East Perry County, Missouri is the home of several lumber companies. They are the largest employers in this area. Having said that, today’s story has nothing to do with those businesses. I chose today’s title because of the surnames of the man and woman whose stories I tell today. First, according to Google Translate, the … More Businessperson and the Green Forest
We begin today with an April 15th birthday in St. Louis, Missouri. Frederick Martin Grosse was born on April 15, 1845. Frederick was the son of Ernst Moritz and Wilhelmina (Hahn) Grosse and baptized at Old Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Louis. There were 5 children born to Ernst Moritz and Wilhelmina before Wilhelmina died … More Grosse Kirchen – Part 1
I took a different approach today. Instead of looking for a story that corresponds with today’s date, I chose to highlight a donation that our museum recently received. And yet, despite that approach, I still managed to find a trivial connection to today’s date. The donations we received are photographs from a Boehme family, so … More Boehme’s in Frames
Another common East Perry County name is Weber. And like several other common names, such as Schmidt or Mueller, there are several clans of Weber’s. Today’s story comes from the group of Weber’s that are called “The Ridge Weber’s”. I guess you could argue that the marriage record from Ossig, Germany shown below marks the … More Adopted on The Ridge
A baby was born on this day in the Seelitz community in 1860. This baby’s birth will enable me to tell the tale of several very interesting couples that managed to find each other during the early days of East Perry County history. First of all, some of the details of this story have already … More Seelitz Sweethearts
The founding father of the Farrar Fritsche’s was born on this day, February 17, 1843. Heinrich Fritsche was born in Germany. While still in Germany, he married Bertha Boehme. These two were probably married around 1870 because their first son was born in 1871. Although I could not find any baptism or marriage records in … More First and Second Coming of Farrar Fritsche’s
The centerpiece of today’s post will be the photograph shown below which shows a wedding party from 1904. I have seen several photos such as this one. It illustrates some of the traditions that were common in Perry County weddings of that era. The story begins with a February 10th birthday. Frieda Fritsche was born … More Bride, Groom, Beer, and Cigars
October 30th was one of the wedding anniversaries for the main character of today’s story. It was the first of three wedding anniversaries for him. His name was Emmanuel David Fischer. Not only did he get married three times, but there were also three different pastors who performed his marriage ceremonies. Emmanuel was born on … More One of the Altenburg Fischers
We will celebrate a wedding anniversary today. Charles Fiehler and Clothilde “Tillie” Boehme were married at Trinity Lutheran Church on October 17, 1897. Thus, today would have been their 121st anniversary. Clothilde was the daughter of two original immigrants that were part of the Gesellschaft. Both of her parents arrived here as relatively young children. … More Charles and Tillie
Walter “Junior” Doering is one of our museum’s faithful supporters. He lives in Kentucky, but he and his wife often stop by the museum when they are in the neighborhood. Once a year, he shows up in town for the annual Boehme reunion. Today’s post will give the reason that he comes for that event. … More Junior’s Mom and Dad
