Yesterday’s story about the Jolley Boys Band was a pretty uplifting type of post. Today’s is not. However, there is something similar about yesterday’s blog and today’s. In both cases, the story started with a photograph. Yesterday, a photograph showing a bunch of young men in a band clowning around just had to be used. … More Not Such a Jolly Band
As I usually do, I did start today by finding an event that occurred on this date, but in the process, I ran across the following photo. It shows the Jolley Boys Band of Pocahontas, Missouri. To me, this picture was just irresistible. I just had to do this story just so I could post … More The Jolley Boys
I confess that I am taking an easy way out on today’s post. I am mostly going to repost an article that was on this blog about a year ago. It is once again that time of the year in Altenburg when we are getting ready for the East Perry Community Fair. This year, it … More Fair Traditions – Revisited
I may have said it in a different way in the past, but I have noticed that store owners and their children would often find their spouses in other stores. In today’s case, a store worker from Jacob, Illinois came back across the river to find his bride. That person was Emanuel Bellmann. Let me … More Jacob’s Bellmann Boehme Business
November 17th was the birthday of a set of twins. The parents of these twins was the couple that has been mentioned in several previous posts as the Schmidt-Schmidt couple. Jacob and Wilhelmina (Schmidt) Schmidt were married in 1864, and then began having a bunch of little Schmidts. Fourteen years after their marriage, with six … More Two of a Kind….Later a Full House
Plan on a stop at the Lutheran Heritage Center during the East Perry Community Fair Sept. 22-23. We will be open Friday from 9:00 a.m.-Noon and Saturday from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. The research library will be open for self-service with research assistance resuming after the Fair. It will be the finale weekend for the “Quilt’s … More East Perry Community Fair 2017
For twelve years, Trinity Lutheran School in Altenburg, Missouri had a teacher on their staff by the name of Richard Popp. Like several other teachers around here over the years, Teacher Popp went off to get his teacher’s training and returned home to serve in Perry County. Teacher Popp’s dad was born on this day, … More Teacher Popp’s Pop
If Herman Walther was still alive, we would be wishing him a Happy 170th Birthday today. Herman was born on September 15, 1847 in Germany. As near as I can tell, he came to America with his family in 1851 at the age of four. He was the son of Gottlieb and Sophia (Matina) Walther. … More Merchant by the Mill
During the fall of 1839, not long after the original group of immigrants first arrived in Perry County, another group of German Lutherans were boarding a ship in Germany to join them. In fact, this new group was boarding one of the same ships that had brought a load of passengers to America in late … More Gruber Group Getaway
This post was inspired by an e-mail our museum received this past week. It came to us from an individual in Germany who has discovered our blog and website and is looking to find information about what happened to some people from Germany who came to America as part of the Gesellschaft. First of all, … More The Real Housewives of Perry County – 1800’s Edition
