It’s a travel weekend for my wife and me. The first highlight of our trip will be our first time to cross the new Don Welge (Chester) Bridge. The old bridge was demolished this past Monday, and that certainly added some excitement to our week. There are plenty of photographs and videos of that event … More A Return to Tante’s Cemetery
Today’s birthday girl is Hilda Margaretha Elisabeth Angermann. Hilda was the daughter of George and Margaret (Sandler) Angermann. Below is a photo of Hilda’s parents that has shown up in a previous blog post. Hilda was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville. We can view her baptism record below. Hilda is found in the … More Angermann and the Fireman
East Perry County, Missouri lost a great guy this past weekend, and heaven received another saint. Delbert Schmidt died this past Sunday at the ripe, old age of 98. Until then, he was the oldest living member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. I am going to make an effort to tell just a little … More Delbert Schmidt – A Dedicated Docent Departs
This has happened to me before. I start looking at the story of a man who was a lifelong single. I gather all kinds of documents in order to write the story. And then I discover that I need to tell the story of two men who were each lifelong singles. They were brothers who … More Fred and Gustav – Pair of Puntmann Bachelors
I did a search on our blog for stories that mention the name, Versemann. The search came up with 66 results. That is a lot. Today’s post will add another one to the list. This diagram of the Versemann family tree has also shown up on this blog on several occasions. I have no idea … More The Trunk of the Versemann Tree
Several posts have already been written about the Immanuel and Martha (Soehl) Lorenz family and their children. One of the Lorenz children who has not had his story told yet is that of their firstborn child. You will read his story today. August Theodor Gottfried Lorenz was born on September 28, 1886, so today would … More Gottfried Lorenz Takes the Mound for the Farrar Reds
The 2026 version of the East Perry Community Fair is now complete, and in retrospect, I think the Fair Board would agree that the weather for this year’s event could not have been better. As a result, it sure looked to me that it was very well attended. It was truly two great days of … More 2026 East Perry Community Fair – Day 2
I can speak honestly when I say that I had a great time at the East Perry Community Fair yesterday. Having said that, I also confess that I did not do a great job of trying to document it with photos. I did get some help from my wife who got some good photos of … More 2026 East Perry Community Fair – Day 1
An Altenburg couple would be celebrating a special anniversary today, and you will be reading their story. I choose to begin with the groom. Gottlieb Buck was born on May 14, 1854, the 7th and last child of William and Justine (Schmidt) Buck. Gottlieb was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. An image of … More A Buck for an Oehlert in Altenburg
Today’s post had its beginning when I discovered that a man from Staunton, Illinois married a woman in Friedheim. That man happens to be today’s birthday boy. The groom only shows up in our German Family Tree because of that Friedheim marriage record, and he then returns to his home, taking his bride with him … More Adler Hardware – Staunton, IL
