Join Us For a Fun “Quilt Trail” in Cape & Perry Counties during the Scenic Drive, April 22-23 from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. The Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum, 75 Church St., Altenburg, MO will be featuring the antique quilt collection of Imogene “Imy” Unger of Frohna, MO. Imy is the inspiration for the “antique boutique” … More Quilt Tour Destination!
I am going to backtrack to a post I wrote at the end of March titled, One of the Ridge Gerlers. In that post, I said I would have to tell the story of the Gerler family immigrating to America in another post. Today, I will tell that story. The family of Christian Frederich Gerler … More The Genesis of the Gerler Genealogy
We have a Mueller wedding to talk about today. This one took place on April 10, 1904 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. The groom was Henry Mueller and the bride was Wilhelmina Kuennell. Here is their Missouri marriage license. Rev. Dr. A. Schorman performed the ceremony. Here is their wedding photo. Henry was the … More Mueller Millers
A fascinating story took place on April 9th in East Perry County, and the characters in the story had absolutely nothing to do with the Lutheran immigration. However, its timing came awfully close to corresponding with the arrival of the German Lutherans into Perry County. It took place in 1839. According to Zion on the … More Mississippi Marriage Misfortune: Tragedy at Tower Rock
Today’s title is intended to mislead you. To understand why, you must once again understand some more East Perry County pronunciation. Although the name Schade looks like it ought to be a one syllable word that sounds like shades, it is not. This name is pronounced with two syllables and is called Shaw-dee. However, today’s … More Cool Schades
There are times when I feel I am receiving divine guidance when I find stories to do for this blog. Today is one of those. Actually, yesterday was one of those too. I was floundering for a story and was just about out of options while searching for an event that took place on April … More River Ridge Romance
April 6th was the birthday of Carl Heinrich Wichern in 1892. His parents were Daniel and Maria (Leimbach) Wichern. He was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altenburg. Here are photos of the parents. Daniel Wichern had purchased some property along the Mississippi River in the 1880’s. The area where he purchased this land was … More Holschen’s Landing
Join us Sat. April 22 and Sunday April 23 from 10:00 a.m. To 4:00 p.m. for “High Tea with Imy and Her Quilts.” We will be opening the Imogene Unger quilt exhibition with a terrific celebration during Scenic Drive. In the new Perry County quilt themed fiction book series, by Ann Hazelwood, the character of … More Quilt Exhibit Opening April 22-23
On April 5, 1891, Ernst and Gertrude (Hacker) Obendorfer were blessed with another boy. His name was Leo Michael Oberndorfer. The records of Zion Lutheran Church in Longtown, Missouri indicate that Leo was born in Longtown but baptized at the Friedenberg church. He was confirmed at Zion in 1904. Zion began as a congregation in … More Doc Leo from Longtown
It is an Election Day in Perry County today, and I am an election judge. It’s going to be a slow day here today, so I should be able to get this story posted. However, I am working at a slight disadvantage. I do not have access to all the resources in our family research … More Perry County Politics
