Three generations of Kitchens with my mother and father (Binkleys). Photo includes: Mr. Henry Kitchen, Mrs. Nora Kitchen, Janice Kitchen, Barbara Kitchen, Minka Neumeier Kitchen, Paul Kitchen, Anna Prohaska Neumeier, Carl Binkley, and Liddie Neumeier Binkley.
Liddie Ann Neumeier was the child of Anna M. Prochaska (1889-1982) and Alois "Luis" Neumeier (1883-1942). She was born on August 12, 1914 in Lima, Allen, Ohio, United States and had two siblings, Mildred (born 1912) and John Neumeier (born 1919).
On September 15, 1942 she married Carl Denver Binkley in Indiana, United States. They had 3 children together. About a year later, she joined the United States military on February 22, 1943 in Columbus, Ohio.
After her time in the military she moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado and on December 26, 2006, Liddie Binkley passed away.
Carl Denver Binkley was the child of Maryeta (born 1867) and Levy A Binkley (born 1857). Carl was born in Glenwood, Auglaize, Ohio on July 12, 1904 and had 4 siblings: Amos E (born 1896), Alza E (born 1900), Elsie E (born 1900), and Marie A (bron 1907).
He married Liddie Ann Neumeier (1914-2006) on September 15, 1942 in Indiana and they had 3 children together.
On February 4, 1981, Carl Denver Binkley passed away in Lima, Ohio.
Anna M. Prochaska was the child of Ludmilla Vernonr and Venzil Prochaska (born 1858). She was born on December 5, 1889 in Kralupy nad Vltavou, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic and had 4 siblings: Marie (1882-1883), Ludmilla (born 1884), Josef (born 1886), and Johanna (born 1888).
She immigrated to the United States and arrived in 1914 in Baltimore, Maryland. From there she moved to Lima, Ohio. Anna was married to Alois Neumeier and together they had 4 children: Mildred Joann (1912-2010), Liddie Ann (1914-2006), John Henry (1918-1984), and Robert Louis (1923-2014).
Family reunions are the time to reunite with family members you haven't seen in a long while, and to meet distant cousins you might have never known existed.
Sometimes, because of busy lives, adoptions, or the nomadic nature of people, families are separated - for a year, or a decade, or more. Or fights among siblings or generations divide a family. And so...