Lake County (IL) Genealogical Society

On-Line Data

School Pictures, 1902 and 1905

The following two lists were found on the backs of two class pictures in the files of the Lake County Museum Library. Possibly someone can identify the school and/or the teacher. The teacher appears to be the same person in both pictures. The children appear to be 9-11 years old. (The photos were not published.)

Some of the surnames are familiar ones from Newport, Antioch, Warren or Waukegan townships.

The picture labeled "1902" was taken outside, next to the brick wall of the building. The children are arranged in four rows with the top row standing on benches, the second row standing on the ground, the third row sitting on benches, and the front row sitting on the ground. There is a little black girl sitting fourth from the left in the front row. The lists are arranged to read right to left.

The teacher is not identified. She stands at the left of the top row.

Top Row	Row 2	Row 3	Front Row
Ruth Wilson	Martha Gonyo	DeWitt Henning	Fred Martin
Laura Karsten	Willie Erwin	Irving Collar	Walter Johnson
James Tyrrell	Edith Koehler	Dorie Thomas	Tillie Peterson
Flossie Duachting	Lizzie Larson	Florence Anderson	Ruth O’Boyle
Philip Sampson	Julius Schoenke	Beatrice Lamson	Dora Mortenson
Walter Goggin	Margaret Tierman	Sadie Schultz	Lizzie Wallsmith
William Weaver	Arthur Davison	Bessie Zitt	Bernice Taylor
Elsie Slavin	Vera Siver	Forest May	Amy Davison
		Marie Mills	Hazel Nolan
		Ella Campbell	Ione Reynolds
		Clara Lewis	Minnie Fair (colored)
			Annie Gustafson ??
			Lillian Lewis
			Gertie Stephenson

The picture labeled "1905" was taken in the classroom with the students sitting at their desks and the teacher standing in the back of the room. Again the teacher is not named.