This photo was a birthday gift to Agathe Gerbracht’s mother at Christmas 1890 in New York. The dedication on the back of the photo says in German: “Der lieben Mutter zum Geburtstage von Agathe Gerbracht Dec 25 / 90” I think the surname was added later (and thanks to whomever added it, otherwise we wouldn’t have found this woman’s story!) So I set out to find an Agathe whose maiden name or married name had been Gerbracht. How old do you think she was in 1890 when she ha
