When I started looking at the main characters in today’s post, I soon found two rather surprising matters pertaining to this pair. The first is that today’s couple was composed of a Vogel and a Weber, yet despite the fact that I have written quite a few stories about Weber’s and a similar amount of … More A Surprising Vogel-Weber Couple
A search for today’s date in our German Family Tree led me to a woman who was born on March 30, 1876. If that is correct, she would be celebrating her 150th birthday today. However, the image below shows everything that is found there about Eleonora Angermann. That entry says that Eleonora was born on … More Nora and Edgar Farrar Advance to Junction City
Today’s birthday boy is Ludwig Herman Koenig, who was born on March 29, 1897. That makes today his 129th birthday. Throughout his life, documents called him Ludwig or Louis or even L.W. I will use Ludwig, mainly because that is what is on his gravestone. He was the son of Theodore and Louise (Popp) Koenig. … More Ludwig and Bertha – Koenig’s Go to St. Louis and Come Back
This past week, I wrote the story, Life Story of the Asche/Lohmann Linden Tree, which included a young pupil named Arthur Lohmann, who was involved in planting that historic linden tree that fell in Altenburg recently. In my search for a story to write for today, I found that today’s birthday boy married Arthur’s younger … More Martin and Clara – Granite City Knecht’s
Rev. Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther, the first president of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, had his beginnings while in America in Perry County, Missouri. Then, he moved to St. Louis where he spent the rest of his life. We often use a shortened form of his name when we talk about him…C.F.W. Today, you will read … More Another C.F.W. in St. Louis
You will be reading the story today of a couple that would be celebrating a wedding anniversary. The couple was married at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim. I am going to begin by looking at today’s groom. Friedrich Schuette was born on August 30, 1828 in Germany, the son of Johann Heinrich and Anna Maria … More Fritz and Lottie – Kurreville Schuette’s
The main industry in East Perry County is lumber. Logs are constantly being transported down Main Streetm most on their way to the East Perry Lumber Company in Frohna or the Altenburg Hardwood Company in Altenburg. Quite a few local men could be described as lumberjacks in the business of felling trees. Trees are important … More Life Story of the Asche/Lohmann Linden Tree
My normal procedure for finding a person to write about on this blog is to search for a date in our German Family Tree that may have been a birthday or wedding anniversary, beginning with special dates such as 150 years ago. Normally, if I am successful at finding a date that shows positive results, … More Confirmation Class of 1891
The birthday girl for today is Josephine Caroline Oberndorfer, who was born on March 21, 1886. Josephine was the daughter of August and Wilhelmine (Ruehling) Oberndorfer. She was baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna. For some reason, family trees on Ancestry.com say that Josephine’s middle name was Pauline, and even her gravestone says she … More Josephine and Alfred – Kansas City Weaver’s
A main character in this post was baptized, confirmed, and married by Rev. J.F. Koestering. I think he was also encouraged by Rev. Koestering to become a Lutheran pastor. And Rev. Koestering also became his father-in-law. That is because this character married his pastor’s daughter, who also happens to be today’s birthday girl. Clara Christiane … More Rev. Ernst Schuessler – Rev. J.F. Koestering’s Son-in-Law
