Today’s post will include a birthday boy and a birthday girl. That is because both the bride and the groom in today’s tale shared the same day of birth. However, they did not share the same year of birth. I will begin with the groom because he is the one found in our German Family Tree, and it … More Happy Birthday to Both Rudolph and Marie Telle
A Friedenberg groom married a Longtown bride on this day back in 1898, so today would be the 125th anniversary for this couple. I will attempt to tell this pair’s life story in this post. I begin with the groom. Peter August Fassold was born on August 20, 1877, the son of Michael and Kunigunda … More Perryville’s Fassold Feed Store
I have a hard time resisting the story of a person celebrating their 200th birthday, especially when I locate a baptism record for the individual. Since most of the German Lutherans first came to Perry County in 1839, we can be sure that the birth of a person celebrating a bicentennial birthday must have been … More 200 Year-Old Wolff
Jacob Henry Mecker was born on October 29, 1862, making today his 160th birthday. Jacob was the son of another Jacob Mecker. I have this photo of the senior Jacob Mecker. Jacob’s mother was Nettie (Arnold) Mecker. According to information found in the Friedenberg Remembrances book, these parents were married in New Orleans, Louisiana. An … More Jacob and Caroline – The Mecker-Weinrich Couple
For a few days, I am once again working at a disadvantage. I am not in Altenburg, so I cannot get images of church records or use some of my strategies for locating hard-to-find census records. I chose a story today that would not enable me to display many images even if I was still … More Karling-Klemp Kouple
Regular readers of this blog might remember that there have already been several posts that have included a combination of the names, Martin and Martha. You will be reading yet another one of those posts today, one that includes a Lutheran pastor with the name, Martin. I suppose it’s only appropriate that a Rev. Martin … More Rev. Martin and Martha
Heinrich Mecker would be celebrating his 161st birthday today if he was still alive. I will attempt to give you an account of his life. I am going to begin with his parents, Jacob and Nettie (Arnold) Mecker. There is a story in the Mecker family that says Jacob Mecker was a stowaway on the … More Mecker Mates
I do not usually look for stories that are associated with a death, but I was attracted to today’s situation anyway. A girl who was originally named Hannah Bollefer happened to die on this day in 1974. The tale of that girl entering the Perry County community is the starting point to tell several other … More It Started with an Apple
When I write stories for this blog, it is usually about people who lived and died a long time ago. When I do research for these stories, it is actually easier to do so because there are privacy laws which protect the public from getting at more recent records. For example, the last Federal census … More Shorty and Leona
Today I will follow up on a previous post called Indy Educators. One of the teachers who spent so many years at St. Paul’s Lutheran School in Indianapolis was Arnold Mueller whose hometown was Wittenberg. Below is his obituary. It is a wonderful tribute to his life of service as a Lutheran educator. Thanks to … More A Tribute to a Lutheran Teacher
