Family Fun in 1938
It’s 1938 in San Bernardino, California, and the Anthony cousins are enjoying themselves.
Robert “Bob” Gerisch and Bernardine Gremmel married in 1938; James “Jim” Elwood and Gertrude “Trudy” Stockschlaeter married in 1937; Bernard “Barney” Gremmel and Dorothy Page married in 1935.
The cousins were grandchildren of John Peter Anthony (Antony) and Gertrude Schmidt. John and Gertrude were both born in Germany and emigrated to America, John in 1880 and Gertrude in 1869. Their families both settled in La Crosse, Wisconsin. John and Gertrude were married in 1886. Later, John and Gertrude migrated to San Bernardino, California where the family quickly put down roots.
It’s 1938 in San Bernardino, California and the Anthony cousins are enjoying themselves.
My mother was a first cousin of Gertrude “Trudy” Stockschlaeter (daughter of Aunt Barbara) and Bernardine and Bernard “Barney” Gremmel (children of Aunt Mary). My grandmother, Anna Agnes Anthony, was the youngest child of John and Gertrude Anthony. Her oldest brother was 19 years older than she was, Mary was 14 years older, and Barbara was 12 years older.
Growing up, my mother was close to some of the children of her cousins.
