Image of Mabel and Bill Pickard outdoors, possibly a backyard, standing apart next with greenery and garden beds visible in frame. Mabel is seen looking toward the camera and Bill is in the background dusting off a piece of clothing.

Image of Emma Schneider and Walter Siegner (third and second from right) on their wedding day posting for the couple with an unidentified couple and teenager, likely members of the wedding party. The group is seen standing in a row and looking toward the camera wearing formal dresses and suits.

Image of an unidentified group of adults and children standing and seated in two rows, posing for the camera outside of what is likely a residential home. Two of the children in the front row are wearing sailor hats and one of them is point what may be a BB gun at the camera.

Image of an unidentified adult seen in partial profile on a golf course with a club raised and resting on right shoulder. Other golfers are visible on the grounds in the background.

Image of the interior of the Church of the Good Shepherd including a view of the pews, an organ player, and the altar.

Image of John Herbert Schneider looking toward the camera while standing outdoors and wiping hands on a towel.

Image of a group of unidentified friends seated and standing outdoors in two rows while looking warmly toward the camera.

Image of (left to right) Fred and Florence Ahrens standing with an unidentified adult along the length of a car. Fred is seen with arms crossed looking at something off camera while Florence and the unidentified friend is seen smiling toward the camera.

Image of Fred Ahrens standing with two unidentified adults along the length of a car. Ahrens is with arms crossed and smiling at something off camera.

Image of two unidentified friends smiling toward the camera while standing outdoors.

Image of Florence Ahrens and an unidentified friend smiling toward the camera while standing outdoors.

Image of five unidentified adults smiling at the camera while seated on and standing behind a bench outdoors.

Image of Emma Schneider and Walter Siegner on their wedding day seen standing together and looking toward the camera wearing formal dress and suit.

Image of three unidentified friends, two of whom are holding hands, standing outdoors.

Image of three unidentified friends standing outdoors.

Image of three unidentified friends standing outdoors.

Image of four unidentified friends standing outdoors, one with arms around the shoulders of the other.

Image of a group of unidentified friends seated and standing outdoors in two rows while looking warmly toward the camera.

Image of three unidentified adults smiling at the camera while standing outdoors in the snow dressed for cold weather. At right is a partially visible automobile with the passenger door ajar.

Image of an unidentified adult smiling widely at the camera while standing outdoors in the snow dressed for cold weather.

Image of a sprawling vineyard seen from above.

Image of (left to right) John, Mrs. and Mr. Geddes, and Telvido standing on the side of a dirt road. A vineyard is partially visible in the background.

Image of an unidentified couple smiling toward the camera while seated on a beach under a paper parasol.

Image of Ahrens family members seated and standing on the porch of a cottage with a "Berlin" sign affixed to the building siding taken at Grand Bend.

Envelope of snapshots labelled "Miss Ahrens". The photographs include: Mabel and Bill Pickard wedding (4 snapshots, Mabel and Bill Pickard, Norman Schneider, Florence Ahrens); Emma Ahrens and Walter Siegner wedding,1920 (2 snapshots); "Mac" Macdonald and Edith Ahrens wedding (1 snapshot); Ahrens cottage at Grand Bend called "Berlin" (1 snapshot); Church of the Good Shepherd interior (1 snapshot); grape farm near St. David's (2 snapshots); many unidentified friends (15 snapshots); Hebert J. Schneider (1 snapshot). The negatives are of an unidentified golfer and an unidentified family group.

Carbon correspondence relating to the care of Florence Ahrens at Central Park Lodge and the condition of her health. Includes list of nurses who cared for Ahrens, personal account information and two obituaries.

Studio portrait of the Ahrens sisters seen standing and seated in front of a decorative backdrop.

Back row, left to right: Carrie, Laura, Emma.

Middle row, left to right: Helena, Louise, Minnie.

Front row: Mary.

