The birthday boy for today is rather unusual. It is not often that I write about a character that arrived in America and Perry County, Missouri before the 1839 German Lutheran immigration. Today’s main character arrived on the ship, Bolivar, in 1837. The 22 year-old Leonard Fath is found on this passenger list for that … More Fath – Bergmann – Lang
Today’s birthday boy is John Charles Boxdorfer, who was born on April 29, 1871. I have seen him called John C., J.C., and John Charles in documents. His gravestone calls him J. Charles. I choose to call him Charles, partly because I have already written a post about a John Boxdorfer. I think in his … More Tombstone Trader
Today is the 130th anniversary of the wedding of Jacob and Louisa Grebing. This couple spent almost their entire married lives in East Perry County, but late in their lives were in St. Louis at the time of their deaths. During those last years, Jacob was an instrumental character involved in the construction of a … More Jacob and the St. Louis Replica Cabin
Concordia Historical Institute Document Today is the birthday of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (except that was not its original name). First of all, let me say that Perry County is not where the Missouri Synod started. In fact, you could argue that many folks in Perry County fought against the formation of a synod, and…
It is not often that I base a story on a baptism date, but when 3 young siblings are baptized on the same day, it gets my attention. Not only that, but that baptismal date occurred 125 years ago, making it a special anniversary today. The year was 1897. The village of Wittenberg had become … More Triple Boyse Baptisms
Esther Agnes Dede is today’s birthday girl. She was born on April 24, 1899, the daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Winter) Dede. She was the 9th of 10 Dede children. Esther, as well as all her siblings, was baptized at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar. We can take a look at her baptism record. Esther … More Bill and Esther – The Aurich’s
You will read another story today that has its beginnings in Perry County, Missouri, but certainly does not end there. Otto Alwin Theophilus Frentzel was born on April 23, 1886, making today his 136th birthday. Otto was the 4th of 11 children born to Alvin and Elizabeth (Ruhkopf) Frentzel. Since the first 3 children were … More Otto Frentzel – Nebraska Banker
The Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum played host today to a group of students from St. Paul’s Lutheran School in Des Peres, Missouri. It was a unique opportunity for us to inform these students that there are plenty of connections between the Log Cabin College here in Perry County and their school in the St.…
Gotthold Seibel Today’s story is about an Altenburg carpenter named Gotthold Seibel. He was born on April 21, 1851. His sister, Wilhelmina Seibel married my great grandfather, Gottwerth Schmidt, so this makes Gotthold my great great uncle. An important event took place when Gotthold was about 14 years old. Trinity Lutheran Church got a new…
We keep making corrections to our German Family Tree. That may have to happen again today. This time, I think the Friedenberg Remembrances book has an omission. That book was produced long after the church books of Peace Lutheran Church in Friedenberg were destroyed in a fire many years ago. That book is an effort … More A Botched Bergmann/Bergmann Baby Blurb
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