Names Herman and Henry Helms
Date Between 1893 and 1904
Location Henderson, Minnesota

Henry joined his brother Herman in Minnesota after he arrived in the United States.

This portrait was in Fred and Rose Busch's photos with no identification. The Busch family did not live in the Great Bend area, and the man in the picture does not resemble Henry Helms or Frank Busch. Could this couple be William and Dorothy Eikmeier?




Names Mart, Christ, Willie, Henry, Christina, Marie, Rose, Lena, Emma Helms
Date About 1941 or 1942




Names Mary and Fred Eikmeier (son of Dorothy and William Eikmeier), Lee Eikmeier; woman and man behind them not identified
Date About 1941 or 1942 (same date and location as Helms photo above)

Here is another unidentified portrait found in Fred and Rose (Helms) Busch's photos. It's pasted onto cardboard, which makes it appear quite old. There is no studio identity or location on it. Could it possibly be a portrait of Herman and Henry Helms as children? Compare it with the portrait of them above (the ears!). Herman was 10 years older than Henry.


A Note about Photos
We're sharing our photos with you--will you share yours with us? Our ancestors probably would have liked all of their descendants to have everything they left, and with the copying technology we have now, it's possible for all of us to have copies of all the photos and documents. Even if you don't have a scanner, you can use a machine at a store to put a copy of a photo on a CD that you can send by e-mail.