Stag Party

Reader, do you remember the three little Hendrixes from the steamer trunk? — they had only a tangential connection to Ainsworth via the Rossow family, but they were cute as heck, so I posted their picture.

Recently a descendant of that little girl in the middle, Rosemary Hendrix Rainford, allowed the Hobart Historical Society to scan a collection of Rossow/Hendrix photos. Again, very little connection to Ainsworth, but I find these photos very interesting, so I'm going to begin posting them.

Let's start with Ida Rossow Hendrix and Kate Stolp at a "stag party" (Ida's words).


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Image courtesy of the Hobart Historical Society and Tom Rainford.

Ida is marked "(5)," Kate is marked "(2)." Alas, the others' identities have been lost.


I think I've figured out the relationship between Ida Rossow Hendrix (born 1886) and Minnie Rossow Harms (born 1897), but it's complicated. Ida was a half-sister to Minnie's father, William Rossow. William was born to Henry Rossow by his first marriage. Henry's second marriage was to Augusta Stolp, Minnie's aunt. That marriage produced (among others) Ida. Which makes Ida a paternal aunt and a maternal cousin to Minnie … doesn't it?