Here in Perry County, Missouri, the forecast for next week calls for our temperatures to plummet into the single digits. That is pretty cold for these here parts. Up north, I am seeing forecasts that get down to the negative teens, which is just plain frigid. I would call it the arrival of real winter to the Midwest. The … More The Arrival of Winter
A century and a half ago, a set of twins was born in Wittenberg. Unlike so many other sets of twins born back in those days, both of the twins lived to adulthood. In this case, it was a set of twins made up of a boy and a girl. The parents of these twins were Ludwig and … More Eldest Ahner Marries a Boehme Twin
The surname, Sohn, does not occupy much space in our German Family Tree. Below is what shows up in that document for that name. Three daughters have baptism records in the Immanuel Lutheran Church books in New Wells. That’s it. The name doesn’t show up before 1885 and disappears after 1888. When researching the first daughter, Bertha, who was … More One of Teacher Sohn’s Daughters from New Wells
I found a definition for the word, transit, as it applies to astronomy, which says it is “when one astronomical body passes in front of another”. Using that definition, one can call a solar eclipse a special kind of transit. As I write today, we are exactly 3 months away from another solar eclipse, and it just … More A Special Transit – Be Prepared and Be Here
I have previously written stories on this blog that included the names August Leimbach and Ella Koenig. This blog will tell the tale of a pair of individuals with those names who actually married each other. It begins with a birthday girl. Ella Christine Koenig was born on January 7, 1899, so today would be her 125th … More August and Ella – New Wells Leimbach’s
I will tell the story that includes a woman who was reportedly born on January 6th according to a document referenced in our German Family Tree. However, every family tree I located on Ancestry.com gives her birthday as January 3rd. Having said that, I found no document to support that date. The woman with the debatable birth … More Groom from Jacob – Bride from Kornthal
The couple you will read about today will take us on a trip. As you might expect, the story will begin in Perry County, but that is only the starting point for their journey through life. Perry County is certainly what I would refer to as a “Lutheran hot spot”. The odyssey made by today’s pair will take … More The Hilpert’s Odyssey
I began writing this post yesterday, but unforeseen circumstances kept me for finishing it. So, you are reading it today. A pair of youngsters grew up attending the same church on Sundays. They would later get married at that church. I have this image in my mind of this couple, along with their 3 children sitting in the … More Arthur and Johanne – A Marital Union in Uniontown
There is a matter for debate in today’s story. The birthday boy for today was either born on January 2, 1844, as it is reported in our German Family Tree, or it is January 2, 1843 as his gravestone indicates. Either way, this baby was born on January 2nd, so you get his story today. It might be … More Christian and Missouri – Sedgewickville Friese’s
As we begin the year 2024, I have to adjust some of my search priorities. Some of the special years I will searchin 2024 are 1824 (200 years ago), 1849 (175 years), 1874 (150 years), and 1899 (125 years). Today, I found the character for this post who was born in 1899. I am guessing that a lot … More Walter and Lydia – Illinois and Indiana Engert’s
