I know that the most notable photographer in East Perry County’s history was a man named Paul Lueders. Paul had a studio in Frohna, and I am sure that he is the one who took quite a few photographs that have been displayed on this blog. In another post written back in 2018, Paul Lueders – Time Lapse Photography, it was told that there were a few other men over the years who were named Paul Lueders, who were connected to the East Perry County Lueders family tree, that were also photographers. Today, even though his name was not Paul, you will read yet another story about a Lueders photographer. In fact, today’s birthday boy was the father of one of the Paul Lueders photographers.

Ludwig Herbert Lueders was born on May 2, 1889, thus making today his 137th birthday. Herbert was the son of Louis and Matilda (Markwort) Lueders. He was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville. We can take a look at his baptism record from that congregation’s books shown below. His sponsors were his paternal and maternal grandparents.

Herbert’s family must have moved from Perryville back to Frohna prior to the 1900 census. That is where we find Herbert living when he was 11 years old. He was the oldest child in his family. His father was a watchmaker in Frohna. It was about this time that Paul Lueders, who was Herbert’s cousin, was beginning his photography business in Frohna. Perhaps Paul had an influence on Herbert becoming a photographer.

Herbert was confirmed at Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna in 1903, but that would be the last evidence of him living in East Perry County. When the 1910 census was taken, Herbert was back living in Perryville. His entry in that year’s census is rather unusual. He is listed on the very last page in that census all by himself and called a boarder. It looks like the census taker missed him when he recorded the household in which he lived. We find that household on a previous census page. Herbert was living with the Felix Denizet family and working as a photographer.

Now, we need to take a look at the woman who would become Herbert’s bride. Her name was Adeline Florence Popp, who was born on October 8, 1887. She was almost always called Hattie during her early years. Hattie was the daughter of John and Mary (Denizet) Popp. Her father apparently was born and raised as a Lutheran, but it also looks like after his marriage to a Catholic woman, this Popp family became Catholics. None of these Popp children have baptism records in any of the local Lutheran churches. I have to also think that Herbert may have become acquainted with Hattie because of her connection to the Denizet family. Hattie is found in the 1900 census at the age of 12. Her father was a brickmaker in Perryville.

Next, we find Hattie in the 1910 census in her 20’s. This time, her father was called the proprietor of a brickyard.

Herbert Lueders married Hattie Popp on May 11, 1913 at St. Mary’s Catholic Seminary in Perryville. This couple’s Missouri marriage license below says they were married by a priest.

The Lueders pair are found living in Knox County, Missouri when Herbert had his World War I draft registration completed. It gives him an address of Edina, Missouri, which is located in the northeast part of this state. It also states that he was a photographer with 2 children.

According to Family Search, the Lueders’s had 7 children, and 6 of them were sons. This is another Lutheran/Catholic couple that ended up being members of a Catholic parish. In the 1920 census, we find this family living in Edina. Herbert was a photographer with his own studio, and there were 3 sons in the household. From this point on, it looks as if Hattie was called Adeline.

The Lueders family moved to Cape Girardeau during the next decade. That is where we find them for the rest of their lives. The 1930 census entry for this family shows them with all 7 of their children. Herbert continued to be a photographer.

In the 1940 census, just 6 children were still living with their parents. Herbert had the same occupation.

The last census the public can view is the one taken in 1950. Only one son was still living with Herbert and Adeline.

Herbert Lueders died in 1973 at the age of 83. We can view his death certificate below. It says he died at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.

Adeline Lueders died in 1974 at the age of 86. Her death certificate below also says that she died at the Lutheran Home. This document says that Adeline was born on October 7th, not October 8th. I think this is incorrect.

Herbert and Adeline Lueders are buried together in the St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Cape Girardeau.

Herbert and Adeline’s oldest son, Paul Lueders also became a photographer in Cape Girardeau. I have to think that he learned his trade from his father who was a photographer all of his life. And if Herbert began learning his trade in Frohna where Paul Lueders was a photographer, we could give some credit to the original Paul Lueders. And we might argue that Herbert’s first son was named after the original Paul Lueders from Frohna.