Photo Record
Images
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Metadata
Collection |
Waterloo Region Museum |
Object ID |
1985.050.020 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Title |
[Farm buildings and snake fence] |
Description |
Black and white photograph with a white border. The photograph is of a farmstead and outbuildings with unpaved road and snake rail fence in foreground. The house has board-and-batten siding and an addition at the back. A large barn with a silo is behind the house, and there are two smaller, farm buildings on the right. Handwritten in black in on the reverse is "Old Home near/Grimsby, July 3rd/1920". |
Date |
1920 |
Photographer |
Forler, Ida (Grenzebach) |
Copyright |
Expired |
History |
Photograph is attributed to Ida Grenzebach (1890-1967), a daughter of William Grenzebach (1858-?) and Emma Wegenast (1863-?) of Hickson, Oxford County. When Ida was a young woman she went to live with her aunt, Laura/Louise Wegenast (1865-1919) and her husband in Wellesley, ON. Laura/Louise was married to Henry Forler (1870-1931) had a shoe store in the village. They had no children but Henry's parents lived with them. Ida most likely helped with the housework and may have helped in the store. The store Henry rented in Wellesley was moved to Doon Heritage Village in 1969, and is currently interpreted as the Post Office/Tailor Shop. Ida married Henry in 1927. What happened to Ida after Henry's death is unknown. Both Ida and Henry are buried in Waterloo's Mount Hope Cemetery. |
People |
Forler, Ida (Grenzebach) |