This was taken in Massachusetts about 1901. My grandmother, Annie Marquette, is holding baby Hazel Edna. My grandfather, Charles Henry Ehrcke, is sitting next to her. Charles, born in Albany, was the son of Prussian immigrants, Charles Ehrcke and Fredericka Zinzow who came to America about 1869. My grandfather was a cigar maker who worked in the Buffalo area until he moved to Massachusetts. His father was a stone mason and contractor
in Albany, New York.
People in photo include: Annie Marquette
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...
Photos of the 1900's which brought us from the industrial age to the technological age.
From 1900 through 1999 we witnessed the beginning of flight to a man on the moon and a Mars Rover. We went from using phones tethered by cords and computers that filled rooms, to carrying the equivale...
Ain't they cute? Look at these cute baby photos taken over the past 150 years.
From birth to 3 months, babies learn to smile, raise their heads and chests, and track objects and grip them. From 4 to 6 months, they can roll over, babble (no real words yet), sit up, laugh, and gr...
I am a retired teacher living in the Eastern Panhandle in West Virginia. I was born in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. I
am interested in the following surnames:
Downs, Ehrcke, Prescott, Batchelder, Googins (Googans), and Ricker.