This is a photograph taken of the guests at John and Anna Page's 50th Wedding Anniversary in their living room, which would have been April 29, 1943. The address is presumed to be 5613 May Street, Chicago the same theirs in the 1940 Census.

Standing in the back left to right:

  1. George Page, age 48, son of John and Anna Page
  2. Mary (Mame) Murphy Page, George's wife
  3. Dolores Stanisek, fiancée of Harold Jordan (they did not marry)
  4. Harold Jordan, age 23, son of Elizabeth Jordan (not pictured)
  5. Dorothy Grotske, daughter of Charles and Rose Grotske, later married John Canavan
  6. Thought to be Ruth Grotske wife of Charles Grotske, Jr.; See No. 6 below.

Seated on Couch left to right:

  1. Harry Ulrich, age 40, husband of Ann
  2. Ann Ulrich, age 37, 3rd daughter of John and Anna
  3. Anna Page, age 71, wife of John
  4. John Page, about age 78, with white suspenders, husband of Anna
  5. Rose Grotske, age 42, 2nd daughter of John and Anna Page
  6. Charles Grotske, Jr., husband of Ruth Grotske; See No. 6 above.

Squatting In Front of Couch left to right:

  1. Harry (Bud) Ulrich, age 11, son of Harry and Ann Ulrich
  2. Edward Page, age 41, 3rd son of John and Anna Page

Absent are:

  1. Herbert and Elizabeth Jordan and two of their three sons Herbert Fred Jordan and Edward C. Jordan. In April 1943 Herb Fred Jordan and Edward Charles Jordan were at Army training. Ed had just begun Army Air Cadet training in Texas the previous month. Their father, Herbert Arthur Jordan had returned to Chicago from California a few months earlier after his wife Elizabeth broke her leg that winter, perhaps she was still in a cast when the picture was taken as it would have made sense for her to be at her parents’ 50th. In the Fall of 1943, they permanently moved to California.
  2. Charles Grotske, about age 43 and husband of Rose Grotske, age 42 and No. 5 seated. It is unknown why he wasn’t present but perhaps he had to be at work.

It was thought for some time that within the Standing in the back left to right listing that No. 6 was either Dorothy Koob, who later married Herbert Jordan or Ruth Grotske who married, Charlie Grotske, Jr. But logically it is likely to be Ruth Grotske, as her husband or future husband is in front of her. Regarding Dorothy Koob, at the time of the Page 50th anniversary, Herb Jordan was away in army training and they were not yet engaged and thus unlikely she would have attended

This photograph was in Ann Ulrich's Photo Collection. Ray Ulrich is now the keeper of this collection; Ray lent me the print to scan. If you would like to add information about this photo, please contact Dave Jordan, a g-grandson of John and Anna Page. The Picture Reference Number is DJP03.