The birthday boy for today is Martin Theodore Oberndorfer, who was born on June 9, 1880. Theodore would be celebrating his 143rd birthday today. He was the son of Joseph and Catharine (Hacker) Oberndorfer. I wrote a post about Theodore’s parents titled, An Austrian/Bavarian Pair in Saxon Frohna. Theodore was baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church in … More Ted Oberndorfer – Montana Rancher
Today’s main character has just 2 church records that are noted in our German Family Tree…a baptism record and a confirmation record. I seem to be finding quite a few situations like this lately. However, in this case, it is not one in which this young man’s family moved elsewhere. In fact, his parents and … More Theodore Kuehnert – Teacher, Executive, Professor
There is an isolated baptism record found for a baby boy in the books of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Pocahontas. That boy and his future wife will lead us on a winding tour through the Midwest until these two manage to meet and marry near Tulsa, Oklahoma. On June 7, 1898, Herbert Joseph Putz … More Herbert Putz – Tulsa Truckdriver
It is not often that I get to write a story about a man and woman who get married and they have the same birthday. That is the case with a pair that are part of today’s tale. However, you are going to discover that this story will include quite a few marriage records. Also, … More Bride and Groom Share Birthday
Today’s tale is inspired by a marriage record that says a couple was married on June 5, 1859. I am missing several documents that I normally find for such a pair. Add to that the fact that this couple did not have any children. However, I have a somewhat selfish reason for telling this story. … More The Zech’s from My Neighborhood
Two hundred years ago, Justine Christiane Augusta Mueller was born in Paitzdorf, Germany. Justine was born on June 4, 1823, the daughter of Gottfried Heinrich and Maria (Rothe) Mueller. This Mueller family decided to become members of the Gesellschaft in the late 1830’s, an immigration society with plans to settle in the United States. Justine’s … More Member of Mueller/Mueller Marriage’s Momentous Milestone
Today would be the 170th birthday of Gotthold Ferdinand Kuehnert, who was born on June 3, 1853. Gotthold was the son of Johanna and Anna (Leim) Kuehnert. He was the first of 6 children born to this Kuehnert couple. Gotthold’s baptism record is found in the books of Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, but that … More The Kuehnert’s – Neighbors of the Schuessler’s
I am going to return to a person who was a character in a previous post, Twins…..Only One Survives. I am revisiting this story for 2 main reasons. First, that post was written in 2016, the first year of this blog, and did not contain many details about today’s character. Second, today would be her … More A Pair of Wittenberg Schuessler’s
Flora Rosine Pauline Engert was born on June 1, 1898, so today would be her special 125th birthday. Flora was the daughter of August and Liberta (Palisch) Engert. A previous post was written about Flora’s parents titled, A Troubling Topic. As that title implies, Flora’s family life was one full of troubles. I will readdress … More Flora’s Murphysboro Machinist
