Pauline Pesjak at 18 years of age

Pauline Pesjak, future wife of Joseph Vidich was an educated woman who fell in love with her soulmate and came to America to start a new life. Here she is about 18 years of age. She gave birth to her first daughter at 24 years of age and had her last child (Arthur) at 30. She lost her first son in a tragic accident when on January 14, 1920, the three year old toddler pulled a pot of boiling water over his head and died from the injuries. This emotional scar would last for many years and even the birth of their second son, Arthur, did not erase this horrible memory. 

A photo of the young Joseph before he died is shown here with his older sister Pauline. According to my cousing Mary Jauquet Royer the photo was taken by an itinerant photographer who came with a goat and cart. Their mother Pauline redid the photo and had a garden scene placed in the background around 1930 to make it prettier. Prior to retouching the photo, therre was an old shed and wood plank walk in the background. She also had the new version of the photo tinted.