The posts on this blog this week have spent a lot of time at Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna. We end up there again today to tell the story of a couple that was married on this day 130 years ago. Since we discussed a woman by the name of Clara Burfeind just a few … More The Kramer’s – A Breeding Ground for Church Workers
Our birthday girl today is Pauline Justine Christiane Poppitz, who was born on November 18, 1847. Next year, on this date, Pauline will be celebrating her 175th birthday. Pauline was the daughter of August and Justina (Schmidt) Poppitz. Her father had 3 wives during his lifetime, and Pauline’s mother, Justina, was the first one. Pauline … More Pauline Poppitz’s Partner
If you would tromp through the Concordia Lutheran Cemetery, you could find the five the gravestones shown in the gallery below. Those five individuals will all be part of today’s post. The story begins with the only gravestone above that does not have the surname, Stueve, engraved on it. It is also the person who … More Five Funerals in Frohna
You will read another story that takes place in Frohna today. It involves a marriage that took place on this day back in 1875, making today the 146th anniversary of the two that were married. I thought that this couple might qualify as one of those in which both the bride and groom were born, … More Salomo and Schmidt
Someday, I might have to look into when the first person with the surname Popp appeared in the books of Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna. There certainly were several Popp families to be found in Frohna over the years. I will be telling the story of a Popp who moved to Frohna around the turn … More Popp Goes Back to Frohna
The story for today has similarities to the one that was published yesterday. In looking for a story yesterday, I saw a marriage between a Fritsche and a Lorenz and figured I had already written that story since those two names were quite prominent in the Farrar area. I looked carefully before concluding that I … More Mary’s Dear God Warning
Bruno and Maria were married on this day 122 years ago in Farrar. This couple was made up of some typical Farrar names. Quite a few posts have told stories of other siblings in these two families, but today we get to tell the tale of a bride and groom that bring these two families … More Bruno’s Winesaps
One of the fascinating early photos that we have is the one shown below of Emma Marie Palisch. Emma would go on to marry Friedrich Albert Fischer and have 9 children. The first girl born into this family was another Emma. Since the only older child in this Fischer family died about two months before … More A Branch of the Palisch-Fischer Tree
You will be reading the story of a Schmidt/Scholl marriage today. First of all, let me say that there are so many names in our German Family Tree with the Sch- spelling at the beginning of the surname that it is not that unusual to find a marriage between two individuals that fit that category. … More Schmidt and Scholl – Another “Sch-” Couple
There are four main characters in today’s tale. These four first made up two pairs, but when death came to their doorsteps, the two that remained became a pair. All four had their origins in the Hanover area of Germany. We have to travel across the Mississippi River to Jackson County, Illinois to find this … More Widowed in Winter – Joined during June in Jacob
