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Month: May 2019

Getting Back to Business

May 31, 2019

I have a few days ahead of me that will keep me from doing any research for this blog, so it is likely that it will be early next week before I am able to get back to this business of writing stories from East Perry County’s past.  I think I will experience a few … More Getting Back to Business

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The Lord is Always with Us

May 31, 2019

I have been spending my wake-up prayer and quiet time recently reading Psalms. We will be studying these ‘words to the music” beginning next Wednesday, June 5, at 9:00 a.m. in our beautiful Reading Room. Please join us. Some of the regional pastors will be taking turns leading us. This week our museum team and … More The Lord is Always with Us

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Emma Takes Over a Family

May 30, 2019

Today’s birthday girl is Emma Ruehling.  She was born on May 30, 1869 in Altenburg, Missouri.  Her parents were Frederick and Martha (Goethe) Ruehling.  She was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg.  Her parents were one of the last couples married in Trinity’s old church, and Emma was one of the first children to … More Emma Takes Over a Family

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DD’s Daughter Marries Dede

May 29, 2019

The story today begins with some names that might be considered celebrities in early Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod history.  Those surnames were Graebner and Schaller.  I am going to use some entries from the Lutheran Cyclopedia to describe the careers of a few of these men. First, we start with Rev. Johann Heinrich Philip Graebner.  Here is … More DD’s Daughter Marries Dede

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Telle’s Deli – Gen 2 (and 3)

May 27, 2019

You may want to read the post, Telle’s Deli, before you read this one.  Today’s story could be considered a continuation of that post.  Martin Gotthilf (also often reversed to be Gotthilf Martin) Telle established a delicatessen which was located in the Union Market Building in downtown St. Louis.  It was called the G.M. Telle … More Telle’s Deli – Gen 2 (and 3)

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A Young Civil War Casualty

May 26, 2019

Fred Eggers is the author of today’s post.  I am grateful for his contribution to our blog today for a variety of reasons.  First, Fred tells a story related to his own congregation, Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar, and it is a story very applicable to a Memorial Day weekend.  Secondly, it just so happens … More A Young Civil War Casualty

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So Many Births; So Few Heirs

May 25, 2019

In the year that Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States, Ferdinand Hellwege was born in Altenburg, Missouri.  He is also today’s birthday boy because he was born on May 25, 1860.  Ferdinand was the son of Henry and Fredericke (Winter) Hellwege.  He was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg.  His baptism … More So Many Births; So Few Heirs

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Apple Creek to Dry Creek

May 24, 2019

Back in the days right before the turn of the 20th century, a boy was born in Pocahontas, Missouri, just south of the Apple Creek in north Cape Girardeau County.  Ferdinand Friedrick (Fred) Schirmer was born on May 24, 1896.  He was the son of Wilhelm and Anna Marie (Putz) Schirmer.  Fred was baptized and … More Apple Creek to Dry Creek

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Born, Married, and Buried in Perry County

May 23, 2019

I have not written a Poppitz story in a while.  I found one today.  A Poppitz girl was born on this day in Perry County.  She would later be married and buried in this county.  However, most of her life was spent elsewhere.  So today I will tell the tale of Marie Poppitz. Marie Clara … More Born, Married, and Buried in Perry County

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Beginning of the Mahnken-Versemann Branch

May 22, 2019

I will discuss two quite prominent names which can be found in the history of East Perry County today.  Those two names are Mahnken and Versemann.  Our research library does not have family history binders for either one of these names, but a rather interesting drawing has been made of the Versemann family tree.  One … More Beginning of the Mahnken-Versemann Branch

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