St. Mary's Young Men Sodality, 1909

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The Young Men's Sodality of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Lancaster, New York, 1909.

This photograph is from page 66 of the booklet Centennial of Incorporation (1849-1949) - Village of Lancaster NY, celebrating the centennial of the village on July 17-23, 1949.

The original black and white photograph was colorized and enhanced in 2020 by Jeff McCaskey.

My grandfather Frank J. Staebell is in the second row from the back, third man from the right.
Frank Staebell

According to the booklet, the men pictured are:

Front row, left to right:
1. Lawrence O'Neill
2. Henry Swartz
3. Arthur Anstett
  - Son of John ANSTETT and Mary WALTER
4. Louis Ferrand
5. Linus Enser
6. Steve Jacobowski
7. Carl Adolf
8. Raymond Hastrich
9. Dave Schrader
Second row, left to right:
1. George Mullaney
2. Henry Wahl
3. John Mullaney
4. Ed Hoke
5. Henry Newhouse
6. Joseph Bach (later Rev. Bach)
7. Roman Nuwer (later Monsignor Nuwer)
  - Son of Frank X. NUWER and Rosalia ANSTETT
8. John Goldbach
9. Merle Dickinson
10. Frank X. Nuwer, Jr.
  - Son of Frank X. NUWER and Rosalia ANSTETT
Third row, left to right:
(11 men pictured in this row, but only 10 are identified)
1. John Lambrix
2. Ed Adolf
3. Walter Robinson
4. Dab Monnin
5. Charles Goldbach
6. Frank X. Nuwer, Sr.
7. William Hurley
8. Fred Dentinger
9. Ray Knauber
10. Roger McGraw
Fourth row, left to right:
1. Leo Lambrix
2. Edward Ott (later Rev. Ott)
3. Charles Thill
4. Joseph Meiler
5. Joseph Goldbach
6. George Emminger
7. Joseph Nichter
8. Robert Adolf
9. John Wolf
10. John Hoke
11. Charles Keicher
12. Frank Staebell
13. Henry Staebell
14. Henry Stephan
15. Frank Ball
Top row, left to right:
1. Ralph Maute
2. Charles Newhouse
3. Nick Haungs
4. unidentified
5. George Haungs
6. Pete Haungs
7. Richard Voigt
8. John Geyer
9. Ed Ball
10. Joseph Sheffler
11. Leo E. Huber
12. Arthur Seibert
13. Simon Kiehl

Frank John Staebell (1890-1981)

Date of photograph: 1915.

This photograph is from the photo collection of my mother, Alice Staebell Smith.

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