Theodore Noennig was a merchant who helped operate several stores in Altenburg. I will tell his story today. Theodore Gottfried Paul Noennig was born on November 6, 1886, the son of Gottfried and Emma (Kuehnert) Noennig. Theodore was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. We can view an image of his baptism record from that congregation’s books below. … More Theodore Noennig – Altenburg Entrepreneur
On a couple occasions in the past, instead of writing the story of a man and a woman who get married and raise a family, I have written one about two siblings who spent most of their lives together without ever getting married. In some situations, the two unwed siblings were brothers; in others they were sisters. Today’s … More A Pair of Unwed Wachter’s
I began writing this post yesterday, but unforeseen circumstances kept me for finishing it. So, you are reading it today. A pair of youngsters grew up attending the same church on Sundays. They would later get married at that church. I have this image in my mind of this couple, along with their 3 children sitting in the … More Arthur and Johanne – A Marital Union in Uniontown
Johanna Christiane Hopfer was born on November 9, 1848. If she was still alive, she would be celebrating a very special 175th birthday today. She was the daughter of Michael and Justine (Quaas) Hopfer. We can take a look at these photos of Johanna’s parents. According to our German Family Tree, Johanna was the 7th … More Uniontown Bodenschatz-Hopfer Pair
I get to add a brand new name to the multitude of surnames that have been highlighted on this blog. I did a search on our blog for the name, Zelsman, and got no results. A new folder for Zelsman had to be added to our digital collection of images that continues to grow in … More An Oehlert Finds a Zelsman Mate in Hillsboro
Olga Hacker is today’s birthday girl. She was born on April 16, 1891, so today would be her 132nd birthday. Olga was the daughter of Christopher and Adele (Schmidt) Hacker. She was baptized at Peace Lutheran Church in Friedenberg, but she managed to avoid being recorded in the Friedenberg Remembrances book. Several of her siblings … More Olga and Harry – Metzner’s with Longtown Roots
Every once in a while, toward the end of a post, I mention that I might have to tell the story of someone else in that post. Today, you will read one of those stories that I more or less promised to tell. It happens to be about a member of a family that has … More The Baby of “The Face” Family
After researching the characters in today’s story, I finally looked at the baptism record of the man who I identified as today’s birthday boy, only to realize that today likely was not his birthday. Our German Family Tree says that Friedrich Wilhelm Oehlert was born on November 7, 1864, the son of Gottlieb and Wilhelmine … More The William Oehlert Saga
Julius Martin Tanz was born on August 27, 1885, making today his 137th birthday. Tanz is the German word for “dance”. Some descendants from the Perry County branch of the Tanz family even changed their surname to Danz which makes it look even more like “dance”. Julius was the 7th child out of 11 listed … More Julius Jitterbugs with Josephine
A set of twins was born on this day not long before the turn of the 20th century to a Kaufmann family. It was a boy/girl set of twins. This Kaufmann family had 6 children prior to the birth of these twins, but 4 of them had died before the twins arrived on the scene. … More Adolph and Ada – The Kaufmann’s
