George Fischer is today’s birthday boy. He was born on January 4, 1899, so today would be his 127th birthday. George was the son of Edward and Katherine (Kuennel) Fischer. A previous story that highlighted George’s parents and some of his siblings was titled, Fischer Heartbreak. George was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. … More George Fischer – Caroline Littge’s Daddy
I could not resist telling this story today, but I must confess right away that a Trinity Lutheran Church death record may have led me astray. There is certainly a debate about the date of birth for today’s main character, Beate Lindane Mengel. When I did a search in our Germany Family Tree for any … More Dietrich Bride, Beate: Bicentennial Birthday?
The birthday boy for today’s tale is Carl Gottfried Schuerenberg, whose gravestone calls him Charley. He was born on December 31, 1885, so today would be his 140th birthday. Charley was the son of Gottfried and Emma (Engert) Schuerenberg. He was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altenburg, but he was actually born across the … More Charley and Mary – Kewanee Schuerenberg’s
I am going to start today’s post by displaying a 1910 census entry from near Wittenberg, Missouri. It shows a Heins couple, John and Hulda (Richter) Heins, along with two teenagers, Irene and Edwin, who are called adopted children. You can also see that they were the same age, indicating that they were twins. In … More The McCourt Twins – Or the Heins Twins?
Back in 2017, I wrote a post titled, Seelitz Soldiers. In that article, I mentioned several young men who served in the military during World War I who were from the local Seelitz community. I am going to go into more detail today about one of those young men, who happens to be today’s birthday … More Hugo – The Schlimpert Seelitz Soldier
Today is a travel day for us, so I looked for an old story to repost, and I found this one that was published on this date 8 years ago. It tells the tale of a Perry and Cape Girardeau County couple who would eventually migrate across the Mississippi River into Illinois. I did manage … More A Gross Dreyer Pair
I found today’s story because the featured couple was married on this date, but I later discovered that the bride not only got married on today’s date, November 27th, but also was born on this date. So, she could be classified as today’s birthday girl and anniversary bride. I will begin by discussing her early … More Christine (Lindner) Reisenbichler – Born and Married on November 27th
You have come to expect a Friday blog post written by our museum director, Denise Hellwege, called Museum Musings. Today, she is not able to make her normal Friday contribution to our blog because her father-in-law has died, and she is attending to family business. So, I am filling in for her today. In the … More Museum Musings: Magnified Mueller Millers
My focus today, other than on morning worship, is once again a volleyball tournament. I will unashamably state that our granddaughters will be playing for the Illinois State Lutheran Volleyball Championship later this afternoon. The attached story about Ferdinand Poppitz and Hanna Bollefer has a connection to my family, so that is one of the … More A Late-Blooming Romance in Seelitz
Martin Paul Theodore Lorenz is today’s birthday boy. Paul was born on November 3, 1895, so today would be his 130th birthday. Paul was the son of John and Caroline (Mueller) Lorenz. Caroline Mueller was my Grandma Mueller’s cousin, so, if you extend out my family tree far enough, I suppose I would be related … More Paul and Josephine – Wittenberg Lorenz’s
