A photo of Josef, Gustav, and August Faulhaber - Paternal Great Uncles and Grandfather (August )
All three brothers (of 12 children total) emigrated from Germany to the U.S.
August, my paternal grandfather, lived in Dubuque, Iowa, and died there on March 10, 1954.
Josef (Joseph), my great uncle, also lived in Iowa and died Dec. 12, 1932.
Gustav, my great uncle, lived for a while in Iowa, then moved to Minnesota where he died Mar. 28, 1956.
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...