Back in October, we posted a story about Rudolph Martin Palisch titled From Frohna to France – A WWI Wagoner. We return to that story today. Yesterday, I found out that the Perry County Historical Society has managed to get a photo collection onto the Missouri Digital Heritage website. It is titled the Dobbelare Studio … More Frohna to France – Part Two
Like so many of you, I’m sure, I just had a wonderful time celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday with members of my family. Now that it is over, I have a few thoughts to share. It occurred to me that there are quite a few similarities between the story of the Pilgrims coming to America and … More Reflections on Thanksgiving
A while back we told the story of how some Burroughs children came to Perry County. The post was titled, An Orphan’,s Son, A Teacher’s Daughter Today happens to be the wedding anniversary of Peter Burroughs and Elizabeth Atkinson in 1816. They were married in Virginia. Peter had a son named Robert who had four … More Perry County Connection to Booker T. Washington? Really?
Since it is Thanksgiving Day, and since Thanksgiving has traditionally been a day for family, I am doing a post about my own family. I have found out quite a bit about my own family only after I retired from teaching and moved to Altenburg. Once I started spending time at the Lutheran Heritage Center … More The Schmidt Store
November 23 was the birthday of Henry Goecke. Henry was born in Wittenberg in 1876. There are several times when Henry’s last name is documented as being spelled Goeke, but there are also several, including his gravestone, which is spelled Goecke. Henry would marry Bertha Mueller sometime before 1918. Bertha was the daughter of Wilhelm … More Another Story Ends Up in Arkansas
Today would have been the 130th anniversary of two orphans from Altenburg. On November 21, 1886, Henry Voerster married Katherine Roenn at Trinity Lutheran. Henry was the son of Friedrich and Anna Maria (Kaufmann) Voerster. This couple had been married at Immanuel Lutheran Church in St. Louis in 1848. The pastor who performed the ceremony … More Orphan Marries Orphan
Today’s story is a continuation of yesterday’s tale….Twin Twins. That post ended with the marriage of Louis and Lulu Boehme. But first, I must backtrack on a few things. First of all, I want to share this photo of Louis which is possibly his confirmation picture. Next, I want to make sure to deal with … More The Life of Louis and Lulu
As a grandfather of a pair of twins, I am usually attracted by stories involving twins. This is definitely one of those…..with a curiosity or two. First of all, I noticed that there was a Ludwig (Louis) Boehme who married Louisa (Lulu) Lottes on November 19, 1901. I must admit that the thought of a … More Twin Twins
On November 18, 1838, the last of the ships which were part of the Gesellschaft sailed from the German port of Bremerhaven. This made a total of five ships which were carrying a total of approximately 700 people who had decided to start new lives in America. The two ships leaving on that day were … More The Olbers and Amalia Depart
By the time you are done reading this post, you may be totally confused. I know that I am having trouble trying to keep several families straight. The story starts with the wedding of Ernst Heinrich Bock and Maria Lina Hemmann on November 17, 1907. The marriage took place at Grace Lutheran Church in Uniontown, … More Ernst Bock Completes the Uniontown 4H Club
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