Walt had a good post on the fun of finding shirttail relations when you are doing family history. Sometimes, it isn’t as far a trip as you might think.

I was browsing some pictures and found a picture of Georgina with one of her cousins, her cousin’s future husband and some of his brothers. Delores Wellman married Cletus Freitag on February 14, 1939.

Delores Wellman, Georgina Hoel, Cletus, Linus, and Leo Freitag, taken in Houghton, Iowa in 1936. (the boys might be out of order, as it wasn’t clear on the photo who was who).

When I was looking over the information I had, I noticed that Cletus’ mom was a Menke. I didn’t have much information on Catheryn Bernadine Menke, but it turns out that I had her parents in my tree from another, more distant cousin. They were Herman Bernard Menke and Catherina Bernadina Spexarth.

They look like they are having a good time!

Walt told me that the Spexarth’s were his family’s insurance agents for many years. It was the O’Malley, Ryan & Spexarth Insurance Company. I am always pleased when I find interesting connections in family history.