Today we find out what happens when an orphan’s son marries a teacher’s daughter. On September 13, 1892, Martin Ernst Burroughs was born. Martin was the son of Frank and Maria (Schmidt) Burroughs. Frank and his brothers and sister have an interesting story. If you are like me, you look at a name like Burroughs … More An Orphan’s Son, A Teacher’s Daughter
Today’s story is another one about a pair of East Perry County twins. Maybe stories about twins attract my attention more than others because I am the grandfather of a pair of twin girls. We have already done several posts about twins. One of those was titled, Together in Birth and Death. Today’s story could … More The Palisch Twins
We have already written several posts about the Wagner Hotel and the Wagner family. Just What Went on at the Wagner Hotel? More Hotel History A Lonesome Tombstone Today, the saga continues. And there is likely to be another post after today. Today’s story starts by looking at the death certificate of Martin Louis Wagner, … More From Hotel to Hospital
On September 10, 1847, Ernst Theodore Buenger, son of Dr. Ernst Eduard and Amalia (Weber) Buenger, was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Two days later, on a Sunday, little Ernst became a member of God’s family through baptism. It was the first surviving son of the Buengers. At the end of Ernst Theodore’s life, he … More Buengers Back and Forth
The Hillbilly Tour made a stop at our museum this morning. The tour consisted of numerous Model T Ford vehicles along with their owners. We were honored to have them visit us. We have done a few recent blogs which have highlighted automobiles. One of them told the story of one of the first garages … More Hillbilly Tour
When we wrote about a triple wedding in the blog post, Three in One at Trinity, one of the couples married on that day was Johannes Kramer and Magdalena Christiana Bergt. One of their children, Theodore, married Mathilde Burfeind in 1891. That couple went on to have eight children. The first six were boys, and … More Kramers Cross the Equator
Today’s blog is about another name that we don’t find anymore in the East Perry County area…….Grother. Today would have been the 145th anniversary of Johann Heinrich Ludwig Grother and Emilie Christiane Palisch. Their anniversary was September 7, 1871. The Grother name became part of the settlement in Perry County by joining the immigrant group … More Another Vanished Name
We don’t have much of a blog today. The reason. Gerard Fiehler and I got sidetracked. We started by looking at some more Wagner info that we got thanks to our friend, Kathy Berkbigler, then found a Dr. Schulz, which led us to a Busch, and we ended looking at the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Corporation, including … More Sidetracked
The first thing I want to accomplish today is establish the way a name is pronounced in East Perry County. Loeber. When Rev. Gotthold Loeber arrived in 1839, the passenger list showed his name spelled with an umlaut…..Löber. We also have a display of Loeber artifacts in our museum, and we have this picture … More Another Löber Day
Yesterday, Gerard Fiehler and I solved a mystery. Last week in a blog post, it was said that we did not know where two Wagner men were buried. Now we at least know where one of those two ended up. We were at the museum yesterday talking to one of our more seasoned docents, Caroline … More A Lonesome Tombstone
