Cousins posting family stuff
Clement and Bucklin families at the Gulf. Cameron, LA. 1941
Van posted a phone copy of this last week where he talks about his mom’s near drowning experience here. I finally got a good scan and enhanced the image as much as I could. Maybe we can identity people better now.
Esther Koll told Lola the 4K brand was for the four Koll brothers. Effie Whittington’s research says that Henry Fredrick Kohl helped four of his sons purchase their own land. John, Henry, Peter, and Fred each purchased 300 acres. She didn’t know what Bill and Edward purchased. Henry gave his daughters cash in the same amount he gave his sons. The Kolls came to Louisiana February 18, 1900.
This photo shows the letters backwards, but when branded on the cattle, it would appear as 4K.
My parents and I went to visit cousins in Hathaway. They had some old photos I had never seen before. This one is from 1941 with mom and her sisters in it. My mom was not too happy to see this photo. It was at the beach and she said that she almost drowned when she went swimming and has been afraid of the water ever since. This did not stop her from teaching us to swim and to not be afraid of the water. What a good mama.
Joseph posted a better scan here.