I was so excited to find a story for today…until I discovered it was the wrong story. But it turned out to be another great story. In fact, today’s tale may really be about the process of finding the story. Let me describe the process. I make it a standard procedure to start my search … More Bicentennial Christmas Baby
There are not many surnames in our surname collection that end with “pf”, but today I will tell the story of a marriage between two such surnames. We also have a small collection of surnames that begins with a “pf”…Pfau, Pfeiffer, Pfennighausen, and Pfisterer. The bride and groom for today’s post who each have a … More The Schrumpf-Kropf Couple in Highland, IL
One of the highlighted characters in yesterday’s story was Martha Litzelfelner who married Henry Kieninger. I discovered a person for today’s tale first by finding a person who would be celebrating his 200th birthday who married another woman whose maiden name was Litzelfelner. As near as I can tell, today’s character was Martha’s aunt. I … More Another Litzelfelner Story
This seems to happen often. I did not intend for this to happen. You are about to read the third post in a row that mentions someone who was tied to the congregation at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim, Missouri. It happens more than I expect that stories seem to pop up out of our … More Carl and Caroline – A Friedheim Couple
I am going to return to a theme that has been discussed on this blog before. In fact, the featured couple has been used as an example of this theme in a previous post. However, the couple and their family was not discussed in much detail in that article. That story was also written back … More Married in America
George Bingenheimer was born on March 31, 1861, so today would have been his 159th birthday. We do not have a baptism record for George, but there are a few documents that say he was born in Cape Girardeau County. For what it’s worth, bingen means “bang” and heimer means “home” according to Google Translate. … More George’s Girls
