Otto Heinrich Dost was born on July 21, 1890, so today would be his 135th birthday. I will display several documents that will confirm this date of birth, but his later death record and his gravestone say that he was born on July 28, 1890. Otto was the son of Otto and Elizabeth (Steiner) Dost. … More Shawneetown Dost’s – Otto and Clara
In June of 2023, I wrote a post about Clara Dickmann who married Alwin Leine titled, Daisy Blacksmith. In that story, we discovered a very unusual page in Missouri’s collection of marriage licenses. On that page shown below, the two weddings recorded on it have brides who were named Clara Dickmann. Both weddings took place … More Judge Norbert Sewing Decides Which Clara Dickmann to Marry
Today’s birthday boy only makes it onto this blog because he married a Perry County girl. Then after spending most of his life in St. Louis, he and his wife made their way back to Perry County to be buried. His surname, Laupp, is a new one to show up on this blog, and it … More Michael Laupp – Pullman Car Co. – St. Louis
This week was VBS week at Salem, Farrar, so that’s my excuse for why this is being posted later in the day (not that I haven’t been this late before without such an excuse!). This got me thinking, though, about the history of Vacation Bible School. While I participated in it my entire childhood and … More Museum Musings for Friday, July 18
In today’s day and age, a hacker has a definition that never existed even in fairly recent history, much less back in 1839. So, today’s story about a Hacker is not about a computer hacker. It will be a post that tells the story of one of the original immigrants who was part of the … More An Original Hacker
My late cousin, Myrtle (Schilling) Kuehnert’s husband was called Ernst Kuehnert. Today, I will be telling the story of Ernst’s parents. Myrtle’s mother-in-law is today’s birthday girl, so I will begin with her. Lydia Concordia Boehme was born on July 16, 1888, so today would be her 137th birthday. Concordia was the daughter of Ludwig … More Myrtle’s In-Laws
Today, you will be reading the story of another person who was part of the large Engelhart family that lived in the Pocahontas area. That surname is made up of two words, engel and hart. Engel is the German word for “angel”. The word, hart, from what I could determine, could have two different meanings. … More Bertha Engelhart – A Single Hardy Angel Among Many
About a month ago, I wrote a post titled, Friedheim/Lixville Bangert’s. Today, you will read a post about one of the children of those Bangert’s. One of their sons is today’s birthday boy. Robert Johann Bangert was born on July 14, 1895, so today would be his 130th birthday. Robert was the son of Frederick … More Lixville Bangert’s
One lonely church record found in the books of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altenburg leads us to today’s couple. That confirmation record was for a young girl who would eventually marry a very prominent character in the history of Jackson, Missouri. I will begin with the bride in today’s couple. Regina Fredericke Rehkopf was born … More Jacob Kneibert – Jackson Pioneer
On several occasions on this blog, I have referred to a “neighborhood”… a rural neighborhood … near New Wells as the Koch-Koenig-Haertling Neighborhood. We will be heading back to that neighborhood today. After all, today’s couple was made up of a Koenig and a Haertling. And it just so happens that the husband would be … More New Wells Koenig – Bicentennial Birthday
