I learned today that my friend, Rev. Paul Borgman has entered a hospice journey from life to life. Pastor Paul and his wife, Pat are our beloved museum friends, patrons, and are family to many around here. I want to say in this public forum that I love them. Pat always knows exactly what we … More You Must Be Present to Win
Today would have been the 130th birthday of Paul Wachter, who was born on March 19, 1889. His parents were Wilhelm and Ernestine (Bodenschatz) Wachter. When Paul was baptized on March 24th, he was just one of three baptisms which were administered on that day. The other two were also boys. Their names were Otto … More Wachter the Blacksmith
There is a birthday for today’s story, but it is not for the individual mentioned in the title. Today’s birthday girl is Pauline Ernestine Jacob who was born on March 18, 1844. She was the daughter of Michael and Marie (Hopfer) Jacob, who were two of the original immigrants that were part of the Gruber … More The Premier Etzold
Today is going to be another one of those days when I will not be able to research for a new story to place on this blog. Also, tomorrow will be a travelling day, so I will not have the opportunity to post a story tomorrow either. Here are two reasons why this is the … More Odds & Ends
I know you are quite familiar with Angel Food Cake. Today, I will tell you about Angeline Pi. Forgive me. It’s the Math teacher that’s still in me. I cannot get rid of it. Today is Pi Day (3.14), and I just have to sneak a little Pi (π) into today’s post. Angeline Hopfer was … More Angeline Pi
After George and Margaret Roth arrived in Perry County in 1839 as part of the New York Group, they continued to have children. In 1849, a boy was born by the name of Friedrich August Roth. He was the second to the last child born into this family. August was born on March 12, 1849, … More A Frohna Farmer’s Dozen
Herman Mangels was born in Farrar, Missouri on March 11, 1875. He was the son of Johann Peter and Engel (Mahnken) Mangels. Herman’s baptism took place at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar. Below is his baptism record. Apparently, this record had some problems, and someone had to make all sorts of corrections that came out … More No Water for Coffee?
Another common East Perry County name is Weber. And like several other common names, such as Schmidt or Mueller, there are several clans of Weber’s. Today’s story comes from the group of Weber’s that are called “The Ridge Weber’s”. I guess you could argue that the marriage record from Ossig, Germany shown below marks the … More Adopted on The Ridge
There were two Clara Schmidt’s that were born in East Perry County in the 1880’s. One of them was my Great Aunt Clara, the sister of my grandfather, Emanuel. She was born in 1882. I call her the Altenburg Clara Schmidt. There was also a Frohna Clara Schmidt. She was born on March 9, 1886. … More Butch and His Sister Move to Altenburg
The person whose story will be told today did not spend much of his life in Perry County. In fact, he did not spend most of his life in Missouri. Heinrich (Henry) Schuessler became a Lutheran pastor and spent almost all his life in the state of Michigan. We tell his story today because he … More Rev. Schuessler from Michigan
