edit: I have found some more info and have added it to this post

Anton "Tony" Kern was born in Ober-rakitsh, Austria and left home when he was 19 to work.  A few years after that (we don't know how old he was then), he came on a ship to America.  He was drafted into the U.S. Army during WWI, but didn't go overseas.  Instead, he drove a motorcycle with a sidecar and chauffeured officers around.  He couldn't speak English very well.

Ann Hutain grew up in La Crosse, Wisconsin.  She met Tony through an ad in a German newspaper.  He had placed the ad saying that he wanted a pen pal.  Ann's mother showed her the ad and encouraged her to write to him.  Annie didn't want to.  In fact, what Annie did want, was to become a nun.  But her mother insisted, so Annie wrote to Tony.  They corresponded for quite a while, and when Tony got leave he came for a visit.
They were married on June 2, 1920.
Ann was 18-years-old and Tony was 34-years-old.

Isn't that just the sweetest story?  I'm so glad that Ann didn't become a nun;)

{side note: I once had someone who'd been to Austria tell me that I look Austrian.  who'd have thunk?}

Ann Hutain Kern - 1930

Great Grandma Ann and Great Grandpa Anton Kern - 1931

Frank Hutain, George Hutain (Ann's brothers) and Anton "Tony" Kern - 1931

Mr. and Mrs. Anton Kern

 And along about 1933, Ann and Tony had a baby girl...
Barbara Marie Kern
my Grandma Barb

1934

 

1936

Barbie

1939

And there you go:)
I hope you enjoyed looking at the pictures...especially as I have plenty more to share for the 40s, 50s and 60s.   I also have some from the 20s and 10s if anyone would be interested in seeing those...
*grin*
Happy Trails, y'all!