The first thing that attracted me to today’s story was a name. The name was Emma Eva End. Add to that the fact that Emma married an Emil, and you have a lot of E’s. Emma and Emil were married on June 29, 1890. Their story, as it turns out, has many interesting details. Emma … More No Longer an End
Pastor Otto Hueschen was blessed to have the opportunity to unite his daughter, Magdalena, and the man who taught at his Lutheran school in marriage. The event occurred on this date in 1909. The groom was named Louis Luepke, or as the Germans would say, Lehrer Louis Luepke. Around here, these surnames would be pronounced … More Lehrer Louis Luepke + Miss Hueschen
Every other year, the Perry County Lutheran Historical Society conducts an international immigration conference, and plans are underway for the one which will occur this October. This year the conference theme is titled, “Trails of Tears Turned to Triumph”. The upcoming conference will not only focus on the Lutheran immigration that took place in 1838-1839, … More Coming Conference
Aline Klara Stemmerman was born on this day, June 25th, in 1887. She was baptized at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar, Missouri. Here is the baptism record from the Salem church books. We also have this Perry County birth record for her. It is two images. Aline was the daughter of Herman and Anna Maria … More Militzer in the Middle
The birthday boy for today is Erich Herman Mueller. He was born on June 23, 1900, so he would have been 118 years old today. Erich was the son of Adolph and Martha (Koenig) Mueller, and he was baptized at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar, Missouri. Some of Adolph’s older siblings had been baptized at … More To Kansas and Back
Teacher George M. Beyer served Trinity Lutheran School for 43 years. Not long after he arrived in Altenburg, he married Sarah Kramer as part of a very unusual triple Kramer wedding in 1864. A post was published telling that tale titled, Three in One at Trinity. George and Sarah had 11 children according to our … More Add G.J.S.B. to the Alphabet
I have another confession to make today. My main goal in writing posts for this blog is to preserve the stories of people and places that are associated with the history of East Perry County and a few other surrounding areas. However, I also have special interest in preserving stories that are connected to my … More A Mourning Mother
I am headed back into the Jacob, Illinois Miesner family again today. Just a matter of days ago, we published a story titled, Miesner/Miesner Marriage. Farther back in time, there was another post from this family titled, A Fritsche-Miesner Connection. That was a story of a Fritsche male marrying a Miesner female. Today, we will … More A Miesner-Fritsche Connection
A girl’s birth took place on this day in East Perry County in 1889. That birth had some rather unusual characteristics. Then later that girl was married in Kansas. That marriage also had some rather unusual characteristics. I will attempt to tell that story today, even though it does contain some unanswered questions. The birthday … More Blanken/Blanken Wedding
Sophia Grass, if she were alive today, would be celebrating her 172nd birthday. She was born in 1846 in St. Louis, Missouri. Here is her baptism record from the Old Trinity Lutheran Church books. We do not have the originals of these records at our museum, but we do have an Excel spreadsheet that shows … More Emanuel Seibel’s Grass Roots
