Threshing Machine Photo
Taken in Knees, Banat, circa 1920

by Rudy Jobba, 4 Dec 2007

To give you a little background on how I came into possession of this threshing photo. I myself had first seen it in July-August of this year, 2007 -at age of 84, when I needed to communicate with my deceased sister Julia (Juliska's) younger son Frank who is age 57. After many years of no contact we then delved into past family history. Among various topics discussed we came to the subject of family memorabilia. It seems my parents passed on most of their belongings of this sort to my sister and she in turn turned all of it over to her son Frank. I therefore had not any prior knowledge of the pictures existence. I trust the foregoing information will be of some interest to you and to various members of the DVHH. It was my pleasure in recording it here for posterity. As always Best Regards to All -- Rudy

Now I come to the points of interest displayed in the picture:

1. On the left side, the two (2) men leaning against the tractor are (a) the Machinist Operator, (b) the man with the Hat is my Onkel Jani Brunner my mother's older brother, who at one time was Alex Leeb's Music Instructor in their home town of Knees.

2. Up front in the centre of the photo you no doubt can see the "Bull" standing in front of my father Hans Jobba the Kneeser Fleischacker (Butcher) who in characteristic form, as was the case when preparing to execute the slaughter of the animal in the manner prevalent in the towns of the old country years ago.

3. In the rear centre section in the front line we see the lady with her right hand on her hip, Catharina Frick, my first cousin was my Godmother at my Baptism.

4. The lady next in line is her mother (with the Kopf Tuchel ) Magdalena (Jobba ) Frick, my father's sister. My Leni Tant.

5. On her immediate left is her son (wearing a hat) Nikolaus, again my first cousin.

6. The next person to his left side (man in the white shirt holding some sort of basket) is my Leni Tant's husband, my Onkel Nikolaus Frick.

[Published at DVHH.org 8 May 2014 by Jody McKim Pharr]

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