The author of this georgeous web page is:

Dave Crane
Montgomery, TX 77356

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1. Texas Genealogy and History, especially German-Texan.
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• Atkinson Family
  • Atkinson Family in Georgia. Photos courtesy of Ken Schaefer.
• Barnum Family:
  • Elbert and Sarah Barnum about 1921. Photos courtesy of Ken Schaefer.
• Crane Family:
  • Allen Bryan Crane and Ruth Angevine Irwin Crane about 1948. Probably taken in Shorty's Bar on Roosevelt Avenue, San Antonio. Photo from the collection of Dave Crane.
• Ewing Family:
  • Edward Frank Ewing (1839-1937) and his wife, Emma Caroline (Allspaugh) Ewing (1839-1916), maternal grandparents of James Edward Irwin. Probably taken in Kansas City, Kansas about 1915. The child is their granddaughter Dorothy Whittaker (b.1907). Photo courtesy of Gary Matthews.
• Irwin Family:
  • George and Rose Irwin's tombstone (Pliney's parents). Robinson Cemetery, Gobles, Michigan. Photo courtesy Judith Irwin Williams.
  • Pliny (1837-1906) and Susan Hull Irwin (b1840) with daughter Cassie. Maybe 1871. Photo courtesy Sue Irwin Olson via Judith Irwin Williams.
  • Pliny (1837-1906) and Susan Hull Irwin (b1840). Likely taken about 1905. Photo courtesy of the Linn County (Kansas) Historical Society Museum.
  • Pliny (1889-1923) and Emma Miller Irwin (1892-1982) about 1920. Photos courtesy Judith Rose Irwin Williams.
  • Pliny and Emma Irwin gravestone, Robinson Cemetery, Rte 40, Gobles, MI. Photo courtesy Sue Irwin Olson.
  • Doc Irwin (b.1868) about 1890. Photo courtesy Sue Irwin Olson.
  • Irwin boys. Sons of Harvard "Doc" Irwin and Lillian Irwin. Photo courtesy Sue Irwin Olson.
  • James ("John") Irwin (1819-1906) and Deliza Madelia Lumbard Irwin (1832-1915). Photo courtesy of Gary Matthews and Dottie Irwin Hamilton.
  • Albert Isaiah Irwin, Sr. (1857-1932) father of James Edward Irwin. Photos courtesy of Gary Matthews and Dottie Irwin Hamilton.
  • James Edward Irwin (1884-1941) about 1902. Perhaps taken in Colony, Kansas. Photo courtesy of Gary Matthews.
  • 1880 Deed of 85 Acres in Anderson County, Kansas to James Irwin. $4.00 per acre. Linn County (Kansas) Historical Society.
  • James Edward Irwin (1884-1941) about 1902 to 1905. Photo courtesy of Gary Matthews.
  • James Edward Irwin (1884-1941) and Emma Amanda Locke (1880-1952) some time before their marriage in Arizona in 1908. Photo courtesy of Gary Matthews.
  • James Edward Irwin (1884-1941) in Arizona Territory between 1908 and 1910. Photo courtesy of Gary Matthews.
  • Shields and Irwin family photos courtesy of Sheri Marple Kincaid.
  • Home of James Edward and Emma Irwin in Agua Dulce, Texas. 1911. Dorothy Matia Irwin was born here in 1913. Photo courtesy Carolyn Montes Bledsoe.
  • James Edward Irwin and family in south Texas in 1920-21. Photos courtesy of Gary Matthews and Dottie Irwin Hamilton.
  • Grandchildren of James and Emma Irwin. Photo courtesy of Gary matthews.
  • Blanche Irwin Lewis. About 1950. Photo courtesy of Gary Matthews.
  • James Edward and Emma Irwin and grandson David (Schumann) Crane, about 1941. Photo taken on Hafer St. in San Antonio. Courtesy of Dottie Hamilton.
  • Albert and Ora Irwin in 1989. From the Ivan Samuel Irwin (1911-1998) Collection of the Linn County Kansas Historical Society.
  • Irwin - Shield - Marple - Lumbard photos. From the Ivan Samuel Irwin (1911-1998) Collection of the Linn County, Kansas Historical Society
  • Probably Albert & Ivan Irwin (brothers.) Photo made in Delta county on the Mackinac Peninsula. Late 19th century? From Sue Irwin Olson.
  • Evergreen Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Michigan. Photos courtesy of Sue Irwin Olson.
• Klein Family.
  • Historic Plaques on the Stephan Klein House in New Braunfels, Comal county, a few doors from the town square. Picture by Dave Crane.
  • The Klein Store in Marion, Guadalupe county, Texas. Reno Klein is behind the counter, wearing the long tie. c.1912. Picture courtesy of Sarah Reveley.
  • Friedrich Dreyer(1824-1910) and Margareth (Hehmsoth) Dreyer (1825-1901), parents of Sophie Dreyer (1857-1956). Sophie became Mrs. Rudolph Klein, and the mother of Reno F. Klein (1886-1971). Photo c.1910. Courtesy of Sarah Reveley.
  • Barbara Christina Scheidt Kailer, who was called Tina. She was the mother of Hildegard Kailer (1888-1974), Reno Klein's wife. She married Eugene Kailer. But his real name was Heuser. When they ran away to America, they signed on the boat as Kailer because they were both married to other spouses at the time. Picture taken about 1885?
• Locke Family:
  • John Locke (1816-1893) and Amanda Beden Locke (1826-1903). Amanda Beden was his third wife.
    Photo courtesy of Dorothy Nash Locke Wilson.
  • Ten members of Dwight Locke's family. About 1906. Photo courtesy of Dorothy Nash Locke Wilson.
  • Emma Locke. About 1906. Photo courtesy of Gary Mattthews.
  • Frank Locke. About 1905, age 23. Brother of Emma.
  • Dwight Locke (1856-1941). Age 33 in 1889. Photo courtesy of Dorothy Nash Locke Wilson.
  • Harold Locke (1902-1986). High school graduation about 1920. Photo courtesy of Dorothy Nash Locke Wilson.
  • Harold Locke. Age 34 in 1936. Photo courtesy of Dorothy Nash Locke Wilson.
  • Dorothy Nash Locke. About 1945. Photo courtest of Gary Matthews.
  • Harold Locke. About 1973, age 71. Photo courtesy of Gary Matthews.
  • Cora Barnum Locke (1868-1969). Photo courtesy of Gary Matthews.
• Muennink/Vordenbaum Family:
  Wilhelmina Dorotea Elizabet "Minnie" Muennink and her second husband, Henry Frederick Vordenbaum. 18 December, 1802. Photo courtesy Tom Saltsman.
• Schaper Family:
  • Gathering of ministers at Elm Creek Methodist, Guadalupe County, Texas. About 1885.
  • Mr/Mrs J.A. Schaper's Golden Wedding anniversary. About 1900.
  • Schaper photos from the collection of Ethel Schumann Guzzardo.
• Schumann Family:
  • Buster Schumann and family, about 1954. Photo from the collection of Dave Crane.
  • Schumann photos from the collection of Ethel Schumann Guzzardo.
• Shields Family. Photos courtesy Sharon Shields Wilson:

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