Today would have been the 103rd anniversary of a pair who resided in the village of Frohna for much of their lives. The families of both the bride and the groom had their origins closer to the river, but these two would eventually join up as husband and wife in Frohna. The groom was Arthur … More Frohna’s Postmaster and His Poppitz
Written by Fred Eggers: =========== Yesterday I received a couple of Facebook messages from our regular blogger, Warren Schmidt, who is on vacation at an undisclosed location. However, the photo that he posted reveals that he is at a beach or at a very big sand box somewhere. First, “GFT (German Family Tree) says August … More Gus Was A Storekeeper, But It Is Tillie’s Birthday Today
Today’s post will highlight a man’s life, but gets started with the birthday of his wife. In the world of family research when you are using information found in places such as census records, you will find much more information about men than you do about women. It is an unfortunate fact that women are … More Lohmann Becomes High Man
A pastor was born on this day in 1889. It may have taken some time before he discovered that calling, but he had his start in Wittenberg, Missouri. After his birth on October 8th, he was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. The Trinity books say that he was baptized by Rev. Zschoche, who … More The Travels of Adolph and Amanda
We have another wedding to talk about today. It is another marriage that has connections to Pocahontas, Missouri, just like yesterday’s story, but in this story, the characters were members of the other Lutheran church in that little town, St. John’s Lutheran Church. Here is a photo of that church. The marriage that took place … More A Palisch Moves to Pocahontas
Today would have been the 116th wedding anniversary for the main characters in today’s story. Their wedding took place at Zion Lutheran Church in Pocahontas on October 6, 1901. That wedding would have taken place in the church building shown on the left in this photo. The groom for the 1901 wedding was Johannes Gottfried … More Blacksmith to the End
I am going to deviate from my normal routine today. I am not going to focus on a person or a family and look at their history. I instead have chosen to do a story about an artifact that we have at our museum. I think it helps tell a tale that explains a certain … More The Weasel’s Pop
I have already posted several stories about Lutheran teachers who served the school in Wittenberg, Missouri or who had been born and raised in Wittenberg and later became Lutheran teachers. You guessed it. Today is another one of those stories. In fact, today’s story is of both varieties. It’s about a young man born and … More Another Teacher Mueller
Today’s plot is one that repeated itself often in the early part of the 20th century. A son in a large family decides that, in order to find employment and possibly land, he must move away. One of those places that several Perry County boys found was the area around Potter, Nebraska in Cheyenne County. … More Farrar Off to the Potter’s Field
In 1859, just a few years before the Civil War began, there was a marriage in Altenburg on October 2nd. Before that war came to an end, the groom went off to fight in that war. In fact, several members of the families of both the bride and the groom became involved in that conflict. … More German Civil War Soldiers
