First, an explanation of the title. The married couple for today is made up of a Koch and a Vogel. In German, Koch means “cook” and Vogel means “bird”. Enough said. Lydia Vogel is today’s birthday girl. She was born on September 15, 1890 and baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells, Missouri. She … More The Cook and His Bird
On a lark, when I started yesterday looking for a story for today, I decided to not just look for an event that took place on September 14th, but I went after an event that took place 100 years ago today on September 14, 1919. I was amazed that a search for that date in … More Perplexing Pair of Poppitz Partners
Almost two years ago, I wrote a post for this blog titled, Roemer Reverend Roommates. That post highlighted a Roemer family that had four girls who all managed to find Lutheran pastors as their husbands. The couple I will focus on today was mentioned in that story, but today, I will attempt to add more … More Rev. Gustav and Agnes Wangerin
Once again, today’s post was authored by Cal Eggers. Hang on tight! He’s going to take you all the way to the West Coast today. ================================================= Today would be the 153rd birthday of Herman Jacob Eggers who was born September 12, 1866, in Brazeau Township, near Altenburg, Missouri. Although his first name … More Go West, Young Eggers Man (and Woman)
The post that we publish today was written by one of our guest bloggers, Cal Eggers. Today, Cal tells a story coming from his own Eggers family. The story he tells extends through more than one generation and will take two days to tell. So you get the special treat of getting posts from Cal … More Henry Helps His Heirs
In a recent post, Mary and Joseph of the Oehlert Clan, we learned that Mary Gruenwald married Joseph Oehlert. One of today’s characters will be Mary’s sister, Mathilda Gruenwald. We tell her story today because she married today’s birthday boy, Henry Degenhardt. Mary (Gruenwald) Oehlert was married in 1894. It would be 11 years later … More Henry and Mary’s Sister, Tillie
We at the Perry County Lutheran Historical Society would like to proclaim our heartfelt congratulations to our friends at Brazeau Presbyterian Church on the occasion of their 200th anniversary. Today, they celebrate with a series of special events including a worship service to thank God for blessing them for so many generations. The English and … More Blessed Brazeau Bicentennial: The Angels of East Perry County
I chose this story today because, like yesterday, it contains another example of a Schuessler marrying a Burkhardt. I found the story because one of the Schuessler sons was born on this day. Herman Schuessler is today’s birthday boy. He was born on September 7, 1862. We will get back to him later. First, let’s … More Herman’s Schuessler Dad and Burkhardt Step-Mom
One hundred sixty-four years ago, a wedding took place in Frohna, Missouri with Ernst Eduard Burkhardt as the groom and Johanna Schuessler as the bride. The wedding took place on September 6, 1855. Both the bride and the groom had come to America aboard the same ship in 1839, but they were both young children … More Ernst Eduard’s Women
One of the lessons I have learned since I began researching people from the past in East Perry County is that the name “Claus” is a very common name around Farrar. Claus Steffens, Claus Miesner, Claus Mangels, Claus Stueve, and the list goes on. To add to that, there were several folks around Farrar who … More Yet Another Claus from Farrar
