Thursday, October 7, 2010

How old is Jakub in this photo?


Jakub Smejkal and Rosalie Piskac were married in 1844. Jakub was around the age of 23, and Rosalie, we think, was around 21.  (Her birth as listed in the marriage record seems to be off by a couple of years). Here is a photograph with Anna Bals' handwriting on it that reads "My Father's Parents from Tabor, Czechoslavok" and "My Grandparents".

But is this Rosalie or Anna? We just recently discovered that Rosalie died at the age of 35. Could this be Rosalie in the photo? Or is it Anna, who married Jakub a year or so later, when Jan Smejkal was only two or three years old?

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