2024 update
Both my parents were born and raised in the Manning area. My mother, Susan Rowedder (born Apr 1941), passed away in 2016 and my father, Allan Fonken (born Feb 1941), passed away in 2023. I was on your site, poking around for info (thank you for everything you've posted!!) and came across a very old posting of some photos (1999) by Alice Burley that I may have figured out.
Given the information in Alice Burley's 1999 email, about her g-grandmother going to Payette, ID with her brother, I have educated guesses about these photos. My great-grandmother and -grandfather, Helena Joachimsen and Willie Rowedder traveled to Payette, ID in 1904 with several other people from Manning. In fact, my great-aunt, Verna Rowedder (born 1904) and grandfather, Lester Rowedder (born 1906) were both born in Payette, ID. So I am making an educated guess that “Lena Grachimes” is actually my great-grandmother Helena Joachimsen (born 1885, so 17 yr in 1902) and “Henry Grachimes” is her brother, Henry Joachimsen (born 1882, 20 yr in 1902).

Trying to find a link between Alice's great-grandmother and my relatives, it looks like one of my great-grandfather's (Willie Rowedder) sisters, Amelia Rowedder (born 1890) married a Herman Schroeder (born 1886). Perhaps he was a cousin of Alice's great-grandmother and -uncle?

Here is a synopsis of the Joachimsen family:
John Joachimsen (listed as Johann P. Jochimsen on Hamburg Passenger List) born 24 Aug 1854 in Deetzbüll, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He departed Hamburg in April 1872 at the age of 17 and arrived in the U.S. in New York. He married Johanna “Hanna” Sievertsen about 1878, the same year that she arrived in the U.S. from Langenhorn, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Hanna was born 09 Feb 1852 in Langenhorn. The 1900 census lists their residence as Hayes Township, Crawford Co., IA. The 1905 census lists his residence as Hayes Township, but post office is listed as Manning.
They had 7 children who lived to adulthood: Clara (born 1878), married Frederick Lohrmann in 1900; Metha (born 1880), married Dethlef Vinke in Manning in 1908; Henry (born 1882), married Hilda Jurgensen in Manning in 1910 on the same day that his youngest sister, Bertha (born 1888) married Louis Hagedorn; John E. (born 1883), married Hazel Hemminger in 1914; Christina (born 1884), married Henry Rowedder (born 1883) in 1905 in Payette, Idaho; and Helena (born 1885), married Willie Rowedder (born 1881) in 1904.

E-Mail From: ALICE BURLEY 1999

David,
Thank you for answering. My great grandmother Mary Schroeder and her brother Henry left Germany April 4, 1898 for Manning, Iowa. Her father Henry stayed in Germany. Their main concern was to get Henry, Jr out of Germany before he had to join the service. Their cousins paid for their fare and my grandma and her brother worked the fare out. My g grandma was 14 and her brother was 17 when they came. I believe this took 3 to 5 years. I know these cousins were farmers as my grandma told the story of going to market because she was so good at math, she could figure what was owed them for their produce, etc. in a flash. Mary was engaged to marry someone in Manning, had her dress made and then got cold feet, boarded the train and left Manning in 1905. I'm still waiting to hear from an uncle on whether he knew who these cousins were.

My grandma came to Payette, ID where her brother Henry had come to farm.

My g grandmother was from Schleswig-Holstien, Germany. The pictures were in a porcelin covered photo album I inherited from my grandmother last year.


Henry Joachimsen

The picture on the right is marked "Henry Grachimes" 1902

 

Picture taken in Lyden Studio.

Helena Joachimsen

The picture on the left is marked "Lena Grachimes" 1902.

Taken in Lyden Studio.

The "G" could be a J it is written like a cursive capitol J but looks like a little g.

I would gladly send these pictures on to you. I was hoping to find a historical society in Manning when I searched the internet. My grandmother, Annette, Mary's daughter did not know who any of these people were.

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