Wedding of Anna Jaus and Henry Gruenhagen

Anna Jaus age 28 and Henry Gruenhagen age 29 were married on June 7, 1917, in St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Moltke Township, MN.

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Pertinent people and ages in 1917
Simon Jaus age 61 Martin Jaus Sr. age 59 Louis Harms age 57 Klara Schneider age 57 Paul Hinderer age 54 Jacob Baur age 52 Emilie Sommerfeld age 46 Lydia Jaus age 32 Otto Jaus age 30 Henry Gruenhagen age 29 Clara Hinderer age 29 Anna Jaus age 28 Martin A. Jaus age 25 Herbert Jaus age 24 Alfred Baur age 24 Hannah Lieske age 24 Olivia Schilling age 24 Roland Scheele age 5

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Wedding Portrait

1917 - Anna Jaus & Henry Gruenhagen Wedding Portrait

source:Lyla Jaus Baur collection.

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Wedding Party

Otto Jaus and Anna Gruenhagen

left to right: Martin A. Jaus age 25, Otto Jaus age 30, Henry Gruenhagen age 29, Anna Jaus age 28, Bertha Gruenhagen, Anna Gruenhagen

source:Myrtle Jaus Meyer collection.

Bride and Sisters of the Groom

Anna Gruenhagen, Anna Jaus and Bertha Gruenhagen

Anna and Bertha are sisters of the groom.

left to right: Anna Gruenhagen, Anna Jaus age 28 , Bertha Gruenhagen

source:Myrtle Jaus Meyer collection.

Anna Jaus and Friends

Far right:Anna Jaus

This was taken at the wedding of Anna and Henry Gruenhagen

source:Myrtle Jaus Meyer collection.

Groom and Groomsmen

Left to right: Otto Jaus, Henry Gruenhagen, Martin A. Jaus

Henry married Lydia Jaus in 1917

source:Myrtle Jaus Meyer collection.

source: Myrtle Jaus Meyer collection.

Note: file is misnamed. This is Anna and Henry's wedding.

Day after Wedding

left to right: Unkown Person, Anna Gruenhagen, Louise Harms age 57, Anna Jaus, Bertha Gruenhagen, Lydia Jaus, Roland Scheele age 5

source:Myrtle Jaus Meyer collection.

Jaus Brothers and Sisters

Otto Jaus and Anna Gruenhagen | left to right: Martin A. Jaus age 25, Lydia Jaus age 32, Otto Jaus age 30, Anna Jaus age 28 , Herbert Jaus age 24

source:Myrtle Jaus Meyer collection.

The Jaus Bunch

Left to right: Lydia Jaus, Louise Harms, Anna Jaus, Henry Gruenhagen, Otto Jaus, Herbert Jaus and Martin A. Jaus with Roland Scheele

source:Myrtle Jaus Meyer collection.

Daughters with mother Louise Harms

Left to right: Lydia Jaus, Louise Harms, Anna Jaus

source:Myrtle Jaus collection.

source: FamilySearch.com

Wedding Licence Application

1917 - Anna Jaus and Henry Gruenhagen Wedding Application

I wanted to verify where Anna Jaus and Henry Gruenhagen got married. Here is the marriage license application. I find some things of interest. The man had to be at least 21 years old. The woman had to be at least 18 years old. Just as point of interest, Emilie Sommerfeld Baur was 17 when she got married back in 1888.

I know that until the mid 1950s people with Epilepsy were often castrated. The marriage license shows another insight.

The man and woman had to verify they were not epileptic. There is no mention how this affected the man's eligibility to marry.

There was a special notation for the woman:"If female is over 45 years of age and epileptic...., draw a line through eighteen and insert forty-five and strike out that portion of the affidavit which states that she is not."

Did they figure a woman was beyond her reproductive years by then and Epilepsy was no longer a concern? They knew how to castrate a man, but not how to sterilize a woman? I have to wonder...