Erma G. (Horvath) Carr was born on November 29, 1901. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Erma (Horvath) Carr.
I do not know the identity of the tall lady on the left. Based on her height, the only ones that come to my mind is that she could be George & Stella (Bass) Fields's daughter or Mrs. Albert W. (Pearl Chapman) Sheeks or Mrs. Mallie (Pauline Carr) Carmichael. Next to her is Rose (Carr) Neal, then Rose's new daughter-in-law, Erma G. (Horvath) Carr, and lastly Bertha (Sheeks) Williams.
Who is the tall lady on the left?
Is she the daughter of Stella (Bass) Fields or is she Mrs. Albert W. (Pearl Chapman) Sheeks or Mrs. Mallie (Pauline Carr) Carmichael or whom?
Date & Place:
at Mitchell in Lawrence County, Indiana
From left to right: Mrs. Frances Pesta; Erma (Horvath) Carr; William J. Pesta Jr.; and William J. Pesta Sr. William brought his family to South Bend also visit his brother, Andrew, and his sister, Helen (Pesta) Linkees
Erma (Horvath) Carr (1901-1994) and John Edwin Carr (1897-1982) proudly show off their first and only child, Betty Jane Carr, to her grandmother, Rose (Carr) Neal.
Date & Place:
at Mitchell in Lawrence County, Indiana
Tragically, while Madeline was pregnant with her third child, she had to have one of her legs amputated. This is one of the few pictures I have of Madeline as a young lady before she had to have the operation. She had to use crutches for some time, and eventually got a wooden leg prosthesis to wear.
Date & Place:
at Mitchell in Lawrence County, Indiana
Erma G. (Horvath)and John Edwin Carr's Wedding Day
Erma and John, who were married at the St. Stephen's Catholic Church in South Bend, Indiana, were totally deaf and used to communicate with their daughter and deaf friends using sign language. Otherwise, they wrote notes. Erma became deaf after suffering from typhoid fever, caused by drinking contaminated water from a brook while on a family picnic. She graduated from the 8th grade at the Ephpheta School, a private Catholic school for the deaf in Chicago, Illinois, no longer in existence. John became deaf as an infant, when he suffered from pneumonia. He graduated from the 10th grade at the Indiana School for the Deaf in Indianapolis, Indiana.
John died 10 January 1982 and Erma 3 April 1994, both in South Bend, Indiana.
Date & Place:
at South Bend in St. Joseph County, Indiana
The new bride meets her husband's relatives. The groom, John Edwin Carr, probably took this picture. On the left is his step-father, Asa Neal; then Carl Williams, Bertha's husband; Bertha (Sheeks) Williams; the young man resembles Carl Williams, so I am assuming he is his younger brother; Erma (Horvath) Carr, the bride; Rose (Carr) Neal, Erma's mother-in-law; .... Bass, the daughter of Stella (Bass) Fields, next to her, and George Fields, behind Stella; another George Fields, the widower of Mary (Sheeks); and Halbert Sheeks on the right.
I know none of the children except Madeline Neal, who is shading her eyes, and is in front of Erma Carr.
People in photo include: - - - - Williams
Date & Place:
at Mitchell in Lawrence County, Indiana
John Edwin Carr has recently wed Erma G. (Horvath) and is introducing her to his relatives and their families, among them Carl Williams and Bertha (Sheeks). Williams.
Date & Place:
at Mitchell in Lawrence County, Indiana