Family photo for Gundel and Alfred's 50th anniversary, 26 July 1997.

Family gathering during Else and Ernst's visit, 1979 - Gundel, Susan, Martin, paul, Kate, Sue, Alfred, Nettie, John, Ruth, (front) Nick, Else, Oma, Norah.

Early 1950s - Margaret, Alfred, ?, Oma - and two shadowy figures in the back. Possibly still Gersfeld (1951) or possibly early days in Quebec (1952).

16 July 1971 - Margaret and Roger had their wedding party at 17515 Ford Road, with family and close friends. Jim and Connie Cooter on the left, Gundel and Alfred in the background. The food, prepared by Gundel, was legendary, especially the potato salad.

Geoffrey and Alec (Norah's sons) visit Alfred and Gundel.

Christmas in Pitt Meadows, 1977 - Kate (Hughes), Gundel, Alfred, Nick (Hughes), Nettie - tucking into Christmas cookies?

Alfred and Jessie. Jessie was a rescue dog and gave all her allegiance to Alfred, keeping as close to him as possible. She wasn't allowed in the house, so she made herself a place to lie down in the flower bed, right outside Alfred's chair by the window. She wasn't allowed in the greenhouses either, but she knew all the time which one Alfred was working in, and when visitors came to see him, she could indicate which greenhouse they could go to.

A celebration, mid-90s - Rosel and George Bell, Dieter and Frauke Claus, Alfred, Gundel.

Maike, Frauke, Alfred, Hedda, and Inge (Frauke's three sisters, visiting from Germany), summer 1991. Alfred did enjoy being surrounded by lovely ladies!

Oma with Alfred and Paul in Gersfeld, early 1930s.

1987 - the Pitt Meadows Schleichers visit Paul and family on Denman Island - beautiful weather, beautiful views, lovely meals, good times...

Alfred's family on the way to Paul's wedding - outside 2635 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, with Alfred's VW in the background.

Alfred and Gundel drove a VW to Vancouver in the summer of 1954, in the days before there was a Trans-Canada Highway, using up their last 25 cents on gas. According to family legend, at the time there were only three VWs in BC. That car was black and had a split rear window. The kids loved to travel in the luggage-well behind the back seat.

Vancouver (West 10th Avenue), 1955 or 1956 - Alfred, Gundel, Steven, Oma, Margaret. In the background is Kitsilano High School.

Oma and her children, early 1945 - Else, Paul, Oma (Greta), Alfred, Anni.

One version of the origins of this photo is that Paul got a week's leave (from the army) because his brother, reported missing after his brigade was captured, had returned home, having made his way back to Gersfeld from Poland after being captured on the Russian frontier. The journey home was quite a story, and Alfred spoke of it only in recent years. When she got the telegram saying "your son is missing in action", Oma emphatically said she knew he was on his way back - and some weeks later he came through the door.

Alfred as a teenager. This was found in an album of tiny photos - "Tebe" Klein-Photothek - the first page is dated 1935. Other photos show cars, gliders, mountain scenery, winter sports, young people larking about. Alfred has noted: "Aufgenommen mit Zeiss-Ikon Baby Box". His address in Gersfeld (Rhoen) is given as Karlstrasse 96.

Baby Steven, spring or summer 1953. Steve was born a couple of months early, in August 1952, in St Adele, Quebec.

Alfred's family in 1997, on the occasion of the 50th wedding anniversary. From top, Alfred; Gundel; children Susan, Margaret, Steve; grandchildren Thomas (b.1976), Scott (b.1986), Drew (b.1991).

Gundel and Alfred with their first grandchild, Sebastian Thomas Cooter, December 1976.

Alfred's family in the late 1990s. Margaret, Alfred, Gundel, Susan, Steven.

Gundel, Oma, Anni, Alfred, about 1950. Could this photo have been taken at Anni's, before the departure for Canada in 1952?