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| I promise |
It’s been a year since I last
posted anything on this site. Am I losing interest in family history? No. In fact, that’s the
problem. I keep getting sidetracked on other projects. But I
will get back the Imle book. I promise.
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Wedding of Gottlieb Imle
and Clara Schroeder (center), 15
June 1904. Left: Eugene Miller and Anna Imle (not yet married).
Right: Adam Imle and an unknown woman, possibly Clara's
sister Ella, but not Adam's wife to be, Olive Geisert.
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Today I got an email from a great
granddaughter of Anna T. Imle. (Does anyone know what the “T’ stands for?) Anna was the youngest daughter of Christoph Frederick Imle, who founded the
Wabash Valley Imles. Anna was born 28 Aug 1884, after
Christoph and Anna Maria (Reichert) Imle had arrived in America. I always called her and her husband Julius Eugene
Miller, “Aunt Anna and Uncle Eugene,” even though they were really my great
aunt and uncle. Aunt Anna died when I was only twelve. Eugene, a quarter century later.
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| "Imle" Women, 1916, L to R: Kneeling: Clara Schroeder Imle, Anna Imle Miller, Alta Finkbeiner Imle. Standing: Fairy Gard Imle, Clara Coldren Imle, Ida Coldren Sockler, Olive Geisert Imle, Maria Reichert Imle (Grandma), Emma Schroeder Kern. |
I have two group photographs
showing Anna Imle. One is a photo of the bride, groom, and attendants at the
wedding of Gottlieb Imle and Clara Schroeder on 15 June 1904 in Terre Haute,
Indiana. (Gotlieb was Anna’s brother). The other is a photo of primarily daughters and
daughters-in-law of Christoph Imle taken at a family reunion on 18 Nov 1916 at
the family home near Ernst. Ida Coldren is neither a daughter or daughter-in-law and Emma Schroeder was the second wife of Christian William Kern, who married
