Back in 2021, I wrote the story of a man and woman who were celebrating their 150th wedding anniversary. Today, I will share that post on another special day…the 175th birthday of the groom. Michael Heinrich Schuessler was born on August 31, 1849, the son of Michael and Rosina (Hoppe) Schuessler. Henry was baptized at … More The Youngest Schuessler’s 175th Birthday
In highlighting different aspects of our exhibit “Flowing through Time: Wittenberg, Tower Rock & the Mississippi River, I have intentionally been holding off on Wittenberg because I have felt wholly unqualified to say much about it as a “just over a year-long” resident of Perry County. I’ve struggled with how to Wittenberg’s story without showing … More Museum Musings for Friday, August 30
The story I am writing today began with me finding a Wittenber girl who was born on this day. When I discovered that this girl would be a lifelong single person, I also found out that she had a sister who was also born in East Perry County who spent most of her life being … More Mena, Arkansas Voerster Sisters
The bride in today’s couple is the only one who has a baptism record that we find in a local congregation’s books and is included in our German Family Tree. I am going to begin with her in this post despite the fact that she was born about 9 years after her future husband. Esther … More Shanghai Sailor
Although we begin today’s story in Frohna, Missouri, that is not where most of the story takes place. This is yet another one of those posts in which a person is born in East Perry County, but early on, moves to a different location. Natalie Augusta Blancken was born on August 27, 1899, so she … More Talie and Elmer – A Red Bud/Frohna Pair in Colorado
Today’s birthday girl is Ida Wilhelmine Louise Mecker, who was born on August 26, 1894. That means today would be her 130th birthday. Ida was the daughter of Henry and Catherine (Bangert) Mecker. She was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville. I have to take a little side trip now. In the course of … More William and Ida – A Ludwig/Mecker Match
I am going to attempt to settle this. Our German Family Tree says the following about a pair of girls in the Luedemann family. As you can see, there is a question mark behind the word, twin, for these two girls. There is documentation for the date of birth of Engel Luedemann in her marriage … More Twin Sisters? Or Not?
I have a confession to make. Not long ago, our new museum director decided to do a blog post on Fridays. That decision would give me a regular day off of writing posts. However, yesterday was the third time that I did research on a story for a Friday publication since she made that commitment. … More Mousie’s Mom and Dad
At the center (literally!) of our exhibit “Flowing through Time: Wittenberg, Tower Rock & the Mississippi River,” the U.S. Corps of Engineers display on the Great Flood of 1993 rises over the other exhibits much like the floodwaters did that fateful summer. The 1993 flood was one of the most significant and damaging natural disasters … More Museum Musings for Friday, August 23
Quite a few previous posts on this blog have told the story of men and women who were lifelong single people. I find it quite interesting that in several of those cases, I have discovered that there was more than one child in a family that remained unmarried for their entire lives and often lived … More Telle Twosome – Uniontown Unmarrieds
