Our story today begins with the birthday of Maria Catherine Seibel, who was born on November 9, 1841. She was the daughter of Johann and Elizabeth (Theiss) Seibel and baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church. Maria’s father was part of the New York Group that arrived in Perry County at about the same time as the … More An Engert/Seibel Duo
Today’s post is a continuation of yesterday’s post, The Cornehlsen Chronicles: Part I. Yesterday, you heard about Martha Holschen and her first marriage with Heinrich Stelling. Today, you will learn about her second marriage. However, the main focus will be on her son, Theodore Cornehlsen, who was the main inspiration for these two stories. Following … More The Cornehlsen Chronicles: Part II
The next set of stories is going to be written in two parts. The ultimate inspiration for writing these stories came from an afternoon road trip to the Bois Brule bottoms in Northeastern Perry County on August 8, 2020. My goal was to find the former location of Trinity Lutheran Church, Point Rest. Thanks to … More The Cornehlsen Chronicles: Part I
The story you will read today is another one that tells of a couple that was childless, but chose to take in some children who needed a home, so I titled it Let the Children Come to Us – Part 3. It is a story that took me down some very interesting rabbit holes. George … More Let the Children Come to Us – Part 3
When I wrote yesterday’s post about Hugo Hemmann, whose wedding anniversary was November 2nd, I didn’t realize that his father, Julius Hemmann, had a November 3rd wedding anniversary. In fact, his father’s first wedding not only took place on this date, but he was married in 1870, making today his 150th wedding anniversary. I cannot … More Papa Julius
I boldly enter the Hemmann Herd today. It will highlight the marriage between a Hemmann and a Stueve. This is not the first post telling the story of a Hemmann marrying a Stueve. In the post, Another Hanna Story, you can read about a Hemmann woman marrying a Stueve man. That marriage took place in … More Hugo the Builder and His Girls
I took on a challenge today. The surname, Goller, enters the German Family Tree in 1900 and only shows up in records until about 1920. Ancestry.com family trees for today’s character, Christopher Goller, are not plentiful, nor do they contain much documentation. As it turns out, I was more successful finding documentation on Christopher Goller’s … More Christopher and Christina
