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Photograph, Schwerkolt Family

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Carl Benno Schwerkolt was the youngest of August and Pauline Schwerkolt's children. He married Wilhelmina Both, the youngest child of Wilhelmina Oppel who became August Schwerkolt's second wife. Carl Benno and Wilhelmina married in 1892 (Cert No 6010). The three children in the photo are Charles Clarence, 1892 Mitcham, Clara Ruby 1894, Mitcham and William Lionel 1895, Prahran

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Black and white photograph of two young children in light clothing and a boy in dark sitting on a rug. Each child has a toy or a book nearby. Written 'Children of Wilhelmina and Carl Benno' The three children in the photo are Charles Clarence, 1892 Mitcham, Clara Ruby 1894, Mitcham and William Lionel 1895