This is a pencil portrait of Theodore (Urs) Pfluge who immigrated from Switzerland in 1854. He settled in Monroe County, Michigan and married the former Margaretha Stadler. She had four children from a prior marriage and they had six more together.
The pencil portrait was created from an old photograph by third great-grandson, Frank Don Ullman of Minerva, Ohio as a gift to me, his grandmother.
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...
The 1800s where the end of the industrial revolution and the birth of scientists.
The Industrial Revolution began around 1760 and ran through the 1840's. Then began the birth of the profession of science. Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Te...
Antique and old photos showing weddings and anniversaries through the centuries.
Did you know that the white wedding dress was popularized in the West by Queen Victoria in the 1800's? In the East, a red wedding dress is considered good luck.
Regardless of particular customs or...
Searching for the following names:
New research: Una, Tennessee and nearby surrounding area of former Civil District 5, Davidson County.
Cain of Kentucky and beyond;
Pfluge of Michigan, Canada and beyond;
Blunt/Blount of Michigan and New York;
Richards of Vermont.
Also,trying to locate a photo of Patrick Henry Cain (1838 - 1914), John Franklin Cain (1845 - 1928) and William Jackson Cain (1835 - 1905) in their CSA Civil War uniforms. All three were brothers from Murray, Calloway County, Kentucky.