I know you guys love a good mystery...

[DCMatt]

Here is a photo of Lydia Lobsiger receiving a check from the FDIC in 1934. She was the first person to get her insured funds from the FDIC after her bank closed.

This year, the FDIC celebrates it's 75th anniversary. We (the FDIC) are trying to locate the family of Lydia Lobsiger and/or her granddaughter, Harriet, who was 3 years old at the time of this photo.

At www.fdic.gov, after clicking on "about FDIC," then "history of the FDIC," there's also a newsreel clip of Lobsiger receiving her FDIC check. Harriet (and presumably her mother) appear in the film.

Lydia lived in East Peoria, IL. There is a nice column in today's Chicago Tribune about the FDIC and it's history.

DCMatt

 

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[DCMatt]

She would have born in 1931, correct?

Yes, born around 1931. The photo was July 1934. We know from a caption on another photo that she was 3 at that time. You can do the math...

Also not sure her last name is/was the same as her grandmother's...

DCMatt

 

[DCMatt]

1910 census shows a Lydia in Tazwell,Ill 40 years old
Husband Fritz 34 YO
Children
benjamin 12
Alfred 12
Lydia 14
Emma 14
Cena 8
Ida 4

Still looking, Is Tazwell close?

Lydia may have had a couple of older daughters as well. But I do believe this is the correct family.

DCMatt

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Lydia was born about 1871 in ,,Switzerland.


Other marriages:

Lobsiger, Frederick


She had the following children:

M i Benjamin
M ii Alfred
F iii Lydia was born about 1896 in ,,Illinois.
F iv Emma was born about 1896 in ,,Illinois.
F v Lena


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Frederick Lobsiger [Parents] was born about 1876 in ,,Switzerland. He died on 7 Sep 1937 in ,Tazewell,Illinois. He married Lydia.

[Notes]
Lydia was born about 1871 in ,,Switzerland. She married Frederick Lobsiger.


Other marriages:

Unknown


They had the following children:

F i Ida Lobsiger was born about 1906 in ,,Illinois. She died on 23 Sep 1918 in ,Tazewell,Illinois. [Notes]
F ii Bertha Lobsiger