The first mention of Emma is in the newspaper for the wedding of her oldest brother. It was 1915 and Emma was just eight years old and was a "flower maid." Five years later in the census she is at home with six of her sisters and attending common school.
Emma attended the Emmerich Manual Training High School and 1924 was in the cast of a comedy play. Emma is the first person in row two. She was also very involved in the Lutheran church. She was the corresponding secretary of the Walther League (youth group) in 1928.
Emma's oldest sister was leaving for California to get married and Emma threw her a bridal shower. Then in 1930 it was Emma who married in Cook County, Ill. Her husband was Arnold Richard Twietmeyer. They are enumerated in Oak Park, Cook, Illinois in the 1930 census. Her husband is a salesman for Marshall Field. By 1940 they have three sons. This is the two-family house they are renting for $40.
Arnold is now a salesman for dairy. A fourth son is born in 1946 completing their family. Arnold dies in 1971 at the age of 63. Their four sons have married by this time. They are spread through Oregon, Minnesota, Indiana and Ohio.Emma died in Medford, Oregon, in November 1986 at the age of 79.
Emma Lichtsinn is my 1st cousin 2x removed.
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