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| Mr. & Mrs. Will Talhelm (Belle's brother) |
| These pictures were from Aunt Mary Wood's collection (thanks to Bonnie Wood Jackson for sharing) |
| Illinois, 1923 Joseph Sheely (Uncle Leon?) and wife (Grandma Rantsma's brother) |
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| Sarah Belle Talhelm Snyder and her uncle Charley Sheely |
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| 1923, Nebraska from left Hiram & Mary Rantsma, center Belle & Thos. L. Snyder, right Belle's brother Charlie Sheely and wife |
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| Grandpa Hiram Rantsma & Grandson Vincent Rantsma |
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| Grandma Mary (Sheely) Rantsma, Myrtle Talhelm, Will Talhelm |
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| 1923 Grandma Mary (Sheely) Rantsma and her brother George Sheely |
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| Mary Rantsma (seated left), George Sheely (standing left) with another brother and wife (Jasper or Lum?) |
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| California, 1919 Mary (Snyder) Wood is the child seated on the upper porch between Will and Myrtle Talhelm. Sarah Belle Talhelm is standing to their right. On the lower porch is Ed Snyder, Hiram Rantsma, Thomas L Snyder "Big Lee", and "Little" Lee Snyder |
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| 1919 (top) Mary Rantsma, T. L. Snyder, Mrs. Wall(?), Belle Snyder, Hiram Rantsma, Madge(?) with Glen, and Bertha Rantsma Rogers. (bottom) Mary Snyder Wood and Vincent |
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| Will Talhelm (Belle Talhelm's brother) |
| Sarah Belle Talhelm was born June 1, 1871, the daughter of Daniel Talhelm and Mary Sheely. Daniel died about1876 in Pennsylvania. Mary took Belle to Missouri when Belle was about 9 years old. At some point, they went to Falls City Nebraska, where Mary married Hiram Rantsma. Sarah Belle married Thomas L. Snyder on September 2, 1889. She died in 1957 at the age of 86. |
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