Tag: Bethesda Lutheran Home

Arthur and Ida – Bethesda Lutheran Home Residents

March 4, 2025

Yesterday’s post took us to the state of Wisconsin. Today’s will do the same thing. However, you will discover that the situations that contributed to the two different migrations to that state are dramatically different. We begin with a special birthday. Arthur Heinrich Markwort was born on March 4, 1875, thus making today his 150th … More Arthur and Ida – Bethesda Lutheran Home Residents

Bertha’s Joe and Otto

May 6, 2019

One hundred thirty-three years ago, Bertha Vogel was born in New Wells, Missouri.  Her birthday was May 6, 1886.  She was the daughter of William and Emma Susanne (Hoehne) Vogel and baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells.  Below is her baptism record. On October 27, 1907, Bertha married Joseph Richter of Wittenberg, Missouri.  … More Bertha’s Joe and Otto