Oh, I forgot to write this…
All the cabinets had “Fugmann” written on the backs of them. I had seen that name before because my next door neighbor found a Luther’s Small Catechism in his house and gave it to me because it had my address written in it. It belonged to Ruth Fugmann and was dated 1936. It also had a “Catechetical Class Report Card” in it. It was signed by Charles Fugmann. I was trying to find some stuff on the web about them. All I could find was Charles’ birth and death info- Born: Feb 9, 1901 — Died: Dec 1967. I don’t think the Fugmanns would be the first residents of this house because it was built in 1901. But that’s more info than I had before about previous owners. Somebody had a Charles Fugmann in his family history web page, but the birth date was 1860-something. Charles’ grandpa?
Check out Ruth’s catechism:
Look what is written inside the cover. It’s the history of the world!
In the lower right corner it says “Present Time 1936″. Cool!
And look! It’s my address!
I love this kind of stuff!
My house, built in 1915, had only a few hairpins under the baseboard – we found them during remodeling.
WORD IS they used to vote in my basement – I guess it was back when people were short, because I have to duck whenever I venture to the back of my basement. My maternal grandmother was 4’10″ and I am 5’8″ – guess I take after my dad’s side!