Grandma, Ruth, Grandpa
Davis, Illinois
"We laughed about JL's glass cases. One in each pocket." (photo back)
Identical photo copy, different message: "Davis, Illinois. October 1906. All well and happy. Ezra, Ella, Alice here to see us. Ezra took this. Davis: May, 1906-May 1907. Ruth almost a year old, precious little darling. How we love her."
Cleaning Bethlehem Church
Davis, October, 1906
Grandma's writing on back of photo: "Cleaning Bethlehem Church, October 1906. When Ezra, Ella, Alice came to visit us. While J.L. was preaching in Davis. State line of Wisconsin, 7 miles north of Davis." (J.L. Holtzman is at right in the group.)
The Holtzman's were at Davis only a year before the Conference moved them to central Illinois.
Back of Photo: "1906-1907. On the hills of northern Illinois. Going to Wisconsin to preach at state line. Some fine scenery. Hills most too steep to climb."
From Grandma Holtzman's Diary:
Ruth born December 9, 1905, Sterling, Illinois.
1st birthday—Davis, Illinois. 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th in country Sherrard, Illinois. Her 7th—Mt. Pulaski. Her 8th, 9th, West 4th Street, Sterling. Her 9th birthday— East 4th Street, Sterling, till married in 1927. Moved here from West 4th—Avenue L (September 1914)
