Alma

Alma Jacobus, Leader employee; traveled to the Philippines with Meta

Annie

Anna Gorman, sister of Victor

Archie

Archibald Anderson, husband of Meta's sister, Paula

Arthur

Arthur Brisbane, Hearst newspaper columnist in New York; helped finance the Leader

Beckie

Rebecca Gottlieb, sister of Victor

Betty

Elizabeth Thomas, president of the Milwaukee Social-Democratic Publishing Company and assistant to Victor

Bob

Robert Filtzer, Milwaukee engineer and Berger family friend

Carl

Carl Schweers, stepson of Meta's sister Hedwig (Hattie)

Clara

Clara Belitz Hipke, Meta's first cousin and wife of Dr. Gustave Hipke

Co, Coie, or Colin

Colin Welles, first husband of Doris Berger and son-in-law of Victor and Meta

Debby

Deborah Welles, elder daughter of Colin and Doris Berger Welles and granddaughter of Victor and Meta

Dod, Doddie, Doris, Dudd, or Duddie

Doris Berger (Welles) (later Hursley), daughter of Victor and Meta

Edwin

Edwin Schweers, stepson of Meta's sister Hedwig (Hattie)

Elsa

Elsa Berger (Edelman), daughter of Victor and Meta

Ernie

Ernst Schlichting, brother of Meta

Eva

Eva Kurz (Filtzer), Milwaukee schoolteacher and Berger family friend

Frank

Frank Schweers, husband of Meta's sister Hedwig (Hattie)

Franklin

Franklin Schweers, stepson of Meta's sister Hedwig (Hattie)

George

George Berger, brother of Victor

Harriet

Harriet Schweers, daughter of Meta's sister Hedwig (Hattie)

Hattie

Hedwig (Hattie) Schlichting (Schweers), sister of Meta

Hi

Franklin Schweers, stepson of Meta's sister, Hedwig (Hattie)

Howard

Howard Gill, Washington, D.C., industrial consultant and prison reformer and Berger family friend

Jack

Jack Anderson, son of Meta's sister Paula; lived with Victor and Meta

Jan

Jan Edelman, husband of Elsa Berger and son-in-law of Victor and Meta

Jennie

Jennie Schlichting Goessling, Meta's cousin; lived with the Bergers and the Welleses and helped with household chores

Josie

Josephine Rudkowsky (Skobis), housekeeper for the Bergers

Kermit

Kermit Schweers, stepson of Meta's sister Hedwig (Hattie)

Laura

Laura Duggan, Milwaukee schoolteacher and friend of Meta

Mama

Meta Berger

Marie

Marie Schweers, stepdaughter of Meta's sister Hedwig (Hattie)

Mathilde

Mathilde Weingarten, sister of Victor

Matta

Matta Soik, Milwaukee schoolteacher and friend of Meta

Nettie

Annette Rosenthal (Gould), Milwaukee schoolteacher and friend of Meta

Oscar

Oscar Ameringer, Oklahoma socialist and friend of Victor

Papa

Victor Berger

Paula

Paula Schlichting Anderson, sister of Meta

Pudge

Doris Berger (Welles) (later Hursley), daughter of Victor and Meta

Rosa/Rose/Rosie

Rose Morganstern, sister of Victor

Sally

Isabelle Kendig Gill, Washington, D.C., peace and women's rights activist and Berger family friend

Schatzl

“Little darling,” literally “little treasure.” Term of affection used by Victor and Meta for each other

Schnuckie/Schnucks

“Little darling,” literally “small sheep.” Term of affection used by the Bergers for their daughters, Doris and Elsa; after 1919 used exclusively for Elsa

Stedy

Seymour Stedman, Chicago socialist attorney

Tillie

Mathilde Weingarten, sister of Victor

Walter

Walter Schlichting, brother of Meta