Group portrait of the Ahrens family taken outside in front of the Ahrens family home on the corner of Benton and Courtland Streets. Three bicycles lay in front of the group and one of the children is seated on a tricycle. Includes two pages of handwritten identifications. Verso of photograph also includes partial identifications and notes about the relationship of people to the family.

Back Row, left to right: George Hachborn, Carey[sic] Ahrens (spinster), Albert Ahrens, Fred Ahrens (boy), Louise Ahrens (spinster), Herman Ahrens, Charles August Ahrens, Charles Schneider (boy), Henry Ahrens, Mary Ahrens Halliwell.

Middle row, left to right: Helena A. Schneider, Laura A. Hachborn (Aunt Loli), Margaret Hachborn (Koenig), John Metz Schneider, Ferdinand Von Ende, Minnie A. Von Ende, Charles Andrew Ahrens, Emma Ahrens (single), Mrs. Charles (Emma) Ahrens, Carl Ahrens (child), Carolyn Seiler Ahrens (wife of Henry), Floss Ahrens (on tricycle).

Front row, left to right: Fred H. Schneider, Emma Schneider, Herbert Schneider, Norman C. Schneider, Walter Ahrens, Lottie Shupe, Mabel Ahrens Picard [sic], George Ahrens.

One photograph. Includes identifications as follows:
Back row, left to right: Carrie Ahrens (unmarried), Louise Ahrens (unmarried), Emma Ahrens (unmarried), Charles August Ahrens (married Emma Hirshey), Henry Ahrens.

Middle row, left to right: Albert Ahrens, Helena Ahrens (Norman C. Schneider's mother).

Front row, left to right: Minnie Ahrens (oldest, married F. VonEnde), Laura/Lolie Ahrens (married Geo. Hachborn), Charles Andrew Ahrens, Mary Ahrens (married Harry Hallliwell), Herman Ahrens.

One studio group portrait of the Ahrens family. File also includes typed identifications, a list of addresses for Ahrens family members, and an envelope that reads: "Grandfather Charles Andrew Ahrens and family. The only picture including grandmother Charlotte (Roth) Ahrens."

Identifications in photo:

Back row, left to right: Henry J. Ahrens, Helena Ahrens (Mrs. J.M. Schneider), Charles August Ahrens, Wilhelmine A. "Minnie" Ahrens (Mrs. Ferdinand Von Ende), Caroline Ahrens, Albert Ahrens.

Middle row, left to right: Emma Ahrens, Charles Andrew Ahrens, Henrietta Charlotte Ahrens (née Roth), Louise Ahrens.

Front row, left to right: Laura Ahrens (Mrs. Geo. Hachborn), Mary Charlotte Ahrens (Mrs. Harry Halliwell, born July 26, 1876), Herman Ahrens.

One photograph of the Ahrens family home at the corner of Benton St. and Courtland Ave. while under construction. Two unidentified people are standing next to the house with piles of wood and debris visible in the foreground.

Photograph of Charles August Ahrens and family in front of their first home on Courtland Ave. in what was then Berlin, Ontario.

Left to right: Charles August Ahrens, his wife Emma, children Lottie and Fred, and Martin Nagel.

Three snapshots of Charles August and Emma Ahrens, taken outdoors. Includes two shots of the couple on their 35th wedding anniversary.

One binder of photocopies, including some original snapshots and clippings in adhesive pages, consisting of The Ahrens story / compiled by Mary C. Shantz. Includes information about relationships and friendships between the Ahrens and Schneider families. Includes 4 snapshots of and a obituary for Floss Ahrens. This binder was owned by Herbert J. Schneider.

Series consists of material relating to the Charles A. Ahrens family, primarily photographs, genealogical and biographical information.

Fonds consists of material relating to descendants of Johann Christoph and Anna Elizabeth Schneider, their families, friends and activities. It also contains genealogical information about the Schneider and Ahrens family origins in Germany and relatives there. Includes clippings, correspondence, ephemera, films, manuscripts, photographs, slides, etc.