The main character in today’s story will enable me to share a little history about a historic, but extinct, Lutheran church in this area. Before writing this story, I knew very little about this church. The research going into this post has enabled me to become much more familiar with it. Heinrich Lowes was born … More Trip to the Lowes in Arnsberg
Dear Perry County Lutheran Historical Docents and Patrons, It is with a heavy heart that I submit my resignation, effective September 16, 2020. This site has been my professional joy for 16 years. I have given my best efforts to create a team who have in turn created a successful regional history site, with a … More I Will Hold You in the Palm of My Hand
My approach to this post will be the opposite of what I usually do. Normally, I start with some special event in someone’s life and proceed forward to describe what happened later in their life. Not so today. I will begin with a Perry County personality and work my way backwards in time to find … More Thomas Jefferson’s Ancestors
One hundred twenty-five years ago, the 13th child in the household of Henry and Katherine (Baum) Schuessler was born in Frohna, Missouri. That boy’s name was Arthur Moritz Schuessler. He was born on August 17, 1895 and baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna. Below is his baptism record. Arthur shows up in the 1900 … More Nebraska Art
Today’s birthday girl will marry a man who was shown as Alwin Koenig on several documents, but was buried as Alvin Koenig. I think the change was likely due to how Germans pronounce the name Alwin. The “w” in German is mostly pronounced like Americans pronounce a “v”. So, if someone asked Alwin for his … More Alwin (Or Is It Alvin) Koenig
Clara Thieret is today’s birthday girl. While looking into her story, I ran into a few interesting connections. One was that her grandmother’s surname was Lang. If you go another generation back, you find that her great great grandmother was Barbara Katherine Schmeuszer, who was the daughter of Count Schmeuszer. I found this paragraph in … More Great Great Great Granddaughter of Count Schmeuszer
The sweet little clothes in this photo came in as an accession this week along with a scan of the photograph. This is Ruth Ann Feiste Roth and Roy Feiste. Their parents were Emma [Schade] and Delmar Feiste. Ruth has recently shared an accession of family textiles and other items. They will make a wonderful … More Brothers and Sisters
I am going to begin today’s post by once again showing the photo including several members of the August Ude family. The members of this family that will be the subject of today’s post are the ones indicated by the red arrows. The 3 brothers highlighted yesterday were all involved in running grocery stores. The … More Postlude to Ude’s Food
Today’s post is a continuation of the one that was posted yesterday, so if you have not read that post, you might want to do that in order to better understand this one. At the end of yesterday’s post, it was stated that Rev. Friedrich August Ude got married in Thayer County, Nebraska in 1886. … More Ude’s Food
I have gone down so many rabbit holes while researching today’s character that I have come to the conclusion that I am going to write the story in two installments. It all starts with a man who would have been celebrating his 150th birthday today. However, I will end up not saying much about him … More Prelude to Ude’s Food
