I almost decided not to write today’s story. I ran into a roadblock that usually gets me to look for someone else to become the main character. The two main characters in the story I tell today, as far as I could tell, are not found in any family tree currently on Ancestry.com, and that … More From Leipzig with Love
The setting for today’s tale is St. Louis. Despite the fact that most of the stories told on this blog take place in Perry County, part of my mission is to tell stories that emanate from the 1839 German Lutheran immigration. As that immigration developed, some folks did not settle in Perry County but chose … More Concordia’s Dr. Preuss
In German, the word, Tante, means “aunt”, but from what I have been told, it often means more than that. It can refer to a single woman who takes on the role of caregiver for older or younger family members. It might be the case of a single woman assisting in the care of young … More Tante Bergt from Frohna
In a recent post, Single Schroeder Siblings, it was pointed out that a Schroeder couple was made up of a German Lutheran husband and a French Catholic wife. Each of them retained their religious denomination until their death and were buried in different cemeteries, one a Lutheran cemetery and one a Catholic cemetery. I will … More Another Protestant-Catholic Pair
I have previously told the story of August Steenbock in the post, Angeline Pi. August took the name, Mirly, after being adopted, and that was the beginning of the branch of the Mirly family tree that has been pegged with the name, “Fake Mirly’s”. Today, I will tell the story of August’s older brother, who … More The Tragic Story of John Steenbock
The month of June has a reputation for wedding bells, but I seem to be finding a lot of stories these days about people who never married. I have another one to tell today. I just couldn’t resist today’s lifelong bachelor because this would have been his 150th birthday. Wilhelm Theodore Gratz was born on … More William Gratz – Another Lifelong Bachelor
No new post today. Here’s what I consider an oldie but a goodie. Today, I added a new photo to illustrate how the store highlighted in this story looks now. It now houses the John’s Pharmacy, one of the newest businesses in Altenburg. Also, I will point out that Del and Dolores Schmidt still volunteer … More Market Mates
Yesterday, I told the tale of a brother and sister who never married and lived in the same household all their lives. It’s not the type of story that I run across very often, but, lo and behold, one plopped in my lap again today. You will notice a lot of similarities between the story … More Single Schroeder Siblings
For a number of years, I worked as an election official in Altenburg. On several occasions, I made the trip to Perryville after the polls closed to deliver the results. I know there was some discussion on occasion about which poll location would be the last ones to deliver the results. It was often between … More Yount Yamnitz Youngun’
One of the charter members of Zion Lutheran Church in Longtown was born on this day. George Wirth was born on June 21, 1861, making today his 162nd birthday. George was the son of Peter and Anna (Adler) Wirth. He was baptized at Peace Lutheran Church in Friedenberg, so we cannot view an actual image … More The Wirth-y and Schade-y Founders of Zion, Longtown
