The Iroquois County Genealogical Society


Preisser - Oderwald
Menschel - Schumacher




Oderwald Family
The Oderwald Homestead
cira 1887

The Joseph Oderwald Family, left to right
Joseph or Edward; Theresa; Bridget; Joseph Sr.; Edward
Dempsey in high chair; Charles Dempsey;Sarah; Emma; Catherine.
The couple on the end is a niece Bridget's, her husband and
children who were visiting from New York.

Mary Alice Preisser
Mary Alice Preisser

Mary Alice Preisser, taken 1900, age 18,
resident of Ashkum, Illinois

George James Collins, resident of Clifton,
taken 1904, age 23.

George James Collins
George James Collins

Frank Menschel
Frank Menschel


Frank Menschel, unknown year.
Husband of Dora Hue Menschel,
father of Edward, Hugo and Louise.
George Alexander Preisser
George Alexander Preisser


George Alexander Preisser,
unknown date.
Resident of Ashkum, Illinois
George and Mary Collins
George James and
Mary Alice Preisser-Collins
Wedding picture of George James
and Mary Alice Preisser-Collins,
taken October 10, 1906.
Residents of the Ashkum/Clifton area.

Wedding picture of Hugo and Caroline
(Carlena) Osterhaus-Menschel,
circa 1913.
Married at St. Paul's Lutheran Church,
Woodworth, Illinois

Hugo and Caroline Menschel
Hugo and Caroline (Carlena)
Osterhaus-Menschel

LaVera Menschel
LaVera Menschel

LaVera Menschel,
Woodworth, Illinois
first haircut, 1915


Picture of
Mary Ann Cleary-Preisser,
taken circa 1920,
resident of Ashkum, Illinois

Mary Ann Cleary-Preisser
Mary Ann Cleary-Preisser


Irene Preisser-Oderwald
Irene Preisser-Oderwald
Left bottom, bride Irene Preisser-Oderwald,
top left groom, Philip Oderwald.
Attendants, bottom right, Eileen Collins,
top right, Howard Oderwald.
Married at St. Peter's Catholic Church,
Clifton, Illinois December 29, 1924.

Henry and LaVera Menschel-Schumacher
Henry and LaVera Menschel-Schumacher

Wedding picture of
Henry and LaVera Menschel-Schumacher,
married September 19, 1937
at St. Paul's Lutheran Church,
Woodworth, Illinois


Submitted by Quenten and Mary Jane (Oderwald) Schumacher
e-mail address: qpschu@yahoo.com


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