A baby boy was born in Perry County 150 years ago. Sadly, this baby was born after his father had died previously during November of that year. That baby was given the name August Johann Peter Meier, born on November 27, 1871. August’s parents were Heinrich and Anna (Beckmann) Meier. August was baptized at Salem … More Longtown Blacksmith Gets Funke
Today would be the 147th wedding anniversary of a Uniontown couple. I’ll get to the marriage later. We will start by looking at the groom. His name was Ernst August Alvin Frentzel who was born on June 4, 1857. During his lifetime, he was called Alvin. His parents were Charles and Emily Frentzel. I can … More Frentzel – Not Just a Farmer
One hundred fifty-two years ago, Johann Martin Stelling was the firstborn child of Johann and Anna (Popp) Stelling. This child would go by the name of Martin throughout his life. Before I move on to tell Martin’s story, I feel the need to discuss the name of Anna Popp. Just a few days ago, I … More Martin and Margaret
Many of the stories I tell on this blog have described large families. That is not the case today. Today’s family consists of just a father, a mother, and a son. To add to that, the son was not a biological son. It makes for quite an tantalizing tale. I found this story because May … More Weber-Beckmann-Stuebner Hardware
A few of today’s characters arrived in America about a year before the Stephanites arrived in 1839. Two of the family names that were part of what we call the “St. Louis Additions” were Holschen and Grother. The arrival of Johann Holschen and Margaretha Grother present us with a mystery right away in this post. … More Holschen-Grother-Beckmann-Luehrs
I do not know if the streetcar was named Desire, but its conductor’s name was August. And August had his roots in North Cape and Perry Counties. August was born as August Wehmueller on February 7, 1892 in Friedheim, Missouri. He was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim. Here is his baptism record. He … More Streetcar Conductor Named August
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