Graef Historical Group

Thursday, October 30, 2008 Halloween stickers from Lia Burris Lia You are a gem.. Thanks so much for the Halloween e-mail and sticker/seals.. Hand writing "Loretta Graef" on envelope was like my Dad's and pretty much like mine is today ! amazing .. Lia , Thanks , for finding and sending this.. Best wishes to you and your family, Halloween Oct 2008 From the laptop of your cousin Bob Graef -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Tyrone & Lia Burris To: Robert Graef Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 7:46 AM Subject: stickers from Lia I guess it really is not a tradition but just a natural thing that Aunts give nieces stickers. Or the way they use to call them they are seals. Then they get passed down sometimes. I thought you might get a Kick out of this set I found this morning and saw the name on the envelope. I scanned it in for you. Sometimes this information is interesting because you find tha...

Albert, Alfred, Jacob Clara, Gertrude, Emma Graef This is an awesome picture.. That man is definitely a Graef,, the chin, eyes, ears all match the family profile So he has to be Jacob Graef and the woman must be Emma Skrable (his first wife) The baby is Gertrude Graef .. then the girl center back might be Clara Graef born Nov 8, 1889.. Emma and Jacob have two other daughters Margaret and Pauline and two sons.. Alfred and Albert (boy in picture) Clara went with her father Jacob (when he separated from Emma) to Oklahoma around 1910 Clara was probably the oldest of the Graef girls and 21 when she went to Oklahoma with her father Jacob.. Clara marries Peter.. ( Jacobs brother) they have two boys Edward Graef (born 1910) and my father Fred (born 1911) were both born in Oklahoma Jacob marries a Lillie C Burns in 1910 they have a son George Frederick born Sep 23 1911 Jacob Graef returns to Iowa with new wife Lilie and has another son Nicholas Syvester born Dec 6 1913 in Iowa City Lillie sepa...

Bob Family <bob2family@yahoo.com> wrote: Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:03:52 -0700 (PDT) From: ROBERT GRAEF Subject: re: package sent To: Michael Ridgway <grumpandyawyaw@sbcglobal.net>; Brenda and Pat Thanks for sending the information I am spending Easter week with my sister Beverly in Coralville, which is near Iowa City, Iowa... and will not return to Montrose until about April 3 or 4th.. But I am sure the post office in Montrose will hold your package until I return.. I will send you an e-mail then that I have picked up the package and I sincerely appreciate your efforts in gathering this family history and I want to listen to Darrell's cd's Bob ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello Bob , I was letting you know I finally got your package in the mail yesterday. I was waiting on the marriage papers from Pauls Valley. I will just sent that when I get it. Also Mom se...