On November 12, 1889, Ernest Friedrich Karl Groh was born in Altenburg, Missouri. I have learned that you have to be careful when looking at the Groh family. There are plenty of men named Ernest and Friedrich and Karl (Carl) in that family. This one had all those names, but he would later mostly be … More Groh West, Young Man
Yesterday, one of the characters was Anna Lang. Not long after she arrived in America in 1840, her mother, Magdalena (Harz) Lang, died. Her father remarried. His second wife was Anna Marie Fassold, and she blessed John Lang, Sr. with 7 more children. The youngest of those children will be a major character in today’s … More Lang-Rauh Connections
In 1850, a young man by the name of George Amschler arrived in America aboard the President Smidt. This passenger list describes George as a coppersmith, and after he arrived in Perry County, he not only had that occupation, but was also described as a tinner and a gunsmith. Ten years earlier, a 6 year … More A.A.A. Hardware – Uniontown
I do not usually look for stories that are associated with a death, but I was attracted to today’s situation anyway. A girl who was originally named Hannah Bollefer happened to die on this day in 1974. The tale of that girl entering the Perry County community is the starting point to tell several other … More It Started with an Apple
On this day in 1876, Josephine Weinhold was born. That child’s life would be a long one. She lived to be 103 years old, and people in her family have blessed us with her life story. They have even given it a title…..”Two for the Lord”. We have it in a binder in our Research … More Josie and Her Dinner Guest
Normally you do not think that getting mangled as a good thing, but when William Kaempfe got “Mangeled”, I’m sure that he thought it was a wonderful thing. William was “Mangeled” when he married Anna Mangels in 1891. More on that later. William Kaempfe was born on November 7, 1868. Although William’s father was born … More A Mangeled Kaempfe
A pair of twins were born on November 6, 1869 in Friedland, Missouri. Friedland was never really a town, but it was an area north of Altenburg that received this name and is sometimes used in the church records at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Nowadays, that area is called The Ridge. The twins were named Emma … More Emanuel Weber – Friedland Farmer
Today’s story centers around Ruben Engert who would have been 100 years old today. He was born in Altenburg on November 5, 1917 and baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Ruben’s parents were Theodore and Anna (Schroeder) Engert who lived in Friedland, or The Ridge. Ruben’s mother, Anna, was the sister of the Molly Schroeder that … More From the Hills of Perry County to the Fields of Tripoli
In February of 1856, Johann Christian Militzer married Caroline Wachter at Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna. They were married when Rev. Christoph Loeber was the pastor at that church. This is an image of their marriage record in the Concordia books. After they were married, this couple began having children. Their firstborn was Emma Militzer, … More Mr. Martin Militzer
Amalia Schroeder is today’s birthday girl. As I looked into this family, sometimes her family’s surname was spelled Schroeter. Also, many times, Amalia is called Molly. She was born on November 3, 1887 and baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, so today would have been her 130th birthday. Molly was the daughter of Friedrich … More Molly and Manuel
