Seven years ago, I wrote the story of a little baby who was blown out of her mother’s arms during the 1925 Tri-State Tornado. It was included in the post, A Baby Flies. That baby was my Aunt Dorothy. That story was also written on March 21st, but I didn’t go into much detail about … More Aunt Dorothy’s Mom and Dad
In a previous post, Meister Klempners, the story was told of some Meister’s who had migrated to Ft. Smith, Arkansas. A few of these Meister’s established a plumbing business there. Today, you will read another story of a Meister and his bride migrating to that same city. What makes this story a bit challenging is … More Another Meister in Ft. Smith, AR
Robert Eduard Preusser is today’s birthday boy. He fits the mold of being a person who was born and raised in Perry County, only to spend most of his life elsewhere. In the case of Robert, he lived most of his life in Texas. Robert was born on March 19, 1884, so today would be … More Robert Preusser – Houston Shoe and Tool Salesman
The post you will read today does not fit in the same mold with most other ones on this blog. Almost all of the characters who are discussed here begin their lives in this local area. Some remain here all their lives, and some relocate later. Today, the story is different. A couple begins their … More The Klepzig’s Arrive Late from Stewardson
Looking for an Irish name in our German Family Tree is like looking for a needle in a haystack. I did not even try this year on St. Patrick’s Day to find one to write about. However, I did run across another name that is not a very common one to show up on this … More Not an Irish Name; Not Much of a German Name Either
You will be reading another story about a child of Ernest Yamnitz today. I find Ernest Yamnitz to be a fascinating character, and his story has previously been told on this blog. He did not get married until he was 28 years old, and still managed to marry twice and father 13 children who lived … More Yet Another Yamnitz from Yount
The birthday girl for today is Cora Wilhelmine Thauwald, who was born on March 15, 1894. That makes today her 130th birthday. Cora was the daughter of Carl and Caroline (Schneider) Thauwald. Cora was baptized at Grace Lutheran Church in Uniontown. Her baptism record shown below illustrates a trend in the change of spelling of … More Cora and Sam – Chicago Katz’s
We have a tour at the museum this morning, and I am going to be a guest at our local Lutheran school this afternoon, so it’s another day for sharing an old post. And with it being March 14th (3/14), crazy people with Math minds call it Pi Day. Being such a crazy Math mind … More Schimmelpfennig/Mirly Twin Pi’s
It has already been almost 6 years since a post was written on this blog about Delbert Schmidt turning 90 years old. Delbert and his wife, Dolores still are very active at our museum, serving faithfully as docents. They are an incredible pair. Today, you will read a post that tells the story of Delbert’s … More Delbert’s Mom and Dad
I had a potential new story to tell today, but I decided not to write it. The easiest explanation for this is to say that I wanted to take a day off. The main character I was looking at mainly drew my attention because she would have been the 3rd straight Dora to appear on … More Trinity’s 2nd Pastor – Immanuel’s 1st Pastor
