It is difficult to find historical events that took place on February 29th. So today, I am going to relate an event that took place on February 28 and go from there. Wilhelm Boehme had brought his family, including a wife and four children, to America in the immigration of 1838-1839. They traveled across the … More Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death
The March 7, 1848 issue of Der Lutheraner contained this article: “This past Sexagesima Sunday and the day after [February 27-28] the local German Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession had the pleasure of being able to dedicate its newly constructed second church in the northern part of the city. The church has … More The Second St. Louis Lutheran Church (LCMS)
The research team at the Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum was experiencing some difficulty searching for the death records of a Carl Wunderlich who apparently died sometime in 1849. He had married in August of 1848 and his “widow” remarried in February of 1850. We finally had a “Eureka” moment when we realized that Rev. … More More Holes…and Some Handwriting
Pictured clockwise are Lynn Degenhardt, Carolyn Schirmer, Charles Rauh, and Gerard Fiehler. (photo by Warren Schmidt) Who was married to Magdelina Buenger Mueller? Well, we know it was Christian Mueller, but not the Christian Mueller that we had documented in our library. Lutheran Heritage Center research teamers: Lynn, Carolyn, and Gerard got to the bottom … More Reading Room Mysteries
According to most sources, Rev. Martin Stephan died on February 21, 1846 in Horse Prairie, Illinois. Rev. Stephan was the leader of the German immigration to Perry County in 1838-1839. He was exiled from the colony in May of 1839 as a result of allegations that he misused funds in the treasury and was involved … More A Pastor’s Passing in Prairie
Rev. Johann Friedrich Koestering was born on February 20, 1830. For a while he was pastor of the churches in both Altenburg and Frohna. It was during these years that new church sanctuaries were built at both of these congregations. In 2017, Trinity, Altenburg will be celebrating the 150th anniversary of the dedication of its … More Koestering Hole
Four hundred seventy years ago, Martin Luther died on February 18th. His last written words were the ones in the title of this blog. Three hundred years after Luther’s death, the Lutheran church here in Altenburg, Missouri was draped with many yards of black cloth. On that day, which was a Wednesday, a morning service … More We Are Beggars: This Is True
February 17, 1869 was the birthday of Rev. Henry Adam Klein. He was born in Klein, Texas (now called Spring, Texas). The town of Klein was named after Adam Klein, Rev. Klein’s father. Rev. Klein’s connection to East Perry County is the fact that he was the pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Wittenberg … More Klein from Klein
On February 16, 1904, Paul Loeber married Anna Kilguss in Providence, Rhode Island. Paul was the son of Christoph Loeber, one of the students in the inaugural class at the Log Cabin College. Christoph’s father, Gotthold, was a pastor. Christoph was a pastor. And Paul was a pastor. Rev. Paul Loeber served congregations in Providence, … More A Northeast Loeber
I hope our regional friends will visit the other site that I administrate this Saturday, Feb. 20–from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. to meet Missouri artist, Gary Lucy. The Cape Girardeau County History Center, 102 S. High St., Jackson, MO will be featuring a Lucy exhibition and the entire Uptown Jackson High Street will be celebrating the artwork … More Celebrating Gary Lucy
