Today’s story had so many twists and turns. For a while, I even considered not telling it. However, as you can see, I did end up writing and sharing it. And now that I have finished researching it, I conclude that it is an amazing tale. Emma Christiana Maria Lueders was born on August 1, … More Emma’s Heartbreaking End
I am going to tell a story today that fits in with a recurring theme in the annals of East Perry County history. The theme is as follows: “Get married; leave town.” I have found quite a few of these types of stories especially among those who got married right about the time of World … More Newlyweds Off to Nebraska
Several posts have been published about Perry County people moving to Nebraska. Some have been about those who settled in the western part of that state around Potter and Sydney. Others, like the ones in this story, settled in the northeastern part of Nebraska in the area shown by the map below. However, we have … More Henry Becomes a Husker
The year 1852 was packed with significant events in the life of Hugo Rauss, except he was not aware that they were happening. He was a baby. First of all, Hugo was born on January 12th of 1852. That birth took place in an area of southwest Germany known as Baden-Wurttemberg. He was the son … More 1852 – An Eventful Year for Hugo
We have yet another new guest blogger today. One of our own East Perry County citizens, Eunice Schlichting, is the author of today’s post. Eunice was raised in Wittenberg, Missouri. She later worked at the Putnam Musuem in Davenport, Iowa for 22 years. She fairly recently moved back home and is now the librarian at … More Praise God for Potter Parish
The story I ran across for today just so happens to cross paths with the post we published yesterday about the Lueders photographs. In fact, today’s story centers around another photograph taken at a Lueders family event. This story starts with the birthday of Paula Lueders, who was a granddaughter of the August Lueders discussed … More Yet Another Photograph Story
We have a birthday boy coming from Farrar, Missouri today. His name was Gerth August Stueve. He was born on July 27, 1884. His parents were Claus Henry and Margaretha (von Glahn) Stueve. You have to be really careful with the name Claus Stueve. First of all, there are numerous Claus Stueves to be found … More Go Find the West, Young Man
Karl Adolph Vogel was born on September 5, 1888 in Frohna, Missouri. Today, I will use his birthday as a springboard for going backwards to discover how his name managed to get into our German Family Tree. The name Vogel has been around Perry County for a long time, and the number of Vogels in … More The Vogels Arrive
Right after the Civil War, in 1865, Friedrich George Wilhelm (Fritz) Mueller and his wife, Johanne, brought their family of nine children to America. Here is the passenger list of the ship, Adler. Here are pictures of Fritz and Johanne. This family settled in Kendallville, Indiana, which is located just a little north of Ft. … More Another Set of Muellers
The Johann Gottfried Kramer family in Paitzdorf, Germany must have been going through preparations for a dramatic move from their homeland to America during that year of 1838. Johann Gottfried was a cartwright….a wagon maker…..and must have had to sell his business and many of his tools before their anticipated trip. They must have had … More Just One Kramer Left
