Back in 2021, I wrote the story of a man and woman who were celebrating their 150th wedding anniversary. Today, I will share that post on another special day…the 175th birthday of the groom. Michael Heinrich Schuessler was born on August 31, 1849, the son of Michael and Rosina (Hoppe) Schuessler. Henry was baptized at … More The Youngest Schuessler’s 175th Birthday
I normally do not use a baptism birthday for a starting point on this blog, but that is the case today. It actually is a case of me making a mistake, but I found the story interesting and worthy off telling, so I made the choice of writing it anyway. A baby girl was born … More Collinsville Coal Miner
I will enter the maze of the Stueve family today. I bumped up against even more difficulty when I discovered that I think I have already done about 5 stories involving men named John Stueve. Because of that, I will call today’s birthday boy, John F. Stueve. Like yesterday’s male character, John F. found a … More John and Bertha – St. Louis Stueve’s
Being a Schmidt, I am very accustomed to typing the letters S-c-h at the beginning of my name. Having been a Lutheran school teacher and principal, I saw the permanent files kept by the schools at which I served. The letter S was almost always the largest set of files. And in the S’s, there … More A Couple of S-C-H’s
Once again, I have to be really careful today because two boys who carried the same name through life were born just one year apart from one another, one born in 1876 and one born in 1877. These two went by the name of Martin Schuessler, and they happened to be first cousins. One of … More One of the Martin Schuessler’s
Benjamin Schuessler is the subject of today’s post. That name often makes me think of the tribes of Israel, which resulted when Jacob was blessed with 12 children. However, you could make an argument that there were 13 tribes when you consider that the tribe of Manasseh was granted two different portions of property when … More Tribe of Benjamin Returns to Promised Land
Theodore and Hulda Schuessler would be celebrating their 125th wedding anniversary if they were still alive today. Their story is one in which both the bride and groom had roots in East Perry County, Missouri but spent most of their lives across the river in Jackson County, Illinois. I am still out of town, so … More Schuessler’s in Jacob
We have a 150th wedding anniversary to celebrate today. Henry Schuessler married Katharine Baum on this day back in 1871. Before we look at that marriage, let’s take a look at the lives of the bride and groom before they were married. Also, if you want to read about the arrival of Michael and Rosine … More The Youngest Schuessler
One hundred twenty-five years ago, the 13th child in the household of Henry and Katherine (Baum) Schuessler was born in Frohna, Missouri. That boy’s name was Arthur Moritz Schuessler. He was born on August 17, 1895 and baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna. Below is his baptism record. Arthur shows up in the 1900 … More Nebraska Art
Today’s post is a continuation of the one that was posted yesterday, so if you have not read that post, you might want to do that in order to better understand this one. At the end of yesterday’s post, it was stated that Rev. Friedrich August Ude got married in Thayer County, Nebraska in 1886. … More Ude’s Food
