grain sacks family history
"fruit bag" of Frederick Walker (1889-1974), bicycle mechanic in Wannweil.
These tightly woven sacks were found earlier in a family. They were transported to the threshed grain, fruit, to the mill. Bag marked painter, sometimes elaborately decorated, the bags. Frederick Walker married in 1912, the twenty-three stone Anna Maier. This bag was then the dowry of the Walker-Fritz.
John George Walker, the father of Frederick, Maurer Wannweil.
He was born in 1860 and married in 1888 Kirchentellinsfurt Wannweil. His wife Catherine Barbara Walker (1864-1949) was not more closely related to him, her father was the village cobbler When Jacob Frederick Walker, the mother of Eva, was born Rauscher, a native of Bern hole. They had two children, the above Frederick and daughter Anna Maria. These married Zementeur Milocco Leone. Their descendants live in California. Best wishes there, and thanks for the tips!
by the grandfather of Frederick Walker, a bag is received.
The many patches are not only proof of economy but also demonstrate the durability these textiles. Many bags from the 19th Century are marked with guild signs and symbols.
What does the pictured sign is still out. The
Maurer Martin Walker and his wife Catherine Hafner lived and worked in Kirchentellinsfurt.
the bags by the year 2010 were in the household whose great-grandson Eric Walker and are available from this was probably also used.
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