A main character in this post was baptized, confirmed, and married by Rev. J.F. Koestering. I think he was also encouraged by Rev. Koestering to become a Lutheran pastor. And Rev. Koestering also became his father-in-law. That is because this character married his pastor’s daughter, who also happens to be today’s birthday girl. Clara Christiane … More Rev. Ernst Schuessler – Rev. J.F. Koestering’s Son-in-Law
I am not a blog writer this weekend. Instead I am a volleyball spectator. Our twin granddaughters are participating in the Illinois Lutheran State Volleyball Tournament in the Edwardsville/Collinsville area. As is often the case when Grandma and I are away from Altenburg and are busy with grandchildren, I am sharing a previously written post. … More Pastor’s Wife in Ontario, Canada
Rev. J.F. Koestering often gets mentioned in this blog because of the missing marriage and death records in the church books of Trinity, Altenburg and Concordia, Frohna that we call the “Koestering