I must tell a sad, sad story today. According to family records, today (July 21) is the day that Rosina (Mueller) Buenger died. She died during that horrific month when so many people in St. Louis were dying from the cholera epidemic. First, let’s go back. Rosina was one of the original immigrants. She arrived … More Faithfulness Through Adversity
Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg will be celebrating the 150th anniversary of its current church sanctuary in 2017. If you have seen the exterior of this church, you immediately realize that there was plenty of masonry work done when it was built. On the inside, there was plenty of carpentry to be done. Whenever the … More Trinity’s Tischler
The Gary Lucy art exhibition is open today! Mr. Lucy and his wife (Washington, MO mayor) Sandy will be with us for the Immigration History Conference in October. The exhibition features Lucy’s Louis and Clark series, his Inland Waterways series, as well as his incredible nature works. This is a fabulous opportunity for our site. … More Gary Lucy Exhibition Open!
Today we learned of the death of Dr. Ingerose Paust: historian, author, scholar, and our friend. In late 2015, we celebrated the publication of her historic novel, Exodus of the 800. It was Concordia Univ. Austin’s wonderful translation into English of her earlier German novel. In 2014, Dr. Paust traveled to America from her home in … More Dr. Ingerose Paust
Today’s story has several holes in it, but there are enough interesting characteristics that make me want to tell it. On July 19, 1892, John Henry Mohr married Missouri Pervilla Smith. Upon first consideration, those names do not sound like ones which frequented Perry County. First, we must go back two generations. Missouri’s grandparents were … More Missouri Ends Up in Canada
I did not expect to find a man by the name of Marconi among the names which are tied to Perry County. When Louis Marconi arrived in America in 1923 from Trieste, Italy, the passenger list for the Martha Washington gave his name as Luigi. He arrived in New York, but made his way to … More An Unexpected Luigi
Meyer, Meier, and Meyr are three different family names common in East Perry County’s history. Today we discuss the marriage between two of these familiies….a marriage of a Meyer and a Meier. Joachim Meyer was the groom. His birthday occurred on this day, July 17 in 1863. At that time, America was in the midst … More Meyer-Meier Marriage
On July 16, 1852, Sophie Henriette Wilhelmine (Zahn) Loeber died in St. Louis, Missouri. I have discovered that there are several similarities between this Mama Loeber and the Mama Buenger who is the main character in my book. Wilhelmine was the wife of Rev. Gotthold Loeber, who was the first pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church … More Mama Loeber
Many of the old-timers from around these here parts talk about a swing factory that was once located in Wittenberg. They also describe the area in Wittenberg where the factory was located as Frogtown. Here is a photo of that swing factory. If you look closely at the photo, you can see this factory’s special … More Frogtown Furniture
I must admit, I did not know I would end up where I did when I began looking at Sarah Magdalena Hartung, who was born on this date in 1846. However, the trip through history I ended up taking is a fascinating one. Here is her baptism record as it appears in the Concordia Lutheran, … More From Muddy Creek to Brazeau Creek
