Jaffke Family Pictures -- Aunt Marie's Photograph Album

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Jaffke Family Album

Page 3 -- Aunt Marie's Photograph Album

When my Aunt Marie (Marie Emma Jaffke Wagner, 1912-1991) passed away in December of 1991, we were fortunate in finding an old photograph album that had obviously been in her possession for many, many years. The pictures in the album almost all dated from the mid 1920s to early 1930s. They include Marie, some of her brothers and sisters (many of her twin sister Martha, and her brother Frank Jr.). There are also many friends -- some of whom we do not know today, others who have since passed away, and some who are still with us.

In identifying these people and places, we were very fortunate in that on the majority of pictures Aunt Marie had written the names, dates and places where taken.

St. Lucas Girls Athletic Association

St Lucas Girls

St Lucas Lutheran Church

Drawing of St. Lucas Lutheran Church located at the corner of Frank and Walbridge streets in Toledo, Ohio

The Jaffkes were long-time members of St Lucas Lutheran Church, which still stands at the corner of Frank and Walbridge streets in Toledo, Ohio. Marie and Martha Jaffke, and many of their friends, were members of the church's girls athletic association. These pictures are from several outings they made.

In the group of pictures above, the picture on the left was taken July 1, 1929 at Navarre Park on Toledo's East Side. From the inscription on the back of the original picture, the girls are (left to right): Back Row: Nora Journey, Irene Papenfus, Martha Jaffke, Helen Weit; Center Row: Hazel Zanter, Charlotte Rietz, Dorothy Bork, Marie Jaffke; Kneeling Front: Helen Baethler.

The picture on the right is dated August 18, 1929 in Luna Pier, Michigan. There are no names on the back of this picture, although you can see that this is the same group in the Navarre Park picture. At left on the bottom row is Martha Jaffke, and standing in second row, far left, appears to be Margaret Zanter.

Luna Pier

Three more pictures from the trip to Luna Pier. Left: Helen Weit, Martha Jaffke, Dorothy Bork, and Charlotte Rietz; Center: Marie Jaffke; Right: Helen Weit.

Lakeside, Michigan

This next set of pictures are identified as being taken in Lakeside, Michigan. Left: Helen Weit; Center: Marie and Martha Jaffke; Right: Dorothy Bork.

Lakeside

Graduation?

This set of pictures were probably taken on Graduation Day. The date written on them is May 26, 1929. All the girls are in their "Sunday Best", and holding bouquets of flowers.

Confirmation

Left: Martha Jaffke. Center: Martha Jaffke and Helen Weit. Right: Marie Jaffke, Irma Helset, Helen Weit, and Martha Jaffke.

Miscellaneous Pictures

Marie and Martha Martha Jaffke Martha, Marie and Father

Left: This picture of the twins, Marie and Martha, was taken in 1925, probably in their back yard on Morton Street in Toledo. Center and Right: Neither of these pictures were dated. From their dress styles, however, there is little doubt that they were taken in the late 1920s. In the center picture is Martha Jaffke, with her father (Frank Sr.) sitting in front of his house on Morton Street. The picture to the right shows Marie, Papa Frank Sr., and Martha. These two pictures appear to have been taken on the same day.

Margaret, Marie and Martha Margaret, Frank and Martha

Left: Margaret Zanter, Marie and Martha Jaffke. Right: Margaret Zanter, Frank Jaffke Jr., and Martha Jaffke.

Dolores Walker Bobby Jaffke Marilyn Jaffke

Left: Dolores Walker, daughter of Joseph and Anna (Jaffke) Walker. Center:Robert (Bobby) Jaffke, son of Frank and Margaret (Zanter) Jaffke. Right: Marilyn Jaffke, daughter of August (Augie) and Alice (Hurdlebrink) Jaffke. Location where pictures were taken is not identified.

Butch

This is Butch, Grampa Jaffke's dog. I used to enjoy hearing stories about how, as Butch grew old and his eyesight was failing, the dog learned to get around the house by memorizing where the furniture was located, and woe to anyone who moved a chair or ottoman! Grampa Jaffke would certainly let you know that you had committed a transgression against poor Butch!

Luther's Grave Luther Monument

These last two pictures are not of any family members or friends, but of the pastor of their church. From the inscription on the back of the picture of the left:

Rev. Hugo Hamfeldt at the tomb of Dr. Martin Luther in the church where he nailed the 95 theses on the door (Wittenberg, Germany). The cross laid there by the Sunday School and Luther League of St. Lucas Lutheran Church, 1929.

The inscription on the picture on the right:

Rev. Hugo Hamfeldt at the monument of Dr. Martin Luther in Wittenbergh, Germany. The flower cross wa sent by the Sunday School and Luther League of St. Lucas Lutheran Church.

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