the oellerich family photograph collection 

Clyde Oellerich

Here are family photographs taken in the Table Rock area that cousins Clyde and Paula have shared, as well as one or more photos from other family members.

Both Clyde and Paula are descended from Martin and Sophie Oellerich, who are buried in the Table Rock Cemetery.  

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Paula Oellerich

martin & sophia rubink oellerich
Martin (1860-1940)      Sophia (1885-1968)

Martin and Sophie's children included these, identified by links on their Findagrave.com memorials: Dorothy Oellerich Hollis (1905-1969); Frieda Oellerich Harris (1906-1992); Henry Oellerich (1908-1970); Lula POellerich Cordon (1910-1972); Carl Oellerich (1912-1978); Edward Oellerich (1913-1996); Minnie Oellerich Melton (1915-2016); Mary Etta Oellerich Williams (1918-1948); Margaret Oellerich Schnepp (1918-1952); and Orena Oellerich Shadden (1920-1999).

Buried in the Table Rock Cemetery: Martin and Sophie, their daughter Frieda and her husband Archie Harris, their son Carl and wife Bernice; and Deanna Oellerich, wife of Martin and Sophie's grandson Carl Roger Oellerich.  Deanna's children include Paula Oellerich.


 

To the right is a photo taken in 1888.  Little Sophie Rubink, about three years old, stands next to her mother Mary Waltz Rubink.  Photo 3067.

Below is little Sophie all grown up.  I wonder if she knew how many children she was to have, i.e., how many diapers, baths, meals.....    Photo 3060.

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Below and to the right, Martin Oellerich, the  man Sophie would take for her husband. He was born in 1860.  The undated photo below was shared by "Denny02" on Ancestry, and to the right by Clyde Oellerich (Photo 1925). 

carl & Bernice johnson oellerich
carl (1912-1978)     g. bernice (1917-1980)

Carl P. Oellerich was one of Martin & Sophie's children.  Here he is in the Navy, on the left (Photo 3075) and here is his wife; her first name was Geraldine but she went by her middle name, Bernice; no date on this photo of her (Photo 3072). 

Below, Carl Oellerich is in the center of the back row row (Photo 3074). To the right he is standing in front of his barbershop. He's on the left, no names for the other two men. The location is now the Argus Museum & Picture Gallery.  (Photo 3071).

margaret, mary, and orena oellerich
margaret oellerich schnep (1918-1952)  
mary oellerich williams (1918-1948)  
​orena oellerich (1920-1999)

Carl and Sophie had at least 11 children.  Their three youngest were girls, trwins Margaret and Mary then Orena. The girls are not buried in Table Rock, but Clyde's family pictures were taken here.

Here are Margaret, Mary, and Orena with their dolls, Photo 1920. 

Margaret & Mary Oellerich, Photo 1921. 

Taken in about 1924, Grandmother Mary Waltz Rubink with Orena Oellerich (age 4) and twins Mary and Margaret Oellerich (age 6). 
Photo 1922.  ​

Clemmie Schnepp and wife Margaret Oellerich Schnep with Margaret's sister Frieda Oellerich Harris (far right) and her husband Archie Harris.  Photo 1923. ​

Clemmie, 1917-1986; Margaret, 1918-1948, Archie, 1905-1988; Frieda, 1906-1992. 

​This is Margaret Oellerich Schnepp (1918-1952). According to Clyde, Margaret had two children, a girl and a boy, which she relinquished for adoption. She did not have any children with her husband, Clemmie Schnepp.  Photo 1919. 

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Below, four generations in 1964, from Paula Oellerich, the baby in the picture!  With baby Paula are her father, Carl Roger Oellerich, Carl Roger's mother Geraldine Bernice Oellerich, and Bernice's mother, Leona Johnson.

July 4, 1976, family reunion in Humboldt, Nebraska. Clyde gives the names and relationships: Aunt Frieda Oellerich Harris; Clyde, in the yellow shirrt; behind Clyde is Uncle Carl Oellerich, Aunt Minnie Oellerich Melton; Bernice Johnson Oellerich (Uncle Carl's wife); Susie Harris Blecha (Uncle Archie and Aunt Frieda's daughter), Uncle Archie Harris (Aunt Frieda's husband); in the center with red paper is Christopher Mann (Clyde's son); in the front row are Michael Mann (Clyde's son), James Blecha (Susie Blecha's son), and Paula Sue Blecha (Susie Belcha's daughter). Not showing is George Melton (Aunt Minnie's husband), who took this picture.  So, the children of Martin & Sophie Oellerich who are in this photograph are Frieda, Carl, and Minnie.