Photo Record
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Metadata
Collection |
Waterloo Region Museum |
Object ID |
1985.050.010 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Title |
[Three children on a wagon] |
Description |
Black and white photograph with a white border. The photograph shows two young boys and a toddler seated on a toy wagon on Queen Street in Wellesley. The boys are barefoot and wearing pants and long-sleeved shirts. The toddler is wearing a white dress and stockings. There is a section of a wooden boardwalk in the foreground. In the background on the left is the Wellesley Post Office building, which was moved to this location around 1926. There are two automobiles in the background on the right. Dirt street. The reverse is blank. |
Date |
1926 |
Date |
1928 |
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. |
Search Terms |
Wellesley Post Office Wellesley Village |
People |
Forler, Ida (Grezenbach) |