• Catherine Furst from Aschaffenburg in Bavaria immigrated circa 1850.
• Julius Lindemann from the duchy of Braunschweig (Brunswick) immigtrated circa 1850
• The Blancks and related families were from Lehe (now part of Bremerhaven) and surrounding villages in Norther Germany. Henry Blanck immigrated to the USA circa 1870
• The Erxmeyers from Walsrode, Honover immigrated in the 1870s.
• Peter Goehle from Worms in Hessen-Darmstadt immigrated in 1873
• Johann Bernard Petermann and Sophie Steuer Petermann from the Duchy of Oldenburg in northern Germany immigrated to the USA circa 1880

Types of houses and furnishings depended on country or town location and on regional variation.

Lutheran Baptism Augsbourg

Lutheran Marriage Augsbourg

Printed on back:

Spreewald auf de Fahrt von der Kirche nach dem Hochzeitshaus wird das Weiterkommen gehindert durch uber das Wasser gepoannte Leinen, welche mit buten Tuchern behagen sind. Erst wenn de Brautigam mit einigen Geldstuckchen den Zoll bezahlt hat darf der Zug passiren"

Spreewald is in Lower Sorbian about 100 km south east of Berlin. The river Spree has been branched to make more than 200 canals.

The Civil Marriage

I believe that this image represents another civil marriage. Although this time the participants are dressed in typical peasant garb instead of the "city clothes" of the "civil marriage" above. The sign over the door says "civil stand".

Die Gräber der Gestandrechtetien auf. dem Kirchlor zu Manheim

A VILLAGE FUNERAL

Extra Supplement of the Illustrated London Times March 1873