Today’s birthday girl leads us to a tragic story from Perryville’s past. It begins with the birth of Dora Matilda Mecker, who was born on May 10, 1891. That makes today her 135th birthday. Dora was the daughter of Henry and Catherine (Bangert) Mecker. Dora was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim. Her baptism … More Friendly Fire Kills Perryville Policeman
Yesterday’s story was about Charles Ruesler who was born on March 4th. Today’s tale will be about his sister, Louise, who was born on March 5th. Louise Wilhelmine Marie Ruesler was born on March 5, 1868, so today she would be celebrating her 158th birthday. If you read yesterday’s post, you would know that Louise … More Fritz and Louise – Friedheim/Lixville Bangert’s
I think I have already written three different posts that have highlighted a main character whose name was Clara Schmidt. Two of them were born as Clara Schmidt, and one became Clara Schmidt as a result of marriage. In addition to that, I have mentioned my great-aunt, Clara Schmidt, on several occasions, but she has … More Henry Bangert – Gordonville Postmaster
Christian Heinrich Pohlmann was born on January 12, 1896, so he qualifies to be today’s birthday boy. Henry would be 130 years old today. Henry was the son of William and Anna (Bangert) Pohlmann. He was baptized at the Lixville Lutheran Church. An image of his baptism record is displayed below. Henry is found in … More Some Lixville Pohlman’s
Today, I will begin by looking at a man named Albert Winkler. Eventually, I will get around to discussing today’s birthday girl. Albert Louis Charles Winkler was born on March 14, 1881, the son of William and Marie (Schmidt) Winkler. Albert was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim. His baptism record from that congregation’s … More Friedheim Winkler’s
Now that we have the books of Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim included in our German Family Tree, I have been finding quite a few stories to write about people with the surname, Kester. It seems that not only has that congregation had Kester’s in their membership, but they have not spread out to other … More George and Louise – Friedheim Kester’s
I am going to begin today’s tale by looking at a boy who was born in 1862 and baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim. His name was Heinrich Friedrich Bangert, who was born on December 15, 1862. Henry was the son of William and Catherine (Eichmeier) Bangert. His baptism record from the books of … More Henry and Hannah – Lixville Bangert’s
In previous posts on this blog, I have written about Bergmann/Bergmann, Mueller/Mueller, Schmidt/Schmidt, and a few other marriages in which the bride and groom had the same surname. Today, you will read another one of those stories. This one will be a Kester/Kester wedding. And in this case, both the bride and groom were Kester’s … More Joe Kester’s Father-in-law, Joe Kester
About a month ago, I wrote a post titled, Friedheim/Lixville Bangert’s. Today, you will read a post about one of the children of those Bangert’s. One of their sons is today’s birthday boy. Robert Johann Bangert was born on July 14, 1895, so today would be his 130th birthday. Robert was the son of Frederick … More Lixville Bangert’s
Today’s story begins in St. Louis, but ends up in Bollinger County, and the highlighted couple is buried in Friedheim. We will begin with the birthday girl. Marie Louise Mathilde Moeller was born on June 9, 1860, thus making today her 165th birthday. Mathilda was the daughter of Christian and Louise (Sewing) Moeller. She was … More Friedheim/Lixville Bangert’s
