Carl F. and Rosalia Jane Mannheim Hon

Grandma and Grandpa very young with a puppy? in the snow, maybe on a sidewalk, by a road or a creek? next to telephone or telegraph poles and maybe a train track. I Love that hat and feather Grandma! undated no caption

My Grandma, Rosalia J. Mannheim, married my Grandpa, Carl Francis Hon, on June 8, 1914 in Duluth, MN. She was 22 and he was 23 years old. So young! There are no extant wedding photos.  Grandpa Hon was not Catholic. He was a First Christian and a practicing Methodist. Because he was not Catholic and did not covert, Mom told me that they were married in the coat room of the Catholic Church and he had signed papers first that he would not interfere with Grandma practicing her religion and that the children would be raised as good Catholics, which they were. He has an interesting family history related to the development of the U.S., which I will discuss, and Grandpa, in the next blog entries. 

Grandma on the deck of the Lotus. the caption reads Crosby [MN] 7/26-1914 Baseball trip lost 14 - 10 Oh! You kid.

For those of us not in MN, the distance between Duluth and Crosby are about 100 miles apart.

I looked up the Lotus in the Great Lakes vessels database of Bowling Green State Univ and there are 4 Lotus listed and two that could be this boat:  a propeller from 1893 and a steam yacht from 1892.

These are pictures from their first year or so of marriage sans children.

Grandpa on a wooden sidewalk by a baby chair. The caption reads, Aug. 1, 1914 Rosalia has the child in her arms, Jobbers Credit trip to Lake Nabigamon.

Aunty Frances was born in 1915 so whose child is in Grandma's arms? They were either members of the Credit union or he was their accountant.

Again for those of us not in MN, Lake Nagibamon is both a lake and a village with the same name by the lake in Wisconsin. The village is  located 42 miles from Duluth.

The caption reads, Hear the Partridge? Grandpa did shoot partridges.

One of their wedding gifts from close family members was this beautiful statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary which is now mine. It was always in Grandma's bedroom and I really treasure it. So this is now at least 102 years old and still lovely.