Lenz Children - Morrellville

My grandfather's siblings taken around 1900 in Morrellville. It's actually a cardboard cabinet card. They are standing outside their house off of what is now just an alley - but at the time was considered B Street. The house is still there and as with most families at the time...at least 15 people lived there at the time this picture was taken. Also of note - all there children were born deaf - as was my grandfather - Walter Lenz - deafness runs in the family. I'd always heard it skips a generation - though no one to my knowledge born after 1920 ever was born deaf again.