Pictures of my Ancestors
Here is a second page of pictures which cover my family's history. These pictures range from pre-WW1 family shots to individual portraits from the late 1800's, to more recent photographs. The thing that I enjoyed about compiling these pictures was not only my family history connections, but also the obvious changes in styles of dress during the period represented. Much of our family research has been concentrated on my mother's ancestry, and the surnames Spindler, Dehler, Piltz and Hofmann. Therefore most of the pictures which are shown here represent this branch of my family tree, although, I will attempt to include my Runkel and Henn side as well.
This is a picture of the Henn family, my paternal grandmother's family. My grandmother, Alwine Henn (seated on the far right) is shown along with her 10 brothers and sisters. Her parents, Friedrich and Louise Henn are in the center. The picture is from 1918.
These are the 5 Dehler brothers, one of which is my grandfather Reinhard Wilhelm Dehler, who compiled much of the genealogical work from his grandfather, on which we have based our research. This picture was taken about 1909.
Karl Wilhelm Heinrich Dehler married Johanna von Spindler, and this couple sired the five boys shown earlier around the turn of the century. This picture dates from about 1885.
This is a bust of Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne
who we may be related to. The lineage can be traced by following
the Charlemagne link.
This is Emmy Janssen. She was born in Adelaide, South Australia as the daughter of the German ambassador to South Australia. The family left Australia in the late 1850's, sailing back to Bremen because Emmy's father could not stand the extreme temperatures. Enroute, Emmy's younger brother, who had been born in Sydney, passed away. This picture of Emmy dates from about 1869.
Shown at the right is Friedel Runkel and his younger brother, Rudi, who is my father. The picture was taken about 1931.
This is a picture of my mother, Edelgard Dehler, in the center flanked by her two brothers Ernie, on the left, and Henry on the right. The picture was taken at the family home in Saalfeld in 1929.
This is Hilde Piltz, my maternal grandmother and her first husband Reinhard Dehler while they were first dating in 1915.
The photograph above dates from 1960, and shows my immediate family at Grandparents Dehler's home in Lake Forest, IL just north of Chicago. Included are my cousins Christine, age a few months, and Michael, age 3, as well as my sister Barbara (with the ball) at age 4, and me.
This picture shows my great grandfather Ernst Piltz, who lived in Jena, in the German state of Thüringen. He authored a number of books about Jena and the area where he lived as well as working as a natural history professor at the University of Jena.
These last images are Johann Heinrich Dehler and his wife Elizabeth von Berg. He was co-owner with his brothers of the wire mesh factory known as "Brothers Dehler" in Saalfeld, Thüringen. These pictures date from about 1830.
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