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Artifact

Perkins-Nicklos Engagement

Description

  • Both the Perkins and Nicklos families, likely at Olive Perkins and Ernest Nicklos' engagement. 
  • Front: Nellie (Herbert Perkins' wife), Ernest Nicklos, Olive Perkins, Jessia Nicklos (Ernest's mother), Jennie Perkins (Olive's mother), Charles Nicklos (Ernest's father)
  • Back: Sigrid and Nanny (Nellie and Herbert's daughter), Eddie Perkins, Kathleen Nicklos, Cyrus Wilfred "Fred" Perkins, Fred Perkins (or John), Edith Nicklos, Herbert Perkins. 
  • Jacob Perkins is not present. 

Background Information

  • International Drillers Jacob Perkins and Charles Nicklos both left Petrolia to work for Bergheim and McGarvey in Galicia (modern Poland and Ukraine). The two families were good friends and became even closer when Ernest Nicklos and Olive Perkins married in September, 1910. 

Map Location

Latitude: 49° 40' 42.553" N
Longitude: 22° 2' 48.851" E

Date

1909-1910

Dimensions

inches

Events, Places, People

  • Jacob Perkins
  • Charles Nicklos
  • Poland

Originating Location

Europe›Poland

Subject

  • A photo of eight people standing and six people sitting in chairs in front of a building and trees.

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