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
On several occasions, we have written about Benjamin Hemmann, who was a teacher in Wittenberg and Altenburg in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Today, the subject of this post is another Teacher Hemmann. This one did not do his teaching in Missouri. However, this story begins with the birth of Elsie Anna Thiede on … More Another Teacher Hemmann
Today, October 8, 2016, the Saxon Lutheran Memorial in Frohna is conducting their annual Fall Festival. If you happen to be in the neighborhood of East Perry County, Missouri, it is well worth your trip to attend this event. On the property of the Saxon Lutheran Memorial you can find a cabin once used by … More Memorial Cabin
A while back, we posted a story about some Hemmanns from Uniontown who later settled in Amherst, Nebraska….A Family Moves to the Prairie. Today’s story is a continuation of that one. Today is the birthday of Frieda Karoline Czenkusch. At first, I thought Czenkusch may have been a name from a country other than Germany, … More Another Story Ending in California
On this day, July 6th, Linna (Schubarth) Bergt died in 1849. At that time, a major cholera epidemic was taking place in St. Louis. That disease reared its ugly head in Perry County also, because the cause of Linna’s death in Frohna, Missouri, was cholera. Linna Schubarth came to America in 1839 aboard the Johann … More Weaver’s Wife
