Hillmanns 5 1911-12

THE HILLMANNS OF BROOKLYN

Chapter 5

1911-12

Papa Herman with toddling Marian, all bundled up walking down the Brooklyn Street

Here she is with Mama Rose in the days before waterproof winter jackets.

Rose and Marian on the porch

Spring came and the Hillmanns went to visit someone in a big house. Whose house is it? I don't know. Who are the people on the lawn? I don't know.

In a car. Rose obviously knew the other woman well enough to be comfortable with her holding Marian.  If it wasn't apparent already, Marian looks exactly like her father, Herman.

I am a family historian. In 2011 my father gifted me with the photos you are seeing.  In other photos I can  identify Herman's sister, and Rose's siblings. But I can't identify these people. They could be friends, but I think this picture is more indicative of family. Both Herman's mother and Rose's mother came from large families, which makes me thinks these are aunts, uncles or cousins, but I don't know who they are.

Like the previous Summer, in 1911 the Hillmanns went sailing at least once, but I don't know with who.

The Hillmanns enjoy the beach. They go every year, at least once.

This picture is the start of a different beach day, not the same one as the last picture.

Here we have Rose and Marian on the right, and another mother and her child on the left, but I don't know who they are.

This is yet a third beach day. I have dated all the pictures based on placement in the album and guessing how old young Marian looks in the picture. The clothing these people are wearing on the beach blows my mind.

Summer vacation tourist location BonBons and Chocolates

The picture quality is not great, Rose from Brooklyn is showing her daughter, Marian, a pig in the country. It makes me want to pull out a picture of my daughter when she was two looking a pig. I remember looking at pigs when I was a child too.

Marian with chickens

Marian is with a man who greatly resembles her father, but is not her father.  

Marian with Rose and another little girl

I believe the above picture was taken in 1911 and the below picture was taken a year or two later.  Same house, same girls.  I don't know whose house it is or who the other little girl is.

Wish I knew where we were? Anyone recognize this building?

Herman's Mom, Grandma Emma with her second husband, Otto Schmidt in October 1911 (one of the few labeled pictures). It's clear from studying this album that at this time, the German community stuck together.

Marian was born in November.  I believe this is her official 2 years old picture.