August Kleinschmidt & Family in 1890
Tillie Kleinschmidt - 1894!
The First Missouri Bridge!
Lillie May Gustafson in 1907!
Young Frank Kleinschmidt, Early 1900's!
John Belders Plowing in 1910!
Grandpa & Grandma in 1912!
Victor Ross Kleinschmidt!
Great-Grandma's House in Blunt, 1920!
Frank & Lillie, about 1918!
Grandma & Grandpa Kleinschmidt!
Grandma & Grandpa Kleinschmidt!
Ben & Marie, the Early Years!
Kleinschmidt Kids 'a horseback - 1940!
Dad, Me & Grandpa Lisby - 1946!
Uncle Ben's Family in 1948!
Four Generations - Ben's - 1950!
Charlotte & Grandpa - 1954!
Bath time on the Farm - 1958!
Grandpa's Violin, in 1999!
Grandpa Playing his violin, in 1918!
Dad playing Grandpa's Violin, in 1999!
Here's a gaze from about a hundred years ago. Nicholas brought the family to America. I am decended from his son August who fought in the Civil War. Nicholas died in 1901 after a stroke.
August in his Civil War uniform. He is my Great-Grandfather. He died in 1890 of a heart attack, leaving a widow and nine kids, the youngest (Oscar) was two at the time.
Seated on the far right is Great-Grandfather, August Kleinschmidt who brought the family to Dakota Territory in 1882. He came to Dakota with two mules, two horses, two cows and a wagonload of kids. There was land to claim back in those years. August died on July 12, 1890 of a heart attack.
Matilda was the fourth child of August Kleinschmidt. Grandpa was the eighth. It was August Jr., Frederick, William, Matilda, George, John, Ernest, Albert Frank (Grandpa), Gustave, and Oscar! (WOW!)
That's my Grandfather on the right.
Na, that's George Poach and William Kleinschmidt. William was child number 3, right after Gus.
Henry was child number 5. George Henry was the next child after Matilda.
That's Uncle Gus (right, foreground) helping build the first railroad bridge across the Missouri at Pierre, SD, about 1906. Gus was my Grandpa's older brother.
This is Grandma Kleinschmidt in her youth.
This is the young lady Frank married on Christmas Day of 1909!
Uncle John was Grandma's brother. Breaking sod was work that paid $6.00 per acre back then, of course you had to supply your own team and plow.
Check it out! Grandma, Grandpa, baby Ben and a hired man. See the calendar on the wall; it's March of 1912!
Ross was Dad's oldest Brother. He died of polio in 1924.
This house was built for Dad's Grandma (Laurette, August's wife). Built in 1908, she moved there from the tree claim land she owned. Grandpa then farmed the tree claim after he married Grandma in 1909. This house still stands in Blunt where it was built.
This is my Grandmother, in 1918, out to do some heavy hauling with the team and wagon.
That's my Grandpa driving his 1918 Model T Ford!
Grandma Kleinschmidt trying to crank up the Model T, in 1918. That's her mother looking on in the background.
Out for a buggy ride, without the horse, Ha!
In front of the Blunt house, originally build for Grandpa's mother. This house was built for Great-Grandma, Laurette, in 1908.
Frank & Lillie in 1954. Grandma died in 1955.
I'm not sure of the year.
Grandpa, Dad and cousin Bob (Ben's oldest son) play a few notes.
Ready for school in 1936.
There was always lots of Kleinschmidt kids, and not so many horses, Ha!
Charlotte is Uncle Ben's youngest daughter.
The gentleman on the far right is Grandpa Lisby's father, so this is a four generations picture, sort of!
Roland, Bob (in Marine uniform), Ruth. Seated is Uncle Ben, Charlotte and Aunt Marie.
Grandpa Kleinschmidt, his son Ben, Ben's daughter Ruth, and her son Collins.
Looks like Charlotte is about to pour a bucket of milk on Grandpa.
That's Dad in the stock tank.
Check out the next two photos!
Old picture of Grandpa as a younger man. It's a dark photo, but you can get a clear look at Grandpa's face. Now check out the next photo!
Here's Grandpa's violin being played by my father 81 years later!
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