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Rachael Ann (Kern) Boehm

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Title

Rachael Ann (Kern) Boehm

Subject

Boehm, Rachael Ann Kern (1851-1917)

Description

Portrait photograph of Rachael Ann (Kern) Boehm wearing a checkered, long-sleeved blouse with a bow tied at her neck.

Her first husband's name was Ananias Swartz (1851-1906). The couple married in 1906.

After he died, Rachael married again. Her second husband was Silas W. Boehm (1944-1919).

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

Undated

Contributor

Identified in 2003 by Willard Riffee who had the same picture at home. He reported the subject as his great grandmother but had not been able to "verify as true". In 2026, library staff found this same photograph used on Rachael Boehm's Find-A-Grave record.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Identifier

004402

Original Format

Glass Negative
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Citation

Morrison Studio, “Rachael Ann (Kern) Boehm,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed February 25, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/33230.

Comments

John Chilton

This same photo is at ancestrydotcom. The same identification is given. It is a headshot with Morrison mat. 

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