This is a huge picture. I actually had to take a picture of it because there was no possible way to get it on the scanner. If you look back to "A Johannsen Christmas" post you will see this image hanging on the wall in the background. In more recent years it hung on the wall at Velma Taylor & Lorenz Johannsen's house. When we compared the image to some identified images we identified this woman as Marie Christiansen, the wife of Wilhelm Johannsen. She was born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and died in Port Clinton, Ohio during a record breaking summer heat wave. After some research we discovered that more or less the whole nation had temperatures over 100 degrees for weeks at a time without any relief. There were a lot of deaths in 1911, especially older people and babies.
Timeframe: Between 1823 and 1911. :-) Oh wait, a little more? Okay, 1869 to 1874. Is that a little better? During that time frame the bodice closed in the front with buttons and a V-neck with ruffles was popular. The black neck ribbon with brooch and earrings and the braid coiled around the top of her head also suggest the same time period. She was very much in fashion for 1869-1874. Since she immigrated in 1871 I am guessing it was around then. In the Spring of 1871, when she arrived, she turned 48. Very possible age for this woman.
Where It Fits: Marie is the daughter of Redlef Christiansen & Gude Boysen. Marie married Wilhelm and they had Julius & August. She is the grandmother of William, Marie, Adele, August, John, William E., Nelson, Lilly, Nettie, Paul, Emma & Lorenz.
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