I have some obligations today that make it difficult to compose an original post. Instead, I am once again sharing a post that was previously placed on this blog. This one happens to be a fairly recent one. I wrote it earlier this year in January. It told of the bicentennial birthday of Joseph Pilz. … More Mama Lichtenegger’s 175th Birthday
I found another one. Here we are, just 8 days into the New Year, and today’s post will be the third one already that tells the story of someone celebrating their bicentennial birthday. Not only that, I have already written a post about someone who was celebrating a 220th birthday this year. It is starting … More Joseph Pilz – Joseph Lichtenegger’s Father-in-Law
Today’s birthday girl was born in Altenburg, Missouri, but like so many others who have had their stories told on this blog, she would migrate to the big city of St. Louis and spend most of her life there. She would get married, but she and her husband were childless. However, despite that, we will … More August and Mathilda Enzmann – St. Louis Hotel Keepers
Instead of writing a new post today, I am sharing an old one that was written on this day 6 years ago. Today is not only the birthday of the original Lichtenegger to arrive in this area, but also a very special one. Since Joseph Lichtenegger was born on March 2, 1850, this would be … More Happy 175th Birthday, Joseph Lichtenegger
An Austrian baby was born on July 23, 1842 named Pauline Pechmueller. Pauline would be 182 years old today. She was the daughter of Mathias and Theresia (Huebner) Pechmueller. When Pauline was 26 years old, she came to America. Three Pechmueller’s are found on the passenger list of the ship, Cimbria, that left Germany in … More Joe and Pauline – New Wells Ladreiter’s
I located a bicentennial birthday for today’s post. Since that takes us back to 1823, when I find such a birthday boy or girl, they almost certainly were born in Germany or Austria. In today’s case, our bicentennial birthday girl was born in Austria. You will discover that this story will detail a couple made … More A Pioneer Meyr Matriarch Celebrates 200th
The research library at the Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum is called the Starzinger Family Research Library, thanks to a generous donation from people that were descendants of that clan. Today, I hope to tell the story of the original members of the Starzinger family to arrive in our area. That means I have to … More Pioneer Starzingers
Let me set the scene for today’s story. The Stephanite immigration that took place in 1839 included hundreds of people who came primarily from Saxony, Germany and settled in the the towns around Altenburg, Frohna, and Uniontown. Another group of immigrants, several of which arrived even before the Saxons, were from Bavaria, Germany, and many … More An Austrian/Bavarian Pair in Saxon Frohna
Today’s birthday girl is one of those people whose birthday only comes from calculating a date of birth from a death record that states how old a person was when they died in numbers of years, months, and days that they lived. If that calculation is correct, then this woman would be celebrating that special … More Reisenbichler’s Two Anna Marie’s – Putz and Pilz
Today’s post began with my discovery of a special birthday, but led to another discovery of a collection of photographs of descendants of the birthday girl who gathered for family reunions over the years. The Engelhart family arrived in America in 1875, but they began in northern Austria. Like many others of Austrian descent, the … More Engelhart Family Reunions
