A while back, after we received a wonderful donation at our museum, I wrote a blog post titled, Celebrating an Anniversary in Style. That post told the story of the 50th wedding anniversary of August and Maria (Roth) Lueders of Frohna, and included a photo that was taken on that occasion. Here is that photo … More A Tale of Two Photos
A certain genealogy problem has been plaguing me for a while. There are two “clans” of Lueders families in our German Family Tree. (By the way, Lueders is pronounced Lee-ders around here). One Lueders clan centers around Frohna, Missouri, and the other in Wittenberg. There are some indications that the two Lueders clans are related, … More The Lueders Brothers
August John Oberndorfer was born on March 15, 1880. March 15th has gone down in history as the Ides of March, the day on which Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC. That tragedy was supposedly predicted by a soothsayer who proclaimed, “Beware the Ides of March.” It is now remembered as being an “ominous” … More Born and Died on Ides of March
We have an anniversary to celebrate today. On October 17, 1901, August Friedrich Leimbach and Hulda Pauline Engert were married at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altenburg, Missouri. Here is a photo of their wedding. And here is their marriage license. August was the son of Paul Leimbach and his second wife, Louisa Schrier. The Leimbach … More Farmer, Thresher, Sawyer, Hornblower
It is the 116th birthday of Clara Weseloh, who was born on Saturday, October 12, 1901 in Jacob, Illinois. She was baptized at Christ Lutheran Church in Jacob. Her parents were Johann and Anna (Luedemann) Weseloh. Although she was born across the river in Illinois, most of her life was spent in Missouri. Let me … More She Gets the Hecht Out in Perry County
Written by Fred Eggers: =========== Yesterday I received a couple of Facebook messages from our regular blogger, Warren Schmidt, who is on vacation at an undisclosed location. However, the photo that he posted reveals that he is at a beach or at a very big sand box somewhere. First, “GFT (German Family Tree) says August … More Gus Was A Storekeeper, But It Is Tillie’s Birthday Today
Karl Adolph Vogel was born on September 5, 1888 in Frohna, Missouri. Today, I will use his birthday as a springboard for going backwards to discover how his name managed to get into our German Family Tree. The name Vogel has been around Perry County for a long time, and the number of Vogels in … More The Vogels Arrive
Moritz Petzoldt married Emilie Schwindt on May 21, 1871. This marriage record is not to be found in any church records in Perry County. That is because by the time Moritz was getting married, he had moved away from here to live in Madison County, Illinois near Collinsville. He was probably married at St. Paul’s … More A Petzoldt Harnesses Los Angeles
August Wilhelm Poppitz came to the United States with the 1838-1839 immigrants. He was eighteen years old when he arrived. By the time that 1858 rolled around, August had married three times, fathered numerous children, and died. The Ernst Poppitz I wrote about recently was from August’s first wife, Justina Schmidt. The Martin Poppitz I … More A Poppitz from the Middle Wife
Today’s title is intended to mislead you. To understand why, you must once again understand some more East Perry County pronunciation. Although the name Schade looks like it ought to be a one syllable word that sounds like shades, it is not. This name is pronounced with two syllables and is called Shaw-dee. However, today’s … More Cool Schades
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