Stennfelds and Schneiders and Dittes, Oh My!

Family Photos

• Henry Stennfeld, early 1920's (30 KB)
  Interesting snapshot! I can't figure out what he is doing, can you?
• Henry Stennfeld, 1918 (14 KB)
  This portrait was taken about the time he completed his studies for the ministry and married Mary Schneider.
• Henry Stennfeld and Mary Schneider, 1918 (53 KB)
  This is their wedding portrait; it was taken in Minneapolis; they were married in Good Thunder, MN.
• Family Portrait, 1947 or 1948 (54 KB)
  The only existing photo of the entire Stennfeld family, including Esther's husband Bob and son Bobby (b. March 1947).
• Kathrina Dittes Schneider (27 KB)
  This undated photo seems to be from the 1930's. Kathrina Dittes Schneider (Mary Schneider Stennfeld's mother) died in 1941. Her last letter to Esther is linked to the home page.

Family Tree Maker Reports and Trees

• InterneTree: Jo B Paoletti

Related Files

• Kathrina Dittes Schneider letter, 1941 (2 KB)
  This is the last letter Esther Stennfeld received from her grandmother Schneider. The occasion was her 19th birthday. Notice the German syntax and spelling! She mentions her brothers Fritz and Christian, who still lived in Germany.
• Letter from Henry Stennfeld, 1973 (1 KB)
  This letter was postmarked May 22nd 1973. It was the last letter Esther received from her father.

Related Links

• American Historical Society of Germans from Russia
• Village of Holstein
• Germans From Russia Heritage Society
• Germans from Russia Heritage Collection
• German Villages in the Volga Valley of Russia