Members of the Gesellschaft gathered in Bremerhaven, Germany in November of 1838 and began to get their baggage placed on 5 different ships. Those ships would depart in the coming days and set sail for the United States. Today’s post will focus on two of those passengers, both of which ended up aboard the ship, … More Was There A Budding Romance on the Copernicus?
I will begin today by asking for forgiveness. I am going to get a little naughty today. I am going to talk about a family whose name was Heine, which would be pronounced “hiney”. Eventually I will get around to talking about clean hineys, which, as you might expect, refers to a person’s backside. Let’s … More Two Stories: A Heine and a Hiney
Today I will once again spend most of my time on the road. This time it is the road home. I had the time yesterday to put together this little tribute to my great grandma and grandpa who were married on April 22, 1875. The bride and groom at this wedding were Amalia Caroline Theiss … More Happy Anniversary, Great Grandma and Grandpa **Updated
December 8th was the birthday of two brothers in the same family, yet they were not twins. One of them happens to be one of my great grandfathers. The mother of these two brothers was Johanne Christiane Mueller. Her maiden name was Theilig, but by the time she had married Johann Gottlob Mueller, she had … More A Shared Birthday
All of our Christmas trees have stories. Some of them are simple, some are about winter in Perry County, German traditions, and Santa has an incredible area this year. A tree that has been with us since the beginning 12 years ago is the Immigration Tree. It is a significant contribution to our interpretation of … More The Trees have Stories
On November 18, 1838, the last of the ships which were part of the Gesellschaft sailed from the German port of Bremerhaven. This made a total of five ships which were carrying a total of approximately 700 people who had decided to start new lives in America. The two ships leaving on that day were … More The Olbers and Amalia Depart
Today’s story is another one about a pair of East Perry County twins. Maybe stories about twins attract my attention more than others because I am the grandfather of a pair of twin girls. We have already done several posts about twins. One of those was titled, Together in Birth and Death. Today’s story could … More The Palisch Twins
On September 10, 1847, Ernst Theodore Buenger, son of Dr. Ernst Eduard and Amalia (Weber) Buenger, was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Two days later, on a Sunday, little Ernst became a member of God’s family through baptism. It was the first surviving son of the Buengers. At the end of Ernst Theodore’s life, he … More Buengers Back and Forth
May 20th was the day that Michael Hopfer died in 1877. Michael Hopfer came to America as part of the Gruber group at the end of 1839 and settled in the area designated as Paitzdorf (later changed to Uniontown). The passenger list from the Johann Georg and census records list him as being a cooper, … More Cooper Hopfer
Once again, we are going to meander into the Mueller Maze. May 9, 1825 was the birthday of Zacharias Mueller, one of the original immigrants who came to America with the Gruber group. Zacharias was one of the sons of Gottfried and Maria (Rothe) Mueller of Paitzdorf, Germany. When he came to the United … More A to Z – Amalia to Zacharias
