Yesterday, I wrote a post about a bride and groom who both had surnames that began with a “K”. Today, I ran across the story of a pair that each had names starting with an “H”. The birthday girl for today’s post is Anna Sophie Hilpert, who was born on May 31, 1878, so she … More A Double-H Wedding – Haupt-Hilpert
Today, we return to the Shawnee Township for our story. Yesterday, the post highlighted a man living in the Shawnee Township with a surname that began with a “K”…Koenig. Today, we double the amount of characters whose names begin with “K”. I will begin with our birthday boy. Richard Heinrich Kutscher was born on May … More A Double-K Wedding – Kutscher/Kasten
This post will highlight a couple that united two early families that settled in the Shawnee Township in the 1860’s and 1970’s. Yesterday’s post’s main male character was named Gustav. You will read about another Gustav today. We will begin with him, and eventually get around to our birthday girl. Gustav Adolph Koenig was born … More Gustav Koenig – Pocahontas Harness Maker
The birthday boy for today would be celebrating his 130th birthday if he was still alive. Gustav Friedrich Ferdinand Ochs was born on May 28, 1894, the 4th of 9 children of Henry and Josephine (Rauh) Ochs. His father was a prominent figure in Perry County history, who was a local judge as well as … More Gustav Ochs – Farming, Community, and Church Leader
I am republishing an old post today. It was not written on a past Memorial Day, but it certainly has a Memorial Day theme. Two sons in the Ernst Meier family died while serving our country during World War II. One died in Italy in 1944, and the other died at Iwo Jima in 1945. … More Memorial Day for the Meier’s
Martin Wilhelm Landgraf was born 130 years ago on this date, May 26, 1894. William was the son of Bernhard and Mary (Litzelfelner) Landgraf. He was the 3rd of 4 children in his family. William was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells, but I am not able to display his baptism record today … More The Landgraf’s – Sylvan Grove to Downers Grove
Around Perry County, the surname Hoehn rhymes with McLain. You will read a post today that describes a Hoehn woman who marries a McLain man. We begin with the birthday girl. Hulda Emma Hoehn was born on May 25, 1894, thus making today her 130th birthday. Although our German Family Tree uses the spelling, Hulda, … More Hoehn and McLain
The surname, Hosch, is a new one for this blog, and it is a very isolated one in our German Family Tree. There is just one lonely baptism record for today’s birthday boy, Adolph Carl Hosch, who was born on May 24, 1884. That makes today his 140th birthday. I am unable to show that … More Adolph Hosch – French Quarter Hotel Help
It is a travel day for me, so you will get the chance to read an old post that I really enjoyed writing. It told the story of a wedding that took place the day after the birth of August Carl Vogel which was told in yesterday’s story. This old post describes a type of … More Two Pastor’s Kids Get Married
I often use the term “empty nest”, and I am sure you are well aware of its meaning. Today, our birthday boy, whose surname was Vogel, which means bird in German, never had an empty nest. In fact, because he had 14 children with his 2 wives, and also took in some other children who … More August and His Nest Full
