We begin today with a birth that took place in Paitzdorf, Germany. Maria Hemmann, a member of what I call the Hemmann Herd, was born on July 26, 1829. She was the daughter of J.G. Hemmann and his first wife, Maria Bachmann, so I suppose she may have been named after her mother. We have … More Solving Mysteries with Death Records
Lydia Bachmann was born on March 31, 1894, so today would have been her 125th birthday. Lydia would later marry Theodore Mangels, but as it turns out, we have to be very careful to make sure we identify the correct Theodore Mangels because there were two of them. But first, let’s take a look at … More Lydia + One of the Theodores
Arthur Emanuel Bachmann was born on January 17, 1892 in Farrar, Missouri. He was the son of Edward and Mathilda (Eggers) Bachmann. A post was written about Edward and Mathilda titled, Not Many Bachwomen. Here is a photo of Arthur’s parents. Arthur was baptized at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar. Below is his baptism record. … More Bachmann Goes to Washington
Among all the records that we have from the church books of congregations in East Perry County, I think I may have located the Lutheran Cinderella. Her name was Bertha Schlichting, and her birthday would have been today. She was born on December 6, 1889 and baptized at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar, Missouri. Bertha … More The Lutheran Cinderella?
In the early days of this blog, I wrote a post titled, The Beginning of the Hemmann Herd. As was the case with many of those early posts, it was very short. I have gotten “wordier” as time has gone by, and now WordPress tells me a typical post is over 800 words long. Today, … More The Beginning of the Hemmann Herd -Part 2
The story I am going to tell today is very closely related to yesterday’s post. I will begin by once again showing you the 1880 census for the Henry Bachmann family. Right below yesterday’s character, Ernst Bachmann, you will see a seven year old orphan girl by the name of Rosaline Upton. She will be … More Rosalia’s Story
I am once again away from Altenburg for a few days, so I am at the disadvantage of not being able to use the resources we have in our musuem’s library. I’ll have to just use online sources to find information in the meantime. As for today’s story, I think our guest blogger, Wayne Schuessler, … More Just the Two of Them
I am not going to tell the story of an individual person today. First of all, I was having trouble finding a story to write that had to do with today’s date. Secondly, I knew that we were having a few special guests coming to our museum today. Those guests were coming because they know … More Perusing Some Paitzdorf Papers
Wayne Schuessler is the author of today’s blog post. Wayne has contributed to our blog in the past, and his writing and research have been very well received. He is an amazing researcher. As is evidenced in this post, he has been to Germany to delve into his family’s history. Wayne lives in St. Louis … More Life on the Creek
It is not often that I take the time to write about someone who is actually alive. I’ve become more of an expert on dead people. Today’s main character is definitely still walking on God’s green earth and is very much alive. His name is Delbert Schmidt, and he is a very important person to … More Max’s Boy Turns 90
