As the title implies, I will be taking a tour through four different surnames today. I will be using a little different format today than usual. Instead of tracking one person at a time leading up to a marriage, I will be tracking four separate people simultaneously, all of whom were born in the 1850’s. … More Wirth – Thieret – Hornberger – Hacker
Today’s birthday girl is Louise Esther Swan, who would be celebrating her 127th birthday today. She was born on May 18, 1895, the daughter of Charles and Pauline (Palisch) Swan. A previous post mentioned Louise’s parents. That post was titled, A Beautiful Swan Joins the Bevy. Louise was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altenburg. We … More William’s Swan Sweetheart
You will not be reading a typical blog post today. Normally, I do some family research on people who have some connection to the Lutheran churches of East Perry County. Today, I am going to document a field trip that I made yesterday with my wife, Sandi, and some friends of ours from Minnesota, Rev. … More Setting Course for Cole Camp
Frederick William Schrader is today’s birthday boy, but I did not find him in our German Family Tree. It was the zionrootsgenealogy.org website that led me to Fred’s story. Fred’s bride, however, is indeed found in our German Family Tree, but that document does not indicate her marriage. Fred was born on May 16, 1884, … More Fred Schrader – Brick Layer
The city of Coffeyville, Kansas, seems to pop up on this blog once in a while. Today will be another story that ends up there. I’ve been thinking for a while now that Coffeyville might have to be classified as another one of those places that I call a Perry County suburb. A name that … More Ben Hemmann in Coffeyville
Joseph Zwickelhuber arrived in America on June 13, 1853 aboard the Ernst Moritz Arndt. He was 9 years old at the time. As you can see on the passenger list for this ship, Joseph arrived with his parents, Paulus and Theresia (Kranawetter) Zwickelhuber and three other siblings. Zwickelhuber family – Ernst Moritz Arndt – 1853…
I am going to begin today’s post by displaying the information we have in our German Family Tree for today’s birthday boy, Gotthilf Ferdinand Fischer. There are only 2 church records for Gotthilf, both from the books of Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna. There is also something missing. There is no evidence of an early … More The Braddock, Pennsylvania Fischer’s
Back in 2018, I wrote a post about Emma Engert who married Gottfried Schuerenberg, the man I referred to in the title as the Butcher from Friedland. Emma Engert was born on May 11, 1862, so she would be celebrating her 160th birthday today. However, Emma is not the only Engert who would be celebrating … More Petrina – The Other Twin
Back in March of 2020, I wrote a post titled, George’s Girls. That was a story about George Bingenheimer who had 6 children, all girls. Today, I found the story of George’s brother, John, and lo and behold, he had 4 children, and all of them were girls. I am not sure when exactly John … More Brother John’s Girls
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, there is a bit of confusion about the birthday of one of the main characters in the story you are about to read. The point of difference is found in the Friedenberg Remembrances book, where it says that Alma Emma Louise Rauh was born on May 8, 1899. Here … More Cape Cop and His Rock
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