Another Daughter for Carrie and William

Eight months after marrying off her eldest daughter, Carrie Raschka gave birth to another daughter, Wilma. She was about 40 years old. Carrie, I mean. Wilma was a good deal younger.

In August, Carrie's sister Luella Olson came up from Fort Wayne to see her newest niece. Lesta Raschka had spent most of the time since August 1916 living with Aunt Ella in Fort Wayne, still undergoing chiropractic treatment.

The Raschkas now had five children, all daughters. They had lost a little girl named Bessie Luella about a month after her birth in 1902. She is buried in Hobart Cemetery at quite a distance from her parents' graves.


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Sources:
♦ "Births." Hobart Gazette 20 July 1917.
♦ "General News Items." Hobart Gazette 11 Apr. 1902.
♦ "Local and Personal." Hobart News 30 Aug. 1917.
♦ "Personal and Local Mention." Hobart News 4 Jan. 1917; 1 Mar. 1917.
♦ Untitled social column. Hobart News 17 May 1917; 19 July 1917.