Hi All,
Hope this works! I understand that last week marked the 100th Anniversary of the building of St. Hedwig’s. Hope you enjoy these pics. Let me know what you think.
My love,
JP
This is better in the post card—clearer, but it gives you a general idea of the beauty of the interior. Taken before 1942 which is the postmark on the back of the post card.
Check out the original Rectory and the great post and wire fence. Taken by a Chicago firm called Polonia American Album Publ. Co. Probably shortly after the Church was built in 1896.
Probably taken in the 1940’s at the same time as the interior shot that appears above.
You can see from this picture that Grandpa Possley looked like his Mother. I love this picture because of the wonderful, home-made dress warn by Anna. This is Nicholas and Anna (Michels) Possley. Anna was born in the Town of Belgium, Ozaukee Co. Wi on May 12, 1848 (the year Wis. became a State) and Nicholas was born in Koenzig, Luxemburg, May 28, 1842. They were married February 26, 1867 (after the Civil War) and celebrated their golden Wedding Anniversay at Holy Cross, WI on Monday February 26th, 1917. Anna died a few months later. Nicholas moved out west to Idaho to live with one of his daughters and died out there years later. She bore 6 boys, and 8 girls, 7 of which lived to adulthood. All 13 children attended the 50th Wedding Anniversary. Do you think that she is pregnant in this picture? I can’t tell from the picture whether Nicholas still has a twinkle in his eye! He does have snow on the roof! Uncle Don, Dad and Uncle Roman all show the facial features of their grandmother, in my opinion. Can you see yourself in their faces?
