Poppenger Family Baptism Brings Together Seven Grandparents and Great-Grandparents, April 1939
Ann Arbor News, April 10, 1939
Caption
Seven Grandparents Attend Christening: When Janet Rose Wheeler, one-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Wheeler of N. Territorial Rd., Webster township, was baptized yesterday in the Dexter Methodist Episcopal church, seven of her eight grandparents and great-grandparents were present. Shown in the above picture taken at the reception at the home of the baby's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Poppenger, Webster-Church Rd., are left to right: Front row -- Mrs. C. C. Poppenger; Mrs. Charles Weiss, Detroit, a great-grandmother; Janet Rose, Mrs. John Poppenger, Detroit, a great-grandmother; and Mrs. Stearns Wheeler, Webster-Church Rd., a great-grandmother; back row -- C. C. Poppenger, grandfather; Mrs. Francis Wheeler, mother of the baby; John Poppenger, Detroit, great-grandfather; Francis Wheeler, father of the baby; and Ira Wheeler, grandfather. Another great-grandfather, Charles Weiss, of Detroit, was ill and unable to be present.
Year
1939
Month
April
Photo
Subjects
Webster Township
Dexter Methodist Episcopal Church
Children
Old News
Ann Arbor News
Mrs. Stearns Wheeler
Mrs. John Poppenger
Mrs. Francis Wheeler
Mrs. Charles Weiss
Mrs. C. C. Poppenger
John Poppenger
Janet Rose Wheeler
Ira Wheeler
Francis Wheeler
Charles Weiss
C. C. Poppenger
Eck Stanger
Webster Church Rd.