53.17
Print, Photographic
1940 Approximate
Billing Sisters. Material: paper. Size: 5" x 7". Description: black and white photograph of the seven Billing sisters. Left to right: Alice, Clara, Edith, Bertha, Selma, Minnie, Helen.
Carl F. Billing and Edith Amelia Schlaak were married 1 October 1899. Alice Adeline Emma (Billing) Wells was born 5 May 1901 in Waseca Co. and passed away 10 October 1991. Clara Billing was born 26 January 1910 (probably in Lisbin, ND) Clara passed away 12 December 2002 and is buried in Waseca Co. Edith or Eda Gurina Marie (Billing) Kirschenmann was born 9 October 1915 and passed away 30 April 1993. Bertha (Billing) Morris was born 24 April 1914. Selma Billing was born 10 February 1919 and passed away 19 February 1973 and is buried in Waseca Co. Minnie Christina (Billing) McDermeit was born 17 August 1917 and married Thomas Gilbert McDermeit 11 May 1954 in Waseca Co. Helen (Billing) Retzer was born 1 February 1908 and passed away 17 October 1985. Selma Billing was a school teacher for School District No. 20. Rural Wilton Township School District #20. school District 20; located in Waseca County, Wilton Township, Section 17, Pink Schoolhouse. Rural School District No. 20. Rural schools, country schools, schoolhouses, Wilton schools.