This post will highlight the life of Adolph Theodor Richter, who is today’s birthday boy. In our German Family Tree, we do not have any records of him getting married, but we will discover today that he became married to a woman who is also included in the GFT. Adolph Richter was born on September … More Adolph Richter – Traveling Salesman
We will be honoring a girl who would be celebrating her 125th birthday today. Because she was a female, you will not be seeing any military forms, at least not hers. Because she never married, you will not be seeing a marriage record. However, it seems like stories such as this one about a woman … More Lenchen Hilpert
My time today will be spent watching grandkids play sports, so I am pulling up a past post written close to this date in 2016. The city of Oshkosh, Wisconsin is probably most noted for producing and selling farmers’ overalls. The Grove Manufacturing Company was established in Oshkosh in 1895 and quickly had its name … More B’Gosh, Old Lutheran Sells Clothes in Oshkosh
I was 39 years old before I got married, and when I did, my wife had 3 children by a previous marriage. As that turned out, those were the only children in my household. Today you will read about a man who did not marry until he was 38 years old, yet he still managed … More George Springer – Older Father, Younger Brides
My wife and I get to take on the roles of Grandma and Grumps for a few days, and it requires a road trip later today. So, I am once again republishing a post from the past. This old post happens to be the one published on the first September 14th after the blog was … More Demolition of a Landmark
I briefly mentioned cows in yesterday’s blog post, so I guess it’s only right to begin today’s tale with a C.O.W. (Is that a cow’s tale?) Charles Oscar Weinhold was born on September 13, 1898, so he would be celebrating a special birthday today…his 125th. This morning we had a beautiful foggy beginning here in … More Charlie and Mary – The Weinhold’s
You will see no marriage licenses in today’s post. You will see no military records either. That is because this will primarily be the story of 3 females who never were married. They also happened to be sisters. I found this story as a result of the birth date of Clara Carolina Young. She was … More The Old Young Singles
The way I have it figured, there were 2 Wunderlich clans that arrived in Perry County in 1839 as part of a major German Lutheran immigration. One set of Wunderlich’s were on one of the ships carrying passengers under the leadership of Rev. Martin Stephan that arrived in Perry County at the end of May. … More One of the Pioneer Wunderlich’s
When I write a story about a person born in the 1880’s or 1890’s, I sometimes think about the fact that such a person would have been in the same generation of my grandparents. I will be writing another such story today. I also will be entering the Hoehn family again. That surname occupies quite … More Joseph and Irma – The Tucker’s
I am on a quick road trip to visit family, so I am going to give more of my time to them than to writing a new blog post. I found this old article that was published on today’s date way back in 2016, the inaugural year of this blog. It highlighted a group of … More The Work of Our Ancestors
