August Isaak Jr. family
~Photos submitted by Fred S. Isaak
~1908 Sunday "after church" family gathering at the August Isaak's at Krem, ND
Back Row, Left to Right: Regina Schlender, Elizabeth Isaak.
Second Row, Left to Right: Theresa Schlender, Rosina Neuberger (holding child Ella Neuberger), Catharine Mohl, Mrs. August Isaak, Mr. August Isaak, Jacob Mohl, John Neuberger, Gustave Schlender.
Third Row, Left to Right: Amanda Neuberger, Hertha Schlender, Emma Isaak, Hilda Mohl, Herbert Mohl, Ervin Mohl, Herb Isaak, Bennie Isaak, Art Isaak, Herb Schlender, Ralph Neuberger, August Neiberger, Bill Schlender, Fred Isaak, Oscar Neuberger, Ann or Frieda Isaak in the baby crib in front.
Above is the photo of August Isaak Junior born November 02, 1870, in Michaelfeld, Georgia, South Russia, farmed in Mercer County and served as a State Representive for Mannhaven, Mercer County in 1916 and 1918. This photo was taken when he served at the Capitol. He died on March 06, 1933, at Compton, Calif. He is buried at the Lutheran Cemetery located in Mercer County. He married KATHARINA BREITLING on April 30, 1892, at Parkston, South Dakota, before traveling to Mercer County in 1894. His wife was born November 05, 1871, at Rosenfeld, Bessarabia, South Russia and died April 28, 1953, at Hazen, Mercer County, North Dakota.
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Click here for a page regarding the parents of Mrs. August Isaak Jr (Katharina Breitling)
A Tribute To My Mother by Anna Huber 1989
Katherina Breitling was born in South Russia on Nov 5, 1871. She came to America with her parents in 1888, and they settled in the Parkston South Dakota area.
She was a rather small person, about 5'2", At the age of 16, she had heavy, long, blond, hair that reached down to her knees. She used to put it up on her head, but with that weight she always had a headache. One day she was in the yard and her father was sharpening fencepost. She complained that she had a bad headache and wish that she didn't have all that hair. Her father asked her to come closer. He took the long braid and laid it on top of the fencepost and chopped it off. That left her hair length at her waistline. Strange as it may seem, her hair never seem to grow an inch after that.
My mother was a hard worker. She was the oldest in the family and had to go and work in the fields for her uncle. She was handy with this scythe. She would cut the crop with the scythe and a couple of men would put the grain together and tie it into bundles.
She also told us that they carried the dirty laundry to a pond or dam and washed it by rubbing the clothes on rocks. She also told us of how seasick she was on the ship when they came to America.
My mother married my father on April 30, 1892 at Parkston South Dakota. After birth of their second child, they decided to move to North Dakota, when Uncle David was two years old and Uncle Richard was two weeks old. This trip took 28 days. They arrived in North Dakota on October 20, 1894. They travel about 20 miles per day. They would stop early in the afternoon by a lake or river so the cattle graze and drink. This was also gave her an opportunity to wash clothes, especially diapers, and draped over bushes to dry.
She was not only a good worker but also a good manager. She was also quite strict with her family. They had 14 children but only 10 grew to adulthood. She loved to sing. My father would play the organ or the accordion, and they would sing. In the winter time she would knit stockings and mittens and tell us of her life in Russia.
They lived on the farm by the Missouri River from 1903 to 1922, when they moved to Krem North Dakota . My father died in 1933. In 1939 my mother moved to Hazen. She always had a big garden and lots of flowers. She never had a lawn.
My mother had no recipe book. She had all the recipes in her head. I remember we had to go and pick hops that grew in the bush and my mother made yeast cakes. I know one of the ingredients was cornmeal. My mother would cut and dry the yeast cakes. It seemed that she baked bread every day. I don't remember her baking a cake, but she met a lot of kuchen.
She was also a nurse. She knew many remedies when there was an illness. She also had a knack with bones. She could set a broken arm and cast it. The casts she were made were of wooden shingles, cut very thin, and woven with a soft cloth to the desired length and width. She also fixed many a dislocated arm, wrist, or ankle.
Katherina Breitling Isaak live to be 81 years old. She died on April 20, 1953. God bless her memory
**August Isaak Jr. wrote an autobiography in 1926. Read his family story by clicking on the link.
August Isaak Jr. House, Krem, N.D.
August Isaak Jr. 1931 Car
August Isaak Family Gathering --Abt 1948
On the back this picture only says "Isaak Family Gathering."
Left to Right -- front row: Arthur, Hilda,Elizabeth,Fred &wife Emma,Ted & Anna Huber w/2 children,--several unidentified, Grandma Katherina, Rose & David Isaak, couple on end unidentified.
This is a great picture--HELP IS NEEDED with Identification!
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The First Annual August Isaak Reunion held in the summer of 1950. This photo is taken with Mrs. Katherina Isaak standing at center/front, with her children & their family groups gathered behind her. Photo taken in front of Trinity Lutheran Church, rural Mercer County, N.D.
~Family groups from the back row left to right: David & Rose Isaak, Arthur & Martha Isaak, & Emma & Adam Guenther.
~Family groups in the next row coming forward left to right: Fred & Emma Isaak, Richard & Kate Isaak, Lizzie & Reinhold Guenthner, & Esther & Reine Schmoll.
~Family groups in the row directly behind Katherina left to right: Herb & Lea Isaak & Anna & Ted Huber, & Hilda & Eldor Bohrer.
Indoor photo taken of Katherina Isaak and her children.
Left to Right: Fred, Arthur, Richard, David, Herb, Katherina, Lizzie, Emma, Anna, Esther, Hilda
August Isaak Jr's Boys -- 1955
~Left to right: Richard, Arthur, Herb, Fred, David
Children of August & Katharina Isaak:
David Isaak 1893-1960
Richard A. Isaak 1894-1977
Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Mrs. Reinhold Guenther) 1895-1992
Emma Isaak b. 30 Jun 1897; d. 25 Feb 1904
Benjamin W. Isaak b. 14 Dec 1898; d. 30 Aug 1915
Arthur Herman Isaak 1900-1994
Fred P. Isaak 1902-1966
Emma (Mrs. Adam Guenther) 1904-1974
Reinhold L. b. 26 Dec 1906; d. 25 Mar 1908
Herbert R. Isaak 1908-1986
Anna L. (Mrs. Theo Huber) 1911-1999
Esther P. (Mrs. Reine Schmall) 1913-1981
Lorentina Wilhelmine b. 07 Jul 1914; d. 20 Jul 1914
Hilda (Mrs. Eldor Bohrer) 1917-1999