I decided to take a day off from writing today. So, I thought I would republish an old story. Then, I realized that since we began this blog in 2016, there have been only two February 29th’s that have occurred during this time. And on one of those occasions I wrote a story about someone … More Peter’s 46th Birthday
Pastor Adolph Vogel, the long-time pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, had a mother-in-law who may be celebrating her birthday today. She is listed in our German Family Tree as being born on February 28, 1854, but the only document on which I found her birthday says she was born on February 27th during … More Pastor Vogel’s In-laws
You will be reading a story today that takes place in St. Louis, but it has quite a few connections to people in East Perry County. This post will also end up with Lynn Degenhardt editing our German Family Tree to include a man who managed to escape being found in that document. Marie Sophia … More Bretscher the Bookkeeper
A Wirth baby girl was born on this day to a farmer and his wife in Perry County. You will discover that this girl and her mother would witness the deaths of 3 men in her family who succumbed to the dreaded disease, tuberculosis. Martina Kunagunda Christiana Wirth was born on February 26, 1882, making … More A Family Devastated by Tuberculosis
Today’s birthday girl is Emma C. Lowes, who was born on February 25, 1870. Emma was the daughter of Henry and Louisa (Kiepe) Lowes. A previous post, Trip to the Lowes in Arnsberg, was written about Emma’s parents. In that post, it was said that sometimes the Lowes surname was spelled as Loves. In fact, … More Emma Loves White Bread
Yesterday, I highlighted some people from the same family tree that spelled their surnames differently…Hadler and Hatler. Today, I will tell the story of a man who began his life with the surname Winter but other later documents and his gravestone give his surname as Winters. I have to wonder what inspired him to change … More Winters and Summers
The Point Rest Lutheran Cemetery is not very large, and the church it was associated with is no longer active. Yet, it has a place on Findagrave.com with 68 grave sites which are documented. I went to that site and did a search on the surname, Hadler, which is quite a common name around here. … More Hadler or Hatler?
You will be reading the story of Henry Ziegler today. You will discover that, although he did not have a typical East Perry County surname, both of his wives did. You will also likely be amazed at some of the differences between his two wives. Let’s start with Henry. John Henry Ziegler was born on … More Henry Ziegler and His Two Wives
Today’s story will originate in Shawneetown, Missouri and end up in Los Angeles, California, with quite a bit of time in the Dakotas in between. We will start with the fact that today would be the 125th birthday of George Arthur Wunderlich, who was born on February 21, 1899. George was the son of Bernard … More Best Man Marries Maid of Honor – #2
A baby girl was baptized in the pastor’s house in Perryville about 150 years ago. That baby was born on February 20, 1874, so today would be her 150th birthday. The big mystery in this story has to do with where this baby was born, and why was she was baptized in Perryville. As it … More Adolphus Scott – Decatur Train Engineer
