Hi everyone, I recently came upon a pair of framed family photographs that were taken in either 1897 or 1898. They belonged to my grandparents, Virgil & Zada (DUSTIN) SNOOK, who resided in Vernonia, OR, from 1935 to 2003. One picture shows a baby, Inez Norma KRAEFT, age 4 months, according to the writing on the back. The other picture is unlabeled, but it appears to be that of an older sibling (a girl?) about 2 years of age. She is shown standing on a chair, resting her head on her hand as though she may be ill. The studio stamp on both pictures is Davies, NW corner of 3rd & Morrison, Portland, OR. The frame is an unusual dual frame with a patent date of 1891. Inez is listed in the census records as a daughter of John B. & May C. KRAEFT. According to the census records, the KRAEFT family lived in Seaside in 1910. Inez was 13 years of age at that time. The census lists Inez as the oldest child, and it indicates that one of May's children is deceased. The years of marriage leave room for a sibling older than Inez who has expired. In 1920, the KRAEFT's lived in Goble, Columbia Co., OR. The census record indicates that John was German, as were May's parents. Does anyone in the GFO have a connection with this family? I don't know of any German ancestors of either Virgil or Zada SNOOK, so I doubt that I am related to the family. However, I would like to determine what connection my family may have had to the KRAEFT's. Kena Jacobs

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