The evening world., 1889-08-05
Mrs. Policeman NesSeSmith, Of Harlem,
Enters thu Contest.
Ten Patriotic Boys and Four Girls
Surround the Family Table.
Other Matrons Compete for Our Prizes
for Those Having the Greatest
Number of Living Children.

One Hundred Dollar Gold Certificate
to the mother having the greatest number of
living children.
A Fifty Dollar Silver Certificate to the
mother Of the second largest family of living
children.
A Twenty Dollar Gold Piece as a conso-
lation prize to the proud mother Of the third
largest brood of children.
These prizes are to the mothers.
The competition is to be covered by the
following
CONDITIONS:
Erey mother entering her offspring must live
IN the metropolis consisting of Neto York, Brook
Ign, Jersey City and Hoboken.
only HUNG children toiH be counted.
The mother must send 10 the editor of The
EVENING WORLD her otOr full name and nation
atty; her name before marriage ; her age the
date and place of her marriage the name and
age Of the father or fathers of her children and
her nationality; The full name of each child, the
date Of its birth aud present residence. Contest
ants must tcrite upon one side of he paper only,
Accompanying MiS statement he mother should
send a brief note From some tceA-knotcn person,
Ike the minister or priest, he family physician
or Tie Alderman of the tcdrd, stating that he
ktOuS or GelieUes the statement 10 be true.
When Policeman Neggesmith of the Har-
lem police station comes home from his days
duties, and bangs up his official helmet and
sits down to his evening meal, he sees around
the supper table the fourteen bright faces of
his children. They form n beautiful wreath
around the table. and make a pretty picture
Of life from infancy to young manhood.
At one end of the ring made by the family
circle is a baby of seven months, and at the
other is a young mar of twenty-seven years.
Not only may the N~eggesmiths rejoice in
their number, but three are especially happy
in the day of their birth. for one was horn on
the 4th of July, one OH the centennial ami
versary of the day the British soldiers evacu-
ated New York and one on Christmas Day.
In this charming circle are two sets of
twins, the first bright little boys eight years
old the second a bright little boy and a
pretty little girl three year old. Both parents
and all the children were born and reared in
Policeman Eeggesmith has been sixteen
years a patrolman of the police station in
One Hundred and Twenty sixth street and
is an excellent officer.
Mrs. Neggesmith was Miss Tillie Barrin-
ger when she was welded to her husband. a
lass Of fourteen years. They were married
"a AoOut ICSRCoLhllh "uD DOIh Ill
the latter part of 1S47.
The mother Of this large family. looks ten
years Younger than her age, which is only
torty-two. Officer Neggesmith is only forty
years yet.
The children are ten boys and four girls.
They are George j. Neggesmith, born 1868:
Charles /, born 1863: Harry NJ, born 1857;
John W.; born 1874; Lottie T., born July A.
1877; Katie F., born 1879; Thaddy and
Freddy; twin boys, born 1881 Tony H.,
Minnie, twin boy and girl. born 1886; Matte
a. born Christmas Day, 1888.
he Neggesmith family live In a cosy house
IN Fast One Hundre and Thirty third street,
Harlem, near Fifth avenue. 1t is quite an
skllfully on the violin and another on the
piano. 1t is distinctively a New York family.
Fourteen Lett of Twenty-One.
During a period of thirty-nine years of
married life l have become the mother of
twenty-one children. fourteen of whom,
whose names l ~inclose, are now living.
Adelaide Schwartz, born Oct. 10, 1854;
Henrietta Prieders. born Jan. 16, 1856;
johanna, born Jan. 20, 1857: Julius. born
May 4, 1860; Solomon, born Feb. ID, 1868;
bernard. born Oct. 80, 1865; Josephine, born
Nov. 3, 1867 Edward, born Oct. Is, 1869;
1Ignatms, born june 80. 1870; SiGmund, born
June Is, 1873; Henry, born Sept. 16, 1875;
Pauline, born June %, 1877 ludwig, born
May II, 1880; Max. born Jun 2, 1883.
My maiden name was Anna Auerbach, and
lam ftty-fve years of age. Ny husbands
name is Jacob VoRel, aged sixty-ive, and we
We're both born in that part of Bohemia
which adjoins the Bavarian frontier, and
Which is situated at the foot of the Fichtel
Mountain range and,near the health giving
springs of Marienbad.
There / was married on Sept. 20. 1850, and
there all my children were born.
with the exception of Adelaide, Johanna
and julius, VIII are domiciled in San Fran
city.
All of which statements can be substanti-