{"id":1599,"date":"2026-10-31T17:37:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1599"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:37:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:37:55","slug":"bange-couples-households","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1599","title":{"rendered":"Bange and Roling: portraits, weddings and early households"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>.family-topic-breadcrumb{font-size:.95rem;margin:0 0 22px}.family-topic-intro{max-width:68ch;line-height:1.7}.family-topic-menu{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr));gap:14px;margin:26px 0}.family-topic-menu a{display:block;padding:18px;border:1px solid #c9cec8;border-radius:4px;background:#f5f2e9;text-decoration:none;color:#293d30;min-height:52px}.family-topic-menu strong{display:block;font-size:1.1rem}.family-topic-menu span{display:block;margin-top:6px;color:#4f574e;line-height:1.55;font-size:.95rem}.family-topic-related{border-top:1px solid #d8d2c5;margin-top:32px;padding-top:18px}.family-topic-related a{display:inline-block;margin:6px 22px 6px 0}.family-topic-breadcrumb a:focus-visible,.family-topic-menu a:focus-visible,.family-topic-related a:focus-visible{outline:3px solid #98513b;outline-offset:4px}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb){max-width:960px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb)>p{line-height:1.7}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb) :is(h2,h3){scroll-margin-top:24px}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb) a{overflow-wrap:anywhere}@media(max-width:600px){.family-topic-menu{grid-template-columns:1fr}.family-topic-menu a{padding:16px}}<\/style>\n<nav class=\"family-topic-breadcrumb\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/\">Home<\/a> \u203a <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=11\">Bange family<\/a> \u203a Bange and Roling: portraits, weddings and early households<\/nav>\n<p class=\"family-topic-intro\">The original portraits and documents, then the published stories of Joe and Ida\u2019s first home, daughters and household.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1a1d4d33 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#f5f1e8;padding-top:32px;padding-right:32px;padding-bottom:32px;padding-left:32px\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bange-photographs\">Photographs and documents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1152\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Joseph-and-Wilhelmina-Widmer-Bange-\u2014-mounted-portrait.jpg\" alt=\"Joseph and Wilhelmina Widmer Bange in a mounted studio portrait.\" class=\"wp-image-58\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Joseph-and-Wilhelmina-Widmer-Bange-\u2014-mounted-portrait.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Joseph-and-Wilhelmina-Widmer-Bange-\u2014-mounted-portrait-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Joseph-and-Wilhelmina-Widmer-Bange-\u2014-mounted-portrait-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1152px) 100vw, 1152px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joseph and Wilhelmina Widmer Bange, identified by the handwritten caption on this mounted studio portrait. Photograph undated. The mount bears the studio imprint \u201cChas. A. Miller, Moberly, Mo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> Family photograph with handwritten identification on the mount. The mount bears the Chas. A. Miller, Moberly, Mo. studio imprint. Date unknown.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Joseph-and-Wilhelmina-Widmer-Bange-\u2014-wedding-portrait.jpg\" alt=\"Wedding portrait of Joseph Bange and Wilhelmina Widmer Bange.\" class=\"wp-image-59\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Joseph-and-Wilhelmina-Widmer-Bange-\u2014-wedding-portrait.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Joseph-and-Wilhelmina-Widmer-Bange-\u2014-wedding-portrait-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Joseph-and-Wilhelmina-Widmer-Bange-\u2014-wedding-portrait-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joseph Bange and Wilhelmina Widmer Bange, identified on the reverse of this wedding portrait. The reverse gives 1893. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/1362277012\/\">1943 golden-wedding report<\/a> gives April 11, 1893, at St. Joseph\u2019s Catholic Church in Salisbury; this is a retrospective newspaper account, not the original marriage register.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> Family photograph with identification and the year 1893 written on the reverse. The owner confirmed the front and reverse are the same original; the wedding date remains unverified against an independent record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"bange-widmer-license-1893\">A contemporary marriage-license notice<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/resource\/sn88068010\/1893-04-07\/ed-1\/?sp=1\">Chariton Courier\u2019s April 7, 1893 marriage-license column (page 1)<\/a> lists Jos. Bange and Miss Wilhelmina Widmer together. This adds a contemporary record to the couple\u2019s wedding portrait, whose reverse is dated 1893. The newspaper reports a license; it does not give the ceremony date or church, and April 7 must not be treated as their wedding date.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/roling-bange-wedding-1917-upright.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/roling-bange-wedding-1917-upright.png\" alt=\"Four members of the 1917 Roling\u2013Bange wedding party posed in a studio.\" class=\"wp-image-434\" style=\"width:720px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/roling-bange-wedding-1917-upright.png 1536w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/roling-bange-wedding-1917-upright-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/roling-bange-wedding-1917-upright-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/roling-bange-wedding-1917-upright-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wedding portrait of Joe Roling and Ida Bange Roling with attendants Agnes Roling Widmer and Frank Bange, April 18, 1917. Names and date come from the accompanying handwritten identification.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"joe-ida-marriage-certificate\">Joe and Ida\u2019s marriage certificate<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The family\u2019s marriage certificate records Joseph H. Roling and Ida A. Bange\u2019s marriage at St. Joseph\u2019s Church on April 18, 1917. It gives the license date as April 10 and names Francis Bange and Agnes Roling as witnesses. The witness names do not independently identify the people in the separate wedding photograph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_F43FF2F6-AC4C-4D80-AFEC-DD856366B1FF.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_F43FF2F6-AC4C-4D80-AFEC-DD856366B1FF.jpeg\" alt=\"Framed family marriage certificate naming Joseph H. Roling and Ida A. Bange and recording their marriage at St. Joseph\u2019s Church on April 18, 1917.\" class=\"wp-image-888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_F43FF2F6-AC4C-4D80-AFEC-DD856366B1FF.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_F43FF2F6-AC4C-4D80-AFEC-DD856366B1FF-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_F43FF2F6-AC4C-4D80-AFEC-DD856366B1FF-768x1024.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The family\u2019s marriage certificate for Joseph H. Roling and Ida A. Bange, April 18, 1917. Full photographed view of the framed certificate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: the framed marriage certificate preserved in the family collection, reproduced here in one full photographed view. This is the family\u2019s certificate; a separate civil-register entry has not been added with it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"joe-ida-first-home-1917\">Joe and Ida\u2019s plans for a first home<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A newspaper notice adds a glimpse of the newlyweds\u2019 plans. It reports Ida Bange\u2019s wedding at St. Joseph\u2019s Church on Wednesday morning at nine and says the couple intended to begin housekeeping in the Reppenhagen cottage on Le Fever Street. The Wednesday was April 18, 1917, matching the family certificate. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/resource\/sn88068010\/1917-04-20\/ed-1\/?sp=1\">Read the notice in the <em>Chariton Courier<\/em>, April 20, 1917, page 1.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The paper prints the groom\u2019s name as \u201cJoseph Rollins.\u201d The bride, church and wedding date strongly match Joe and Ida\u2019s certificate. The notice describes a plan; the cottage has not been identified with their later brick home.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ida-mae-birth-notice-1918\">A likely birth notice for Ida Mae<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In March 1918, the <em>Courier<\/em> announced that a baby girl had arrived at Joe Roling and his wife\u2019s home on February 21. The notice leaves the mother and baby unnamed. The family\u2019s later record names Joe and Ida\u2019s daughter Ida Mae and gives her birth as February 20, 1918, making her a strong match for this little girl while leaving a one-day difference unresolved. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/resource\/sn88068010\/1918-03-01\/ed-1\/?sp=8\">Read the birth notice, March 1, 1918, page 8.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"joe-ida-second-street-1920\">A young family on Second Street<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By January 1920, Joe and Ida were raising two little daughters, Ida May, as the census spells her name, and Mildred. The census places the family on Second Street in Salisbury and records their home as owned with a mortgage. Joe was working as a machinist in his own shop. <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/14thcensusofpopu906unit\/page\/n1020.jpg\">See the original 1920 census, enumeration district 43, sheet 3A, lines 14\u201317.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The street is written \u201cSecond Street,\u201d without a West prefix, and no house number is supplied. This record does not establish whether they had lived in the Reppenhagen cottage or identify the parcel of their 1920 home.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mildred-brand-mu-work\">Mildred\u2019s years at Jesse Hall<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mildred Frances Roling Brand, Joe and Ida\u2019s daughter, spent 20 years working as an admissions clerk at Jesse Hall for the University of Missouri, retiring in 1986, according to her funeral-home obituary. It also remembers her as a member of St. Joseph High School\u2019s Class of 1937 who enjoyed visiting relatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summervillefuneralhome.com\/obituaries\/Mildred-Frances-Brand?obId=25058885\">Mildred Frances Brand\u2019s obituary<\/a>, published online by Summerville Funeral Home and Patton Funeral Home, recording her death on November 25, 2018. The funeral-home text was checked October 21, 2026. Her university connection here is employment; no college attendance or degree is established by this account.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People\u2019s stories can be linked to photographs and documents, with names, dates when known, captions, and the source of each item. Uncertain identifications will be labeled clearly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<nav class=\"family-topic-related\" aria-label=\"Related pages\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=11\">\u2190 Bange family<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1598\">Back to Bange photographs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1589\">Joseph and Wilhelmina\u2019s family<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1601\">Later Bange family gatherings<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1604\">Records and source notes<\/a><\/nav>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home \u203a Bange family \u203a Bange and Roling: portraits, weddings and early households The original portraits and documents, then the published stories of Joe and Ida\u2019s first home, daughters and household. Photographs and documents Joseph and Wilhelmina Widmer Bange, identified by the handwritten caption on this mounted studio portrait. Photograph undated. 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