A few days ago, as a result of the post, The Beginning of the Frohna Muellers, I received a request to find the origin of the Muellers who lived in the Farrar area over the years. Today just so happens to be the birthday of Martha Koenig, and her life story may give us at … More Some Farrar Muellers
Herman Benjamin Kuntze is today’s birthday boy. He was born on July 30, 1885. Herman’s parents were Wilhelm and Susanna (Grosse) Kuntze. His father was a shoemaker in Altenburg who had come to America around 1870 with his first wife, Wilhelmina, who died in April of 1877. Wilhelm remarried later that same year in October … More Shoemaker to Carpenter
When the research crew at our museum runs across the Mueller surname, one of the first questions we ask is, “Which Mueller family are we talking about?” We usually put a Mueller into one of four categories. In fact, Gerard Fiehler has put together a special binder on the Muellers which is an attempt to … More The Beginning of the Frohna Muellers
Today would have been the 116th birthday of Henry Carmon Castor who was born on July 28, 1901. His birthplace is not one that would be expected in a blog that focuses on Perry County, Missouri. This boy was born in Concord, North Carolina which is located in Cabarrus County. However, the area in which … More Pastor Castor
One of the reasons I decided to write today’s story is because I found a baptism record for today’s character from the church where this event took place in Germany. Here is an image of that record. I find this kind of record fascinating. The handwriting is beautiful, despite the fact that there is very … More Estel in a China Shop
Two marriages are recorded in the Trinity Lutheran Church records for July 26, 1891. I will focus most of this post’s attention on one of them, but the other one brings up some interesting questions. That marriage is the one between Herman Foelber and Ida Bischoff. The church record and the Missouri marriage license that … More Teacher Foelber
The Johann Gottfried Kramer family in Paitzdorf, Germany must have been going through preparations for a dramatic move from their homeland to America during that year of 1838. Johann Gottfried was a cartwright….a wagon maker…..and must have had to sell his business and many of his tools before their anticipated trip. They must have had … More Just One Kramer Left
Our patrons learn that sometimes you have to hunt me down for a little visit. This awesome guy, Leonard Dreyer did just that last Thursday. It was my day to be at the Cape County History Center in Jackson. My Lutheran pals are known to show up there as well! He came in to look … More Another Dear Dreyer
A streak will likely be broken after today. We have not missed posting on this blog since January 2, 2017. However, I have now made the choice to take a little break from writing about our ancestors to spending some quality time with my descendents. I am not blaming her, but the reason for this … More A Respite from Writing
I am going to attempt to tell a story unlike most of the stories I write on this blog. I am the first person to admit that I am not an expert on places in Germany where our ancestors lived or events that took place there before they voyaged to America. This story is certainly … More The Schubert Orphans
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