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On April 8, 1908, George Burzlaff married Leontine Lawitzke and the couple went on to have seven children: Hugo, Naomi, Esther, Walter, Gertrude, Emerson and Alice, all of whom grew up at the light stations where the couple was stationed. Shown here is George Burzlaff, wearing the hat, with his family from a photo taken in Alpena, Michigan in 1925. (Courtesy Ann Karrow.)
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