I will eventually get around to pointing out a bicentennial birthday for today, but not right away. I will begin instead with the husband of the bicentennial birthday girl. In his case, his name is even a matter of debate. Even though our German Family Tree spells the surname as Buettner, I am going to … More A Boettner Blacksmith
I ran across a marriage record in our German Family Tree for May 8th that drew my interest mainly because it appeared to be a couple that had surnames that I figured had not shown up on this blog before. I did a quick search, and indeed the names, Weith and Stuebinger, did not show … More Conrad Weith’s Women
He was a pastor, a professor, an author, a Synod president, an editor, a musician and hymn-writer, a theologian, a husband, a father, and even a cigar and pipe smoker. And today is the day when we commemorate the day of his death, May 7, 1887. His name was Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther, but he … More Follow Him in His Victorious Faith
It has been a productive time of planning the Immigration History Conference 2020. Today we worked on plans for the featured artist and art exhibits that have traditionally been a part of the conference. I have fond memories of Kurt Mueller’s sculpture exhibit, Gary Lucy’s painting exhibit, and Ken Steinhoff’s photography exhibit. This year our … More Art & Artist in Residence
As has been stated in previous posts on this blog, the family that began what we call the Frohna Mueller’s was the one that arrived in America after traveling across the Atlantic Ocean aboard the Copernicus as part of the Gesellschaft. Gottfried and Eva (Hoffmann) Mueller brought 4 children with them to this country. Here … More Another Branch of the Frohna Mueller Tree
The entry for Gustav Adolph Meyr takes up six pages in our German Family Tree. If you find a relative of yours on one of those six pages, you are a descendant. I figure there must be plenty of such descendants from Gustav out there. I hope some of them will be reading this story. … More A Meyr Multitude
A marriage took place on May 4, 1865 in East Perry County. The groom was August Gottfried Winter; the bride was Maria Christiane Mangelsdorf. We will discuss the characters involved in that marriage that took place 155 years ago. August Winter was born on September 8, 1833. When he was listed on a passenger list … More Winter the Wagon Maker
Yesterday, our museum director, Carla Jordan, authored a post describing our site’s status during this coronavirus pandemic. In that post, she asked me to produce a video of our Memorial Walkway. In my own very unprofessional way, I am now able to share such a virtual video tour of that Walkway. However, I cannot resist … More Virtual Walkway
Herman Stemmermann and Anna Maria Heidt were married on this day in 1878. Today would have been their 142nd wedding anniversary. Before we discuss this marriage, let’s take a look at the early history of these two characters. Herman Stemmermann was born on December 7, 1854 in Germany. According to a future census, Herman came … More Herman and His Ladies
Since we are not reopening the interior of the Lutheran Heritage Center to the public until early June, I wanted to challenge the idea that we are ‘closed.’ The team that keeps this place running has been working full press (within safety protocols) on: program development, restoring lighting, installing upgraded security, installing new flooring, creating … More Closed BUT Operational, Part 2
