Not long ago, I published a post, Mehner Merchants, that told the story of Henry Mehner. Today, you will read the story of Henry’s parents. His father, often called Fritz Mehner, is today’s birthday boy, so I will begin with him. Friedrich August Mehner was born on April 19, 1843 in the Saxony region of … More Fritz and Elise Mehner
A few of today’s characters arrived in America about a year before the Stephanites arrived in 1839. Two of the family names that were part of what we call the “St. Louis Additions” were Holschen and Grother. The arrival of Johann Holschen and Margaretha Grother present us with a mystery right away in this post. … More Holschen-Grother-Beckmann-Luehrs
Robert Cullen Penny was born on this day. His birth and baptism record are not included in our German Family Tree. In the case of Robert Penny, we find his birth documented in a Penny Family Bible. His name is indicated by the white arrow in the image below. As you can see, Robert Cullen … More Marshal Penny
After a day on the road, followed by a day of dilated pupils, I am back in the business of blogging. You will be reading the story of a Fred Miesner family today. This is not the first post about a person named Fred Miesner. One was written back in 2019 titled, May the Fourth … More Migrating Miesner’s
There was once a general store located on what is now Highway C just north of the Apple Creek called the Walther Store. A post written about that place of business was titled, Merchant by the Mill. That store is shown in the photo below. Many of the stories I write for this blog are about … More Frieda and Friedrich
Theodore and Hulda Schuessler would be celebrating their 125th wedding anniversary if they were still alive today. Their story is one in which both the bride and groom had roots in East Perry County, Missouri but spent most of their lives across the river in Jackson County, Illinois. I am still out of town, so … More Schuessler’s in Jacob
Today is a good day for me to do a story that only has two potential church records to view. I am once again out of town doing a grandparently duty, so I cannot display such church records. It seems that I have written several of these kinds of stories lately that involve an East … More Joe and Eunice Noennig
It has been a while since I have written a post about the wedding photo shown below. Five previous posts have been written about people in the above photo. Stories from a Wedding Photo – Part 1 Stories from a Wedding Photo – Part 2 Stories from a Wedding Photo – Part 3 Stories from a Wedding Photo … More Stories from a Wedding Photo – Part 5
We begin today with the birthday of Sarah Magdalena Frentzel. Her birthday cake would have 128 candles if she was still alive. Sarah was born on April 7, 1893, the daughter of Arthur and Emma (Telle) Frentzel. She was the 8th out of 10 children born into that family. A recent post was published about … More Frentzel/Telle Daughter Marries a Pelle
Theodore Albert Bodenschatz would be celebrating his 159th birthday today. He was born on April 6, 1862, the son of Erdmann and Christiana (Wachter) Bodenschatz. I am able to display a photograph of Theodore’s parents. Theodore was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altenburg. His baptism record from that congregation’s books is shown below. The … More Ted’s Two Wives and Two Kids
