Today’s birthday boy is Charles Herman George Lowes, who was born on May 14, 1881. That makes today his 145th birthday. Charles was the son of Henry and Louise (Kiepe) Lowes. Some early children born into this Lowes family were baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim, but then some children do not have baptism … More Charles Lowes – Grand Tower and Arnsberg Farmer
I just so happened to find another Dambach for today’s story. That will make 3 out of the last 4 posts which have included a reference to the surname, Dambach. Today, you will read about a man named Oscar Wesley Dambach. You will eventually read about his wife being today’s birthday girl. Oscar was born … More Oscar and His Meyer
I thought I found another woman with a special birthday for today’s tale, but I now think that is not the case. Now, I do not think she was born on this date at all. However, I invested too much time gathering all the documents that I decided to write the story anyway. In one … More Bahner (or Boehner)/Lix Couple in Arnsberg
Today’s birthday boy would be celebrating his 150th birthday. The story of him and his wife has some missing pieces, so I will just do my best. Charles Friedrich Ruesler was born on March 4, 1876, the son of Wilhelm and Louise (Dickmann) Ruesler. Charles was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim. We can … More Charles and Emma – A Ruesler/Grebe Pair
I found both today’s bride and groom in our German Family Tree, but neither of them have a church record in any of the church books that are included in that document. However, each of them have other family members whose church records like baptisms and marriages are included in the GFT. I will begin … More George and Minnie – Jackson and Cape Girardeau Bingenheimer’s
When German names had been spelled with a “K” at the beginning, it often got changed to a “C”. For example, Karl would often get changed to Carl. I discovered that both surnames of today’s couple got spelled differently, sometimes with a “K” and sometimes with a “C”. It even has a surname that is … More William & Mary – Leemon Clementz Couple
I could call today’s main character Kaspar or Kasper or Casper or Caspar. A variety of spellings show up for this man’s first name. I am going to use the one that is carved on his tombstone…Kasper. He is today’s main character because he is also today’s birthday boy. Kasper Ruppel was born on December … More Kasper and Margaretha – The Original Ruppel’s
Herman Dickmann is today’s birthday boy. He was born on October 14, 1895, thus making today his 130th birthday. Herman was the son of Charles and Amanda (Tuschoff) Dickmann. Below are photos of Herman’s parents. I only found individual photos, but these images were obviously part of a single photo of both of them, which … More Herman Dickmann and His Young Pike, MO Bride
Today’s post will take us on a trip out west. The bride and groom were both born and raised locally, and moved away from here. They each migrated to about the same place in another state and managed to find each other and get married. I have my suspicion’s how this pair got together. Let’s … More Frohna, MO to Arriba, CO to Nampa, ID
It is perhaps a wedding anniversary that inspires today’s post. However, even though both the bride and the groom were born and baptized in Perry and Cape Girardeau Counties, they got married in St. Louis. I have no idea why. There is also a debate about whether today is actually this couple’s wedding anniversary or … More William & Mary – The Hoffmann’s
