The Gerken-Larson Heritage:

The 19th and 20th Centuries

A Family History

Herman Gerken (1819-1875)
Henry Gerken (1855-1914)
Ewald Gerken (1895-1956)
Joan (Gerken) Larson (1926-1994)
Thomas Larson (1962-)

Researched and written by
Tom Larson

These are various images of the Gerkens scanned from photographs and forwarded to me by a second cousin of mine, Ron Gerken, a son of Ermin and Melva Gerken and a grandson of Louis P. and Christina (Lange) Gerken. Louis P. Gerken was the oldest brother of my grandfather Ewald Gerken T.L.

Louis P. and Christina M. (Lange) Gerken

Photographs

Christina (Lange) Gerken
(Mrs. Louis P. Gerken)
at San Juan Capistrano
in August 1941.

From left to right:
Melva Gerken (Ermin's wife),
Inez Gerken (cousin to Ermin and daughter of George Gerken),
Ron Gerken (Melva and Ermin's son),
George Gerken (brother to Louis P. Gerken),
Anna Gerken (George's wife),
Esther Gerken (cousin to Ermin and daughter of George Gerken).
This picture was taken in February 1943
at Cincinnati, Ohio.

From left to right:
Melva (Mrs. Ermin Gerken),
Ron Gerken (Ermin and Melva's son),
Agnes (?),
Christina "Tina" (Mrs. Louis P. Gerken),
Irma (Gerken) Schumacher (Tina's sister-in-law),
Joseph "Joe" Schumacher (Irma's husband),
and a grandchild.
The picture was taken at the Grotto
at Holy Ghost Church in Dickeyville, Wisconsin,
on a visit in 1945
with Irma and Joe Schumacher of Dubuque, Iowa.

From left to right:
Ermin Gerken (son of Louis P. and Christina Gerken),
Irma (Gerken) Schumacher (aunt to Ermin Gerken),
Agnes (?),
Christina (Lange) Gerken (wife of Louis P. Gerken),
Joseph "Joe" Schumacher (Irma's husband)
and Ron Gerken (son of Ermin and Melva), in front.
This picture was also taken at the Grotto in Dickeyville, Wisconsin.

A postcard from the Grotto
sent to Melva Gerken's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Weishaupt,
dated November 2, 1945.

Frank Steger (brother-in-law to Christina Gerken)
with his nephew Ermin Gerken
(son of Louis P. and Christina Gerken),
in Guttenberg, Iowa, in October 1945.
Ermin loved to fish.

From left to right:
Sister Anselma née Margaret Lange (sister to Christina Gerken),
Joan (Carrie Steger's grandchild),
and Carrie (Lange) Steger (sister to Christina Gerken).
This picture was taken at Guttenberg, Iowa,
on August 25, 1939.

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Last revised March 10, 2002.