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Fosters Meadow

A German Farming Community, Est.1850s
Long Island

Photo Gallery - People

St. Boniface Roman Catholic School

St. Boniface RC School -1912 - Photographer: Tepe

St. Boniface RC School - Fr. Zeller far right

St. Boniface RC School

St. Boniface RC School

St. Boniface RC School

St. Boniface RC School - Fr. Zeller on the left

St. Boniface RC School

St. Boniface RC School

St. Boniface RC School 1a

St. Boniface RC School 1b

St. Boniface RC School 2a

St. Boniface RC School 2b

St. Boniface School RC 3a

St. Boniface RC School 3b

St. Boniface RC School 4a

St. Boniface RC School 4b

St. Boniface RC School - circa 1925

St. Boniface RC School

St. Boniface RC School

St. Boniface RC School

St. Boniface RC School

St. Boniface RC School

St. Boniface RC School

St. Boniface RC School

St. Boniface RC School

St. Boniface RC School

St. Boniface RC School

St. Boniface RC School

St. Boniface RC School

St. Boniface RC School

St. Boniface RC School - circa 1920

St Boniface RC School, Est. 1950

St. Boniface RC School

St. Boniface RC School

St. Boniface RC School

St. Boniface RC School

St. Boniface RC School

Farmers

Bauer, Henry and Anthony with hand tillers - Dutch Broadway - Elmont, ca. 1925

Bauer, Henry on potato planter, Dutch Broadway - Elmont ca. 1925

Bauer, George Jr. and son Herbert - Dutch Broadway - Elmont - ca. 1925

Froehlich, Joseph - Elmont - circa 1925

Handel, Louis - Elmont Rd., Elmont, LI

Hoeffner, Anton Philip (AP), Jr., Rosedale, LI - 1 row potato planter

Keisel, Henry - Springfield, LI

Kiesel, John and Charles - Springfield, LI

Keisel, John - Springfield, LI

Kiesel, John and Charles - Springfield, LI

Kraus, Nicholas -Valley Stream, LI

Kiesel, Martin - Linden Blvd. - Springfield ca. 1915

Rottkamp, Anton - Strawberry pickers at the farm

Rottkamp, Cecilia and Bernadine, Springfield, LI

Sappelt, Emanuel Theodore Gregor with his rhubarb - aka Robert Sappelt (1834-1924)

Sappelt, Emanuel Theodore Gregor - aka Robert Sappelt (1834-1924)

Rottkamp, Anthony H. - digging up stored vegetables in the ground after the winter - Hempstead Tnpk, Elmont - circa 1970s.

Descendants of Fosters Meadow Who Relocated and Maintained the Heritage

Emma O. Schmitt-Hoeffner, Montgomery, NY - making ketchup

Philip N. Hoeffner and his horses, Montgomery, NY

Krummenacker, Farmingdale, LI

John Rottkamp - Meat Market, 1691 Hester St., Brooklyn, NY - Anton Rottkamp and unknown

AP Hoeffner Sons, farmed in Fort Peirce, Florida, This 1948 Ford truck is presently located in the Florida Agricultural Museum, North Palm Coast, Florida

Anthony Schmitt and sons, Melville, LI - 1966

Anthony Schmitt and sons, Melville, LI, NY - 1966

Philip N. Hoeffner Jr's sons - Hornell, Steuben County, NY - circa 1946

Frank Hoeffner - Montgomery, Orange Count,y NY

Jeff Rottkamp - For Hollow, Calverton, Suffolk County, NY

Schmitt Farms - Matt and Deborah Schmitt, 3355 Sound Ave, Riverhead, NY