Let’s continue the Paake/Paak/Peek/Pake family saga.
I grew up not knowing that great-great-grandmother Alice had had a brother named George. When I discovered him, it was, in part, because of a newspaper clipping I found among the family papers. I’ve already written about George’s family here:
The Children After the Fire, 1902
In the Paak-a-Boo post, I contemplated whether an unidentified photo I owned could be George Paake, based on the resemblance to great-great-grandmother Alice.
It turns out we still don’t know who is in that photo, but I now know what George looked like!
Here is a photo of Lucy Kliphouse (her name was Anglicized from the original Dutch: Lukkien Kliphuis ), the mother of George’s five children.
This is his first wife. After she passed away in 1900 (two years before the fire), George went on to marry a few other women. It’s said he might have had five wives.
Stay tuned for more information about the leaves and blossoms of George’s branch of the family!
Old pictures talk to us…
Pierre, they certainly do! Thanks for stopping by!
Although these people are not related, I do feel they are most important in the life of someone else.
Life was tough on women back then! Nice that you have those wonderful photos.
Wj, especially George’s wives! I do have to do more research on his wives as I only know for sure of three.
So one mystery solved, one remains unsolved. I still see a real resemblance here to the “real” George—perhaps a son? Brother?
I see the resemblance, too, Amy. I even wondered if it was possible to be the same person. I certainly look very very different in photos at different periods of my life. But the ears are different.
Five wives? Good gravy.I look forward to upcoming posts!
Laura, I know! But I have only found three so far!
Hope you find the other two!
Great photos. Where did you find them?
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