Today’s birthday boy is Albert Wilhelm Preusser, who was born on October 22, 1885. That means today would be Albert’s 140th birthday. He was the son of Adolph and Julia (Bodenschatz) Preusser. Albert’s parents had been married in Altenburg, but by the time of Albert’s birth, they were living in Perryville. Albert was baptized at … More Albert Preusser, the St. Louis Postal Worker
Maria Wilhelmine Groh is today’s birthday girl. She was born on August 21, 1875, so today she would be a century and a half old. Most of her life, she was called Mary. She was the last child of Charles and Sophie (Bodenschatz) Groh. That couple has 10 children listed in our German Family Tree, … More Maid “Mary Who Didn’t Marry” Groh
Today’s tale documents the story of a couple, neither of which make it to their 50th birthdays. It’s a story that begins in New Wells and ends up with the husband and wife being buried in Crosstown. I will begin with today’s birthday boy. Karl Erwin August Hoffmann was born on July 5, 1899, so … More Charles and Hilda – Heartbreaking Hoffmann’s
Olga Agnes Maria Schmidt is today’s birthday girl because she was born on June 26, 1895. That means today would be her 130th birthday. Olga was the daughter of Martin and Elizabeth (Roth) Schmidt. She was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. An image of her baptism record from that congregation’s books is shown … More 1 Petzoldt + 2 Schmidt’s
Karl Johann Bingenheimer was born on January 12, 1900, so he qualifies to be today’s birthday boy. Today would be his special 125th birthday. Most documents call him Charles, so I will call him by that name. He was the son of William and Martha (Bodenschatz) Bingenheimer. Charles was baptized at Grace Lutheran Church in … More Uniontown Bingenheimer’s
I am at home today, but we have a houseful of family members, so I am publishing an old post written on this date in 2017. It tells the story of Wilhelm Wachter. Just a few days ago, I wrote the story of Wilhelm’s brother, Charles Wachter and his marriage to Catherine Dede, in the … More Wilhelm Wachter Wedding
When I found some records indicating that a Petzoldt married a Lohmann, two very prominent names in East Perry County, my first thought was, “I have written this story already.” I was wrong. I suppose it is possible that there may have been other Petzoldt/Lohmann marriages in this community’s past, but this is the first … More Concordia Awarded an Oscar in Altenburg
The birthday of Marie Bodenschatz leads us to this story about one of Friedrich Florian “The Face” Petzoldt’s sons. I know I have writen about a few other sons of “The Face” on this blog before, and certainly stories of many of his grandchildren, but somehow the story of Adolph Petzoldt, his 3rd son, has … More One of “The Face” Petzoldt’s Boys
I find it really hard to NOT write the story of a person who is included in our German Family Tree who is celebrating their 200th birthday. I have one of those stories to write today. It has a lot of holes in it, so I am guessing that this will be a shorter article … More Sophia Schneider’s Bicentennial Birthday?
I have a bicentennial birthday to share with our readers today. The Bodenschatz name arrived fairly early in Perry County but that name was not part of the original immigrants arriving in 1839. Once the Bodenschatz name arrived here, it spread throughout the area. There were Altenburg Bodenschatz’s, New Wells Bodenschatz’s, Uniontown Bodenschatz’s, etc. I … More Bodenschatz Blacksmith’s Bicentennial Birthday
