You are about to read another story about lifelong bachelors. Like a few other such stories that have been told on this blog, this one includes more than one sibling in a family who each remain single all their lives. I will begin with the older of 2 brothers in a Petzoldt family. Carl Richard … More A Pair of Partnerless Petzoldt’s Become Partners
Every once in a while, I run across a person who never married when I am searching for a story to write. I have discovered that, when I do, I sometimes find a sibling of that person who also remained unmarried for a lifetime. I find it interesting that so often these unmarried siblings end … More Bachelor/Bachelorette Bergmann’s
My Aunt Dorothy, who married Rudy Schmidt, my dad’s brother, had the maiden name, Schaupert. I started looking into today’s story because Ludwig Michael Schaupert was born on November 2, 1876, making today his 147th birthday. Quickly, I discovered that Ludwig, most often called Louis, never married. I gave thought to not doing his story … More Aunt Dorothy’s Unmarried Uncles
Thirty years ago, I woke up on a New Year’s Day, remembering that the night before I had asked my wife to marry me. I was a 38 year old bachelor at the time. I guess you could say that I needed a woman, and Sandi was the woman for me. I cannot help but … More When a Man Needs a Woman
Today would have been the 133rd birthday of Ernst Friedrich Karl Buenger (rhymes with singer). He was the firstborn child to Johann Friedrich and Pauline (Mueller) Buenger. Here is the wedding photo of Friedrich and Pauline. There is an interesting birth record for Ernst. I will show it in two images. We see in the … More The Buenger Bachelor
