I’m going to start today’s story toward the end, and then go back in time. Here are some photos that were taken at a 50th wedding anniversary celebration. I’ll show both sides of the next photo. The back side identifies the people in the photo and can actually be used to identify the people in … More The Estels Go East
A Correction: Today’s post will be quite different than normal. First of all, after hearing from some people that know a whole lot more than I do about the history of Perry County, I have to correct a piece of information that was in yesterday’s blog. I mistakenly identified the Stueve farm on the map … More A Correction and a Collection
Here is our birthday girl for today. Her name was Louise Wilhelmina Kaempfe, and she was born on February 8, 1866. She is just a starting point for a story that involves several other members of the Kaempfe family. In 1885, she married Claus Stueve, Jr. We will get back to her. Louise’s younger brother, … More Kaempfe Tragedy….and a Tornado Too
A traditional song sung by many barbershop quartets over the years is Down by the Old Mill Stream”. The song was written by Tell Taylor in 1908. The lyrics go like this: (Verse 1) My darling I am dreaming of the days gone by, When you and I were sweethearts beneath the summer sky; Your … More Down by the Old Mill Stream
Lately, my story ideas begin with a search for an event that took place on a certain day, and morph into a different story. Today will be another of those. We have a birthday boy by the name of Friedrich Wilhelm Schuricht, who was one of the original immigrants arriving in St. Louis in early … More Mama Lochner
Today is the birthday of Bertha Loebs, who was born in St. Louis on February 5, 1878. Here is a photo of her baptismal certificate. This certificate causes us to ask some questions. Three other children had previously been born to the George and Magdalena (Schmidt) Loebs family, and they were baptized at Holy Cross … More Old Lutherans Near Old Baptists
I am going to get a little personal with our story today. When I was a boy growing up in St. Louis, we would regularly visit Perry County because my father was born and raised in Wittenberg, and we had plenty of family here. One of the families we would visit when we were here … More Serving Her Family Faithfully
I confess. When I see a reference to a brewery in someone’s family history, my research radar becomes very active. Today is one of those days. It starts with a baby girl being born on February 3rd in 1868 in Uniontown and ends with her husband working in a brewery across the river in Illinois. … More Enjoying a Red Seal
Our story begins today with this baptism record for Auguste Amalie Elizabeth Weise on February 2, 1840. It is the first church record, along with the marriage record of J.G. Hemmann, in the books of Grace Lutheran Church in Paitzdorf (Uniontown). Rev. C.F. Gruber indicates that this baptism took place on February 2nd, but he … More Perplexing Paitzdorf Record
Today would have been the 131st birthday of Dr. Edward Lottes, who served the East Perry County area as a dentist for over 50 years. He was born on February 1, 1886. Because he was in the profession of dentistry in an era when there was not much available to deal with the pain involved … More The Dreaded Doc Lottes
