On January 30, 2016, our museum, after starting up a new website using the WordPress platform, published its first blog post. We are reposting that very first post today as we begin the 10th year of our website and blog. That first post consisted of two whole paragraphs, so it will not take you long … More The Blog Begins Year 10
You will read another story that describes a man from across the river in Jackson County, Illinois who finds a bride from this side of the river in Perry County, Missouri. Then, once this couple gets married, they make their way to Kansas. This tale begins with a birthday boy. Hans Joachim Johannes Heitmann was … More The Heitmann’s near Wichita
This post may be the first one I have written on this blog that has its starting point in the state of Virginia, not far from our nation’s capital. The baby boy from that location would end up being buried in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Perryville. I will attempt to describe how he made … More Belated Bell Baptisms
I will begin with a lonely baptism record found in our German Family Tree. It is the only record found in our GFT for today’s birthday boy. Joseph Rudolph Gerhardt was born on January 28, 1900, thus making today his 125th birthday. Joseph was the son of Julius and Anna (Heintz) Gerhardt. He was baptized … More Joe Gerhardt – Cape Girardeau Building Contractor
Over the years, there have been some pastors who have served Lutheran congregations in Perry County that had roots in this county. Perhaps one of the most notable was Rev. Adolph Vogel, who was born in Frohna and went on to serve Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg for many decades. Rev. A.M. Lohmann was baptized … More Rev. John Hellwege’s Great-Grandpa, John Hellwege
You will read the story of a man and a woman who were each born and raised in Perry County, but would spend much of their lives in St. Louis. However, later in their lives, they chose to return to their ancestral home. They would die and be buried in Perry County. There is some … More Henry Funke – St. Louis Streetcar Conductor
Every once in a while, I run across the story of a widower who marries a widow. When that happens, it puts me through the process of describing the lives of four people, not the ordinary story that focuses on just a husband and a wife. That is the case with today’s story. The one … More One of the Triple Trinity Baptisms
Last week’s Musings focused on the past year and previewed the year to come. I’ve had some trouble coming up with a topic for today, but as I thought about last week’s post, I was reminded of all of the people that make all that the museum does possible. To say it is a team … More Museum Musings for Friday, January 24
You will be reading a story today about a girl who spends her childhood in East Perry County, but moves away, possibly as early when she was a teenager and never returns to live in this area again. In the case of today’s birthday girl, she went from Missouri to Nebraska, and finally to Colorado. … More Frohna to Pueblo, With a Stop in Elkhorn
A while back, I wrote the story of a marriage made up of a Roman Catholic groom and a Lutheran bride. Today, I will tell the story of a child that was born to that couple, and that child, who was baptized at a Lutheran church, would later marry a Catholic man. I will begin … More Gathering a Gibbar Group
