The Palisch Patriarch

Yesterday we wrote about the birthday of Josephine Strubinger on September 2, 1891 in Sacramento, California.  One day after Josephine’s second birthday, her great grandfather, Johann Gottlieb Palisch died back in Missouri.  The gravestone above can be found in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Altenburg, Missouri.  It shows his death date as September 3 1893. … More The Palisch Patriarch

The Wonder Man

On September 2, 1891, Joseph and Hulda Josephine (Palisch) Strubinger became the proud parents of their first child, Josephine Strubinger.  Josephine was born in Sacramento, California and lived her entire life there.  So the first thing that we notice is that since Hulda Josephine apparently went by the name Josephine, we have a Joseph marrying … More The Wonder Man