I will be telling the story of the original Springer’s to settle in Perry County today. I located this story because a man named Peter Springer was born on December 8th. As it turns out, Peter’s birth year is a matter of debate. I will show evidence that he was either born in 1808 or … More Pierre and Madelaine? Or Peter and Magdalena?
I will be attempting to tell the story of John Christian Kassel today. Plenty of Kassel’s have populated the areas of East Perry County and also Cape Girardeau County over the years, and I believe John Christian Kassel was one of the original Kassel’s to show up on the scene around here. John Christian Kassel … More John Kassel – Civil War Fife Player
Today, I will add to the list of stories I have written about brides and grooms who had the same surname. Today, the double surname happens to be Hoehn. The result of this Hoehn/Hoehn marriage was 10 pages of descendants listed in our German Family Tree. The two Hoehn families appear to have arrived at … More A Hoehn-Hoehn Duo
We begin today with the birthday of Sarah Magdalena Frentzel. Her birthday cake would have 128 candles if she was still alive. Sarah was born on April 7, 1893, the daughter of Arthur and Emma (Telle) Frentzel. She was the 8th out of 10 children born into that family. A recent post was published about … More Frentzel/Telle Daughter Marries a Pelle
Fritz was a fairly common nickname around here for someone with the given name Friedrich or Frederick. Today, you will read the story of a man called Fritz, who is also the birthday boy. Since documents differ on whether Fritz was from France or from Germany, I will discuss whether he was Fritz from Germany … More Fritz from France, the Perryville Painter
Today’s birthday boy did not even have to wait for his baptism to be called a Christian. That’s because his name was Christian Kassel. He was born on September 29, 1861. Christian was the son of Philip and Fredericka (Bueltman) Kassel. Although I cannot find any documentation, I believe that Christian was born in Egypt … More Kids from a Kassel
