Last post I told you about my great-great-grandmother Alice Paak (Peek) DeKorn. She had three younger sisters, who all grew up in Kalamazoo, as well. There were two brothers, but I have not tracked them down yet. To clarify about the last name: Grandpa first identified the name to me as Paak, but genealogical research in the Netherlands shows that the name is actually Peek.
As a reminder, this is Alice:
Alice Peek DeKorn
Here is her sister Annie, born Anna Catharina Peek on January 6, 1855 in Lexmond, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands.
Here is her sister Mary, born Maaike Peek on July 29, 1859 in Lexmond, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands.
Mary Peek Remine
Here is her sister Carrie, born Cornelia Peek on 8 May, 1862 in Lexmond, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands.
Carrie Peek Waruf
While the Peek girls are all pretty, clearly my great great is the prettiest of all!
The Family Kalamazoo 
It was fun to see the gallery of Peek girls! You’re so lucky to have all those photos…and to know who is who. Their high collars highlight their substantiality.
Hi Wilma, I’m so glad that my grandfather bothered to go through all these pix with me. I’m not sure anybody would know who most were by now if he hadn’t done so.
Their blouses are so pretty too – what beautiful workmanship in their clothes. Those were the days… 🙂
Helen, you inspired me to go back to the photos and examine the clothing in more detail. You’re right–they are really lovely. Thank you for that :).
That’s okay. I think it’s because I like sewing then I always have my eye on the stitching details – and the skill and patience they must have had – as I’m guessing but I think many of our ancestors clothes would have been homemade. Maybe not your ancestors really beautiful garments though?
Helen, I think they sewed their own clothes as they didn’t have the means for store bought.
Wow oh wow! They were amazing seamstresses! My female family line certainly has stitching in our genes, but your ancestors have set the bar very high!
I am sure that is true since that is such a love of yours!!! My paternal grandmother was also a great seamstress and tailor. She was the head fitter of the 28 shop at Marshall Field back when that really meant something.
I best her shop had a lot of customers! Nearest I have to an employed tailor – is a milliner. 🙂
I love these pictures…wonderful.
Thanks so much, Sheila!
Annie resembles Alice a little. This is such a wonderful thing, to have these photos.
Yes, I think they all bear some resemblance to each other, but maybe Alice and Annie the most. I still want to find out what happened to Annie. I don’t have a married name for her yet.
Thank you so much for sharing these photos! They are all beautiful as are their subjects, I cant help but feel a pang of jealousy at all these photos on your blog i’ve got two pages of photocopies of photocopies which even in their quality are like gold to me but a small part of me hopes to find some similar to the ones you have one day. they must be very precious to you!
Thank you so much. They are very precious to me! I know what you mean about bad photocopies. That is mainly what we have of my father-in-law:(.
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