Charles and Carlina (Kegebein) Springman

Frances Schavey's obituary from the Gazette, which I recently posted, was even more confused than I thought, as it listed her parents as "Mr. and Mrs. Henry Springman." The DeWell family archivist has written in to correct that:

Her parents were in fact Johann Carl 'Charles' Springman and Carlina (Caroline) Kegebein. Charles was a brother to William Springman Sr., whom you have mentioned before in the blog.

Charles and Carlina were also the parents of Christ Springman who got shot in the rabbit hunting mishap you featured some time ago. The parent's tombstone in Hobart Cemetery spells the name 'Springmann', and their family accounts for quite a few of the residents of Lake and Porter Counties, as they had 16 children.

And so, here are Frances Schavey's real parents:


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Image courtesy of the DeWell Family Archives.

I don't have a date for the picture, but judging by the style of Caroline's bodice, I'd guess 1880s. Her dress looks simple enough to be homemade, and I count 14 buttons, with more, I'm sure, hidden by the bow at her neck. Buttonholes are hard to make. Whoever made those was using a treadle machine or sewing by hand.