Wagner Family Photos

[Daniel Webb]

Okay, so I don't know if this is the correct thread to post this in, but I couldn't figure out any other that came close to matching the topic.

Here's a few family photos I have in my collection that I'd thought I'd share with the group. My sister has the bulk of them, but she's been sending them at a trickle of a pace.

The first is William Wagner. Great-grandpa William was one of four brother, Bernard and Milton and Louis (not pictured) who founded Wagner Ware back in 1891. Bernard and Milton had started Wagner Hollow Ware ten years previously from the back of their hardware store in Sidney, Ohio.

The second is a close up from a panoramic photo of the Wagner Ware staff circa 1920s. My grandfather Richard was nick-named "peach" due to his bright completion, which, sadly enough, I suspect had something to do with his alcoholism.

[Jenny Schwartz]

Thanks for sharing !  :)

[Jim Fuchs]

Thank you Daniel ! We like pictures!  :) Think it's important to be able to document and save the history of the family and foundry for future generations.

[James Mummert]

I also want to thank you Daniel, for sharing your  pictures of your family.

[C. Perry Rapier]

Hello Daniel. As the others have said, thank you for sharing these pictures. If you ever get down this way and want to see some cast iron, look me up. I live a hop, skip, and a jump, from Sidney.  :)

[Dwayne Henson]

Thanks for sharing that

[Daniel Webb]

Thank you. I've been trying to post more, but there's a problem with the upload. I keep getting an error message, even though the photos are of the correct scale and size.

[Daniel Webb]

Hello Daniel. As the others have said, thank you for sharing these pictures. If you ever get down this way and want to see some cast iron, look me up. I live a hop, skip, and a jump, from Sidney.  :)

I might just take you up on that. I will be down in Ohio during the holiday season, though I'll be heading for the Columbus area... Yeah, that's enemy territory for us Michigan folk, but then again, the old Wagner clan were all Wolverines!

[Cheryl Watson]

Daniel, feel free to click my email button, under this post and send the pics to me for upload... Send Large File sizes, and I will rework them!  :)

[Daniel Webb]

Thanks, Cheryl. I'll take care of that tomorrow.

[Jim Glatthaar]

Yes, Daniel, thanks for posting those photos.

[Daniel Webb]

I'm sorry to say that's it on the photos. I've tried to resize them, rework them, and still they won't post, so I'm giving up. Sorry about that, folks, but I really can't keep playing around with this.

[Cheryl Watson]

Daniel, it is not just you... I am having a problem posting pics too... so I will need to do some troubleshooting... hmmmm

[edit]It was the file names... finally got them to upload...[/edit]/me

[Cheryl Watson]

Wagner Staff

"The first two, "Wagner Staff" Photo one includes my grand-father, Richard, and his uncles, at least two of the original founders, Louis and Milton. I'm not certain who the first one listed, or even guess as to who it is as I can't read the handwriting! I have no names to match the faces of the second photo. William, my great-grandfather, does not appear in this photo and I can only guess it was taken after 1926 when he passed away. "

[Cheryl Watson]

Wagner Family

"The next is whom I believe is my great-grandmother Ina. If I'm correct, then she's the one who gave her life to attend a University of Michigan football game! The Wagner's were Wolverine fans, in spite of living in central Ohio as in those days, Michigan was Ivy League and Ohio State was considered a "cow college." My great-grandparents would take a train up to Detroit on weekends to see Michigan play. It was during one of those trips that my grandmother stepped out of the hotel in which they were staying and was killed by a street-car!

The next image is that of my aunt Ann when she was a child. I love her mischievous expression and the bandage on her knee.

The last on is of my mother and her sisters. The youngest is my mother, Virginia. The girl in the middle is Ina, and the one on the right is my aunt Ann. I'm guessing this one is from the early 30s, and either just before the time of my grandfather's death, or just after. Only my aunt Ina is still alive. Ann passed away 15 years ago and my mother passed last year at the age of 81.


My mother was always proud of her Wagner heritage and we put "Virginia Wagner Webb" on her tombstone. "

[Daniel Webb]

Thank you, Cheryl! At least I know it wasn't just me.

For me, it's interesting to look at the photos of my mother and aunts especially. Already you can see their personalities coming through. My mother was a very serious looking child, just as she was a serious thinking adult. My aunt Ina (in the middle), grew to take things as they came, while my Aunt Ann was gullible, but fun.

Their lives were not easy after the passing of their father. To go from riches to rags isn't easy on anyone, and their story was typical of the times, though in their case, there loss came not from the Great Depression, but through tragedy.

[Roger Barfield]

These photos are wonderful.  Thank you for posting them.