Located at Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis, MO.
I have looked at this photo a million times and I still can't decide if it is male or female. I am leaning towards male because it has no apparent breast and it's face is very masculine. And look at it's feet they look like Big Foot's feet. What do you think?
George Lich
June 30, 1908
Sophia Lich
Nov 7, 1949
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Name: Geo Lich
Residence: St. Louis city, St. Louis, Missouri
Birth Date: Aug 1856
Birthplace: Missouri
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Spouse: Sophie Lich
Spouse's Birthplace: Missouri
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Race or Color (expanded): White
Head-of-household Name: Geo Lich
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 4
Estimated Marriage Year: 1896
Occupation. upholster
Enumeration District: 0312
Page: 7
Sheet Letter: B
Family Number: 165
Reference Number: 85
Film Number: 1240897
Image Number: 00796
Household Gender Age
Geo Lich M
Spouse Sophie Lich F
Child Angela Lich F
Name: Sophie Lich
Residence: St. Louis city, St. Louis, Missouri
Birth Date: Apr 1864
Birthplace: Missouri
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Spouse: Geo Lich
Spouse's Birthplace: Missouri
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Bohemia
Race or Color (expanded): White
Head-of-household Name: Geo Lich
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 4
Estimated Marriage Year: 1896
Mother How Many Children: 1
Number Living Children: 1
Enumeration District: 0312
Page: 7
Sheet Letter: B
Family Number: 165
Reference Number: 86
Film Number: 1240897
Image Number: 00796
Household Gender Age
Spouse Geo Lich M
Sophie Lich F
Child Angela Lich F
United States Census, 1910 for Sophia Lich
Name: Sophia Lich
Birthplace: Missouri
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Residence: St Louis Ward 20, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri
Marital Status: Widowed
Race : White
Gender: Female
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Austria
Family Number: 144
Page Number: 8
Household Gender Age
Sophia Lich F 36y
Katherine Stehle F 34y
Child Angela Lich F 13y
Theodore Stehle M 32y
Lizzie Lechner F 15y
United States Census, 1930 for Sofia Lich
Name: Sofia Lich
Event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: San Jose, Santa Clara, California
Gender: Female
Age: 50
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Birthplace: Missouri
Estimated Birth Year: 1880
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Enumeration District Number: 0075
Family Number: 273
Sheet Number and Letter: 10A
Line Number: 49
NARA Publication: T626, roll 219
Film Number: 2339954
Digital Folder Number: 4532366
Image Number: 00566
Household Gender Age
Sofia Lich F 50
Child Angelus Lich F 30
If I had to choose, I'd call it male -- and a rare find. :-)
ReplyDeleteEven HIS hands are manly and those wings where made to lift a much heftier frame than that of a females.......
ReplyDeleteFrom Art History 101 and other art experience my guess is definitely male. The face, size of the neck, pecs not breasts, the masculine hands, leg proportion and shape, plus as you mentioned the feet. JLK
ReplyDeleteIn second look the fact that the angel is holding a scroll over parts that would be unangel-like to reveal and his chest/hip proportions indicate male. JLK
ReplyDeleteI think, biblically speaking, angels are supposed to be neither male nor female... which would explain why so many of them are hard to "figure out".
ReplyDeleteActually Mt 22.30 makes it clear that angels do not marry. It does NOT say angels have no gender. Whenever gender is assigned to an angel in Scripture, it is most often male. But there are examples where they are stated to be female. ex. Zechariah 5:9-11
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