Today’s story begins in Frohna. The birthday girl marries a Lutheran teacher. Agnes Fiehler was born on February 28, 1876 and baptized at the relatively new Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna. Her parents were Benjamin and Bertha (Doberenz) Fiehler. Benjamin was a farmer, and Agnes was the third of eleven children born into this family. … More Lehrer Lueders
There are 31 pages in our German Family Tree dedicated to the surname Schuessler. Just last month, Wayne Schuessler contributed a post to this blog that told the story of the original Schesslers who came to Perry County. It was titled, The Bowl Makers of Perry County. Today’s story will focus on just one of … More Just One of the Schuessler Swarm
The surname Schubkegel is not to be found in our German Family Tree. Yet there is a connection to Perry County. I will attempt to tell this story today. Hedwig Schubkegel was born on February 24, 1901 in Blue Hill, Nebraska. Her parents were Rev. Charles and Ottilie (Herold) Schubkegel. Her father was the pastor … More The Saga of Hattie Schubkegel
I do not often express my opinions on this blog, but today I am going to start with one. I think there is too little attention given to the remembrance of the fact that World War I was fought 100 years ago. I would have thought more would have been said in our media about … More The Harnagel Doughboys
Today’s story begins with the birth of a girl that I will affectionately refer to as “Triple E”. Her name was Ella Euphemia Estel. She was born on February 22, 1892. Here is a portion of her baptism record that is found in the Christ Lutheran church books in Jacob, Illinois. As you can see … More A Serious Worker at His Hardware Store
Today’s blog post was written by Cal Eggers, and he tells the story of an Eggers. I find it to be a fascinating story. I think you will also. Thanks, Cal, for your contributions to our blog. ========================================================================= The word “pioneer” can be defined as: a person who is among the first … More Sons of the Pioneers
My schedule is pretty full for tonight and tomorrow…..choir practice tonight, men’s Bible class and a museum board meeting tomorrow morning, and a trip to Perryville tomorrow afternoon. So I decided to sneak in a story today. It just so happens that I found another birthday that took place a long time ago in Lamstedt, … More Another Gerd from Lamstedt
Today’s post starts with the birthday of Emma Louisa Hoehn. Almost immediately upon looking at her life story, I became confused. One of my first puzzles was this: Did Emma marry William Gottlieb Boxdorfer or did she marry Gottlieb William Boxdorfer? This situation had my head swimming for a while, but I think I have … More William Gottlieb or Gottlieb William?
This story started very simply. Find a February 16th birthday and start looking for information that may be interesting to our readers. I found a girl by the name of Lydia Hadler who had that birthday, so I started looking. One of the first things I look for is photographs. Stories are always better with … More Tracking the Elusive Hadlers
I was not planning to write a story today, but I ran across one that I just could not resist sharing. It is not often that you run across a birthday in our German Family Tree that occurred 200 years ago. As you can figure, such a birthday must have occurred in Germany, not in … More Bicentennial Birthday
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