Our story today centers around the birth of Frederick Hoffmann in 1842. He was born in St. Louis, and his baptism took place at Old Trinity Lutheran Church in that city. His family’s story, however, takes a path through New York City and Perry County (and likely northern Cape Girardeau County) before they finally settled … More Frederick the Stone Cutter
Today, I might just ask more questions than I answer. I have found references to three different people with the surname Theilig in the early records of East Perry County. One of them happens to be my great great grandmother, so this name always gets my attention when I see it. The big question is … More Theilig Trio Teaser
Engel Detjen, Claus Detjen’s wife, had a baby on November 28, 1882. It happened to be her eighth and last baby. I am going to tell her story today for some reasons above and beyond the fact that today would have been her 136th birthday. For one thing, telling her story will offer me an … More Claus’s Angel Had a Baby
This is my annual post regarding my ‘joyous is the price’ philosophy of life. We all know that everything that is ‘worth it’–the stuff that makes a difference–is hard work. We have done a lot of that hard work around this site for nearly 14 years. One of my faults is being a ‘what’s next’ … More All in a Day at the Lutheran Heritage Center
A rather interesting marriage took place on November 26, 1845 in Altenburg, Missouri. The circumstances that make this story interesting are the ones that occurred before this wedding took place. However, at this point, I will quickly mention that the wedding we will discuss today was the fourth wedding that took place in the new … More Piano Man
Since today is exactly one month away from Christmas Day, you might look at today’s title and think that this will be some sort of post with a Christmas theme, but that is not the case. What we have today is a young German Lutheran woman whose first name was Engel, which gets translated as … More Claus’s Angel
This day would have been the 159th wedding anniversary for Christian Herman Braeuner and Maria Caroline Winter, who were married on November 24, 1859 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. Let’s start with Herman Braeuner. He came to the United States in 1853 aboard the ship, Leontine. this is the passenger list showing the Braeuners. … More Winter Comes to the Braeuner Home
I have mentioned before that I do not often look at dates of death when locating stories to tell on this blog, but today is such a case. In fact, for the individual we will look at today, the death record is all we have. We do not know a birth date, a wedding record, … More The Oldest Immigrant
This will be a very short post. It is Thanksgiving Day and I have much on my plate today. One hundred eighty years ago, five ships were sailing on their way to America from Germany. Those five ships were the Copernicus, Johann Georg, Republik, Olbers, and Amalia. All of them had left the port of … More 180 Years Ago: An Atlantic Crossing
I really wasn’t planning to write a “Part 4” story today, but when I found another wedding that took place on today’s date, it did not take me long to connect it to the same photo that has been part of the last three posts. The connection is with Henry Miesner, the man indicated by … More Stories from a Wedding Photo – Part 4
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