Family Group Photos
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Children of Lorentz & Maria Ursula (Rieg) Ott, – Sarah Ott top right – abt. 1860

George (III) family abt. 1882

George III and sons Preston (sitting) , Samuel, Orman and Almon abt. 1887

Sarah Ott and daughters Ella, Irene, Viola and Adelaide about 1887

Lizzie, Cora Belle and Chester – abt. 1889

George Rockenbach on hay wagon

Almon’s horse and buggy – Viola and Lizzie seated – abt. 1899

Rockenbachs and Plagges – abt. 1900. ROW 1. Preston, Viola, Sam ROW 2. Lizzie, George, Wm Plagge, Orman ROW 3. Ella, May Whitney, ?, Almon

Joseph Goodman and Clara (Whitney) Catlow daughters: Josephine, Ruth and Mary – abt. 1900

George (III) extended family – abt. 1902

George III family

George (III) extended family – abt. 1902

Rockenbach extended family at Ella (Rockenbach) Plagge’s home – abt. 1902

Almon, Esther, Robert and Lizzie – abt. 1904

George II children. Philip, Fred, George III and Mary Salome Rockenbach – before 1907

Ella (Rockenbach) Plagge family – abt. 1908

Irwin Plagge with buggy on the iron bridge over the Des Plaines River – abt. 1910

Almon and Lizzie with children – abt. 1914

Almon and Lizzie with children – abt. 1914

Irene with her ‘Amity Club’

Young Rockenbachs – abt. 1916

Rockenbach family – 1919

Catlow/Rockenbach gathering – 1919

Front yard on farm – abt. 1920

School class?

kids on car – abt. 1920

Brothers Philip, Fred and George III – before 1921

Four Generations: Lizzie, Joseph Goodman Catlow, Esther Mills, Shirley Mills – 1922

Four Generations: Ormon Rockenbach, Almira Heybeck, George Rockenbach III, and Frank Heybeck.

Philip, Dory, and Sarah in tree – abt. 1926

Fun on the farm

Rockenbach family – Aug. 1928

Rockenbach family (plus Lewis Mills) – Aug. 1928

Rockenbach girls – abt. 1927-8

Rockenbach family – abt. 1927-8

Rockenbach sons plus Lewis Mills and Chuck Mills? – Aug. 1928

Rockenbach family – 1934

Rockenbach family – abt. 1942

Sarah, Almon, George, Georgiann and Liz- abt. 1945

Almon and sons – Dec. 1946

Lizzie and 6 daughters (Mary missing) – Dec. 21, 1946

Rodney, George and Ray with their wives – Dec. 1946

Family at Lizzie and Almon’s 50th anniversary, 1949

Family at Lizzie and Almon’s 50th anniversary, 1949

Almon and Lizzie with grandchildren, 1949

Almon and Lizzie with grandchildren, 1949

Rockenbach family – 1949

Rockenbach family – 1949

Lizzie and her girls

Sarah, Elizabeth and Dory

Almon with family – (1951-1955)

Almon, sons and daughters

Gathering at Plagge’s

Rockenbach brothers

Almon and Lizzie with Morken family

Lake Geneva –

Lake Geneva – Dory

Lake Geneva – Lizzie and family


Sightseeing trip in CA for Mary’s 90th birthday. Jim Mills, Cynthia, Kathy, Liz Everett, Jeff Lee, Jim Rockenbach and Chuck Nelson (photo by Susan Nelson)



Rockenbachs Christmas 1992











Lake Geneva – Lewis Mills’ 90th birthday


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September, 1969