I have been scanning in photos and adding to the family history. When I found this picture of two cousins, I spent some time finding out more about them. Kathryn Link is Walt’s great-aunt, and Helen Brockman Hummert was her cousin on the Kempker side of the family. I browsed through the pictures and found a couple more photos with them.

Helen Brockman Hummert and Kathryn Link
Kathryn Link in 1920

Kathryn Link was born on April 10, 1890 to Isadore and Teresa Kempker Link in West Point, Iowa. She never married.

Kathryn lived in West Point until around 1930, when she moved to Dayton, Ohio. She died there on March 17, 1934.

Helen Brockman was born March 29 1891 to William and Mary Kempker Brockman in West Point, Iowa. She married Lawrence Hummert on June 14, 1922. They had no children. She died in Quincy, Illinois on May 1, 1946.

I found this fun photo of a larger group of cousins, with Kathryn’s sister Ada and Helen’s sisters Dora and Katheryn. I don’t have a date on this one but I would guess the late 1910’s, likely before any of the girls were married.

Helen Brockman Hummert, Kathryn Link, Dora Brockman Little, Ada Link Schippert and Katheryn Brockman Vosse.

I have more information on Ada Link Schippert in this post. I covered more about Kathryn Link’s family here.