This post was discovered by finding a wedding anniversary for August 31st. You will read about a wedding that involved a bride from Perry County, Missouri and a groom from Jackson County, Illinois. Many such stories have been told on this blog, but most of them involved members of Christ Lutheran Church in Jacob, Illinois. … More Wolfe’s from Grand Tower
I think the main character in today’s post would have the distinction of being the shortest name of all the individuals that have previously appeared on this blog. Her name was Ida Ude. I asked some locals how they would pronounce this name, and the answer I was given was Eye-da Oo-dee. That means this … More Shortest Name?
Today’s post is primarily the work of a friend of our museum, Sally Gustin, who has written for our blog in the past. She and her cousin have been working on their Thies genealogy. If you follow Sally’s family tree back through her mother, you find the Estel surname, which is a name found in … More Bremen to Bremen
Today’s main character was born in California. It’s not often that I write the story of a person born in California. Of course, it is somewhat more believable when I tell you that he was born in California, Missouri. That town is located not far from Jefferson City as is shown in the map below. … More Teacher Griebel
Julius Martin Tanz was born on August 27, 1885, making today his 137th birthday. Tanz is the German word for “dance”. Some descendants from the Perry County branch of the Tanz family even changed their surname to Danz which makes it look even more like “dance”. Julius was the 7th child out of 11 listed … More Julius Jitterbugs with Josephine
I had no idea that there was a Lutheran church named St. Sebald. I had also never heard of a place named Strawberry Point, Iowa. Now I do. It even turns out that this Lutheran church has important historical significance. Just like East Perry County is an important place in the early history of the … More Baptized at St. Sebald Lutheran, Strawberry Point, IA
We have another 125th birthday to celebrate today. Meta Mathilde Bingenheimer was born on August 25, 1897, the daughter of William and Martha (Bodenschatz) Bingenheimer. A previous post was written about Meta’s parents. That post had a similar sounding title to the one for this post, except it had a bunch of “B” words, not … More Merchant Martin Meyr and His Mate, Meta
Stories have appeared fairly regularly on this blog that mention Perry County natives who ended up living in Sylvan Grove, Kansas. And a few of them have even made note of a Hopfer living in that little Kansas town. You will read another such story today. Benjamin Gottfried Hopfer was born on April 2, 1873, … More Hopfer Merchant in Sylvan Grove
Yesterday’s post told of a baby girl being born in Altenburg on August 21, 1897 who would later marry a Roth. One day later, a baby boy was born in Frohna, and he was a Roth. It is his story you will read today. Recently, I re-posted the story about Dale Roth titled, Preacher on … More The Preacher’s Grandparents
I think someday I’m going to go through our German Family Tree and look for all the women who over the years carried the name, Anna Roth. Some of those women were given that name at birth and others took that name when they married a man named Roth. You will read another one of … More The Roth-Richter Relationship
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