OLDEST RESIDENTS of Floreana at last reports were Hemz Wittmer, another 

 German escapist, and his mate Margaret, comely young hausfrau who has 

 borne two children to Wittmer in their island retreat. Rolf Hans, in his father's 

 arms, above, was the first white child born in the Galapagos. Harry Wittmer, 

 born of an earlier marriage, is seen in shorts and sandals. Ingeborg Floreana, 

 in her father's arms, below, is the couple's second child, born April 18, 1937. 

 Such isolation affords no doctors, nurses or even midwives so Wittmer aided 

 his pretty wife in her confinements. The children are normal and healthy. 



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