Watermelon Festival - Montrose , Iowa.

Watermelons, being passed to spectators at 63 annual Watermelon Parade.. Held in Montrose, Iowa .. Saturday August 23, 2008

What a Great Jacob Graef Family Picture

Subject: What a Great Picture ! -- Jacob Graef and Family

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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 separates from Jacob and and returns with boys (George and Nick) to Oklahoma about 1914

Jacob Graef's life story is a complicated one and the details of his later life is still a mystery.. but he might have remarried again in Polk County, Iowa to a lady named Minnie

if anyone has more information about Jacob Graef's life .. pictures or final resting place.. please send to us

Thanks to Lia Burris (http://www.blogger.com/ ) greatgrand mother is Gertrude Graef for this very helpful photo...

Thanks to Pat Graef and Brenda Ridgeway ( grumpandyawyaw@sbcglobal.net )

send information via e-mail to robertgraef100@yahoo.com I will do the same

from the laptop of My Name is Bob Graef

Blog -- Frank Lloyd Wright-- August 2008

A blog has been established to journal

notes written and pictures taken on vacation

This FLW Blog can be viewed by clicking link below

Frank Lloyd Wright -Taliesin and Johnson Wax Bldg

Map - Frank Lloyd Wright - Johnson Wax Building

Subject: Map - Frank Lloyd Wright - Johnson Wax Building

I'd like to share a Google Maps link with you.
Location of Johnson Wax Bldg
should be easy to remember..
it is at corner of Racine Street and 16th Street
and the tour date is Friday 08/08/08 12 Noon
from the laptop of
My Name is Bob

The time I have scheduled to spend with you is:
August 6, 7, 8 and 9. I will make reservations for Taliesin on either August 7 or August 9.
I googled the trip yesterday. It's approximately 3 hours to Spring Green (Taliesin) from Davenport.
It is approximately 3 hours from Spring Green to Racine (Johnson Wax Bldg).

Memorable Moment from the Life of Robert Graef

Memorable Moment from the Life of Robert Graef

This Memorial Day May 26, 2008

Darrell Graef Where The Stars and Stripes Fly Free

Graef Darrell Where the Stars and Stripes Fly Free