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BECK or STUDER family, Kelowna, early 1900s

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BECK or STUDER family, Kelowna, early 1900s

JScott51  (View posts) Posted: 8 Jun 2008 11:45PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: BECK, STUDER
My gr-grandmother, Saloma Helena STUDER b 1859, left photos of her several visits with a family in Kelowna - according to the back of the photos. They were taken about 1910-20. The family lived on a farm and grew "Okanagan oranges" (pumpkins).

Though no names were listed, these folks were undoubtedly her relatives - so the family name/maiden name would mostly likely have been BECK or STUDER.

I'm hoping an older man in the photo was one of her brothers (could be Jacob STUDER, b. ca 1855 in Wisconsin), and that the name might ring a bell with someone with Kelowna ancestry.

In every photo, he's standing beside a woman who is likely either his married daughter (or younger wife .. hard to guess her age). And there's always a young girl, b. ca 1900 (daughter? granddaughter?). In one family group photo there's a boy about her age, and in another two young men at least ten years older, so b. ca 1890.

Even as I write this I realize how unlikely it is to make a connection with such faint clues. But I'll put it out there anyway and hope the genealogy Gods are smiling...

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