Not long ago, a story was written that included a woman by the name of Dixie Wills titled, Art and Dixie. Dixie had siblings with the names of Grover Cleveland, Oscar, Pearl, Golda, and Homer. Today, you get the story of another brother in that family who had a rather boring name in comparison with … More Peter and Della Wills
William Bingenheimer was born on this day, so he is today’s birthday boy. As it turns out, William married a woman who had another long name that begins with a “B”…Bodenschatz. First, let’s take a look at the arrival of the Bingenheimer’s. They arrived in 1848 aboard the Jaque Lafette. William’s father, Phillip Bingenheimer, was … More Bingenheimer and His Bodenschatz Bride
George Bingenheimer was born on March 31, 1861, so today would have been his 159th birthday. We do not have a baptism record for George, but there are a few documents that say he was born in Cape Girardeau County. For what it’s worth, bingen means “bang” and heimer means “home” according to Google Translate. … More George’s Girls
I am getting old and cannot remember why this is the case, but while I was researching today’s story, I discovered that our collection of images already had several files which I needed for this post. I looked and looked through our blog’s archives to see if I had already written a post about today’s … More Theodosius – The Eldest Frentzel
Yesterday, I asked the question, “Who cuts a barber’s hair?” It took me just one day to find a possible answer. An answer in the case of the village of Longtown is that you train your nephew to be a barber and let him cut your hair. Today’s story begins with the birthday of the … More Longtown’s Hair Hacker – The Next Generation (Funke Haircuts)
