When this photo of baby Elvina Schouten was taken at 3 months old (born on January 22, 1881), her world was still in order. Her mummy Henrietta née Wappich and her daddy Jacob Schouten led a lovely life in Keokuk, Lee, in Iowa, and a year later, in April 1882, her baby sister Helen would be born. But when her baby sister was the same age as little Elvina in this photo, their mummy died. The sisters went into the care of their grandparents William Wappich and Stephanie née Lör
