Today is a driving day for my wife and me, so I am not publishing a new story. It’s not new, but it is embellished. I will be adding several documents that have not appeared in a blog post about Rev. Ottomar Fuerbringer’s life. Today is Ottomar Fuerbringer’s 216th birthday, but I am not able … More Log Cabin Builder’s Legacy
Today’s birthday girl is Ida Paulina Villhard, who was born on June 29, 1891. That means today would be her 135th birthday. I debated whether to use the spelling of Villhard or Villhardt of Ida’s surname because I find it spelled both ways in records. Ida was the daughter of Adam and Elizabeth (Sittner) Villhard. … More Lyola and Ida – Perryville Horrell’s
My wife is a Jessen from Minnesota. She has a brother who married a Luepke from St. Louis, who happens to have today’s birthday girl in her family tree. There were a few times during my married life when the Jessen’s would have family gatherings and the spouses of the Jessen siblings would gather as … More Oscar and Ada – St. Louis Schmidt’s
Today’s post is another contribution made by Fred Eggers. I now think that we should have Fred write a blog post every June 27th. ====================================== Lynn Degenhardt, our resident genius who compiled and maintains the German Family Tree, asked me recently to document the available information for the Eggers and Hellwege families in 1842 so … More The Tangled Web of June 27 Blogs
If you’ve stopped by the Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum lately, you may have noticed that things look a little different. After about a year of talking about it, planning it, and (if I’m honest) staring at walls wondering where to begin, we are finally giving parts of the museum a little “facelift.” Some signs … More Museum Musings for Friday, June 26
Our birthday boy for this post is John Friedrich Christisen, who was born on June 25, 1869. So, today would be his 157th birthday. John was the son of Anton and Margaret (Poehner) Christisen. He was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville. His baptism record can be seen here. John is found in the … More John and Maggie – Christisen’s on the Sereno Bluff
The name, Arnold Meyr, has already appeared on this blog. His claim to fame, if you want to call it that, was that he was aboard the train involved in the train robbery that took place in November of 1922 in Wittenberg. That earlier post was An Infamous Day in Wittenberg. Arnold was one of … More Arnold and Alida – Altenburg Meyr’s
It has been a while since I have written about a woman who was a lifelong single, but you will be reading such a story today. The birthday girl for today is Bessie Clyde Litzelfelner, who was born on June 23, 1886. That means today would be her 140th birthday. Bessie was the daughter of … More Bessie, the Litzelfelner Librarian in Jackson
Today’s birthday girl is going to take us all the way to Washington state. It is another one of those Perry County natives who would only spend a short time here before living most of her life in another state. The big puzzle in this story is whether she is really today’s birthday girl. According … More Fred and Emma Giles – Kennewick, WA Fruit Farmers
Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altenburg has had a lot of pastors over the years. Most of them spent a relatively short time in Altenburg before moving on to another congregation elsewhere. Today, you will read the story of a pastor of Immanuel who spent a short time here also. However, his stint at Immanuel did … More Rev. John Meyer – Swiss Pastor at Immanuel, Altenburg
