VISIT TO HUGSWEIER

While cleaning out our mom's house in 2013, I found lots of little treasures I squirreled away in boxes and envelopes to sort out later, back home in Santa Cruz.

But you know how 'later' never quite happens?

So it wasn't until yesterday that I rediscovered this sweet little suite of pics!

They're from a trip that Phyllis (Bader) Trotter, and her daughter, Linda Trotter, took from the States (Los Angeles, CA) to Hugseweier, Germany, in June, 1969, to visit the Bader ancestral home.

Fortunately very detailed descriptions are handwritten on the back of each photo, which I will copy for this blog. Enjoy!

(Above) The highway marker for Hugsweier. On the back, it says, "About one mile east of the Freiburg-Frankfurt Autobahn."






"Hugsweier City Hall, Linda and Phyllis Trotter, June, 1969." (right)

"The 2nd and 3rd generation visit Grandfather J. R. Bader's birthplace, 42 Kirchstrasse, Hugsweier. June, 1969."

"Front view of the Carl G Bader residence in Hugsweier, birthplace of J. R. Bader." (left above)
"Second story wing, front view." (right above)

"Side view."

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"Only church in Hugsweier built before 1860, so must have been Grandpa's church."

"Black Forest countryside (about 30 miles south of Hugsweier."



Note from Lisa: I'm not sure who inscribed these photos on the back, or who they were written to. But the handwriting is very neat and clear, and the reference to "grandpa's church" suggests it might have been Carl George Bader (my grandfather, son of J. R. Bader) referring to the earlier Carl Bader, his grandfather, J. R.'s father.

OR: Phyllis might have written these notes to her uncle, Carl George, and the "grandpa" referred to is her grandfather, J. R. All idle speculation on my part. If I find out any more, I'll let you know!