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Mary Jane (Brown) Purfeerst, Sr. Family - 1895.
This picture was taken in 1895 in Rice County, Minnesota, probably upon the occasion of the March 1, 1895 death of the family father, Charles Ernest Purfeerst, Sr., a.k.a., Karl Frederick Ernst Purfürst. The photo shows Charles' widow, Mary Jane (Brown)Purfeerst, and their surviving children.

LEFT TO RIGHT:
STANDING:
* Harmon Francis Purfeerst
* Henry Mark Purfeerst
* Charles Ernest Purfeerst (Jr.)
* William Frederick Purfeerst
SEATED:
* David Ernst Purfeerst
* Mary Jane (Brown) Purfeerst
* Rosa Ann (Purfeerst) Meyer

See the Rice County, Minnesota History for information on this family.

Charles Purfeerst is the son of Ernst & Christliebe Wilhelmine (Seltmann) Purfurst.

See the history of Essex County, New Jersey for information on his parents.

Histories

MINNESOTA - Karl Friedrich Ernst Purf?rst and Mary Jane Brown

a.k.a. - Charles Purfeerst ................... Faribault, Minnesota

Major allied families include......AERNS, BAUER, BETZEL, BIERSDORF, BOSTWICK, BROWN, BUNCE, BYRNES, CARPENTER, CRUIKSHANK, DAUSER, DEGROSS, DEIKE, DERIVAN, DUBEAU, DURAND, EGAN, GATZKE, GUILBAULT, HACHFIELD, HACKET, HANSON, HORTOP, JOHNSON, KAISER, KNAPP, KARP, KELLEY, KEMMESAT, KENNEY, LENWAY, LINEHAM, LOBSINGER, MAROSE, MEYER, MOOS, MURPHY, NEAS, O'CONNELL, PAQUETT, SCHIFFNER, SCHOMMER, SCHWARTZ, SCHLIPP, SLINGER, STEICHEN, STICHA, STUBBS, SWANGER, TAPLIN, THOM, WEISS, ZABEL.

This family group constitues the ancestors for the Author's Great-Grandfather Charles Ernest Purfeerst as well as the author's Grandfather, Harmon Francis Purfeerst.