Spemann Family Collection
This appears to be the last photo of Etesa Malietoa Axmann ( wearing polka dot dress ) taken not long before her passing in 1926 . Daughter Emma is sitting to the right ( with boy on lap ), with Hugo at the back .
In this photo the oldest Gebauer daughter , Hedwig ( on left in front row ), sits below her husband , Max Grapengiesser , a German from Mecklenburg who arrived in Samoa in 1906 . Others in the photo are ( left to right ) at back Etesa Gebauer , Hugo Gebauer Jnr ,
Minna Gebauer , Hugo Gebauer Snr , Richard Gebauer , Rudy Gebauer , ( front row ) Carl Grapengiesser , Hedwig , Richard Grapengiesser , Etesa , Emma , Max Grapengiesser Jnr , Linda Gebauer ( Rudy ’ s daughter ), Rudy ’ s wife Mrs Acey Gebauer ( nee Tatnell ), and son Ernst Gebauer . Emma and Hugo ’ s oldest son Robert , who would have been in his late 30s , is absent in Germany where he spent many years ( see next page ).
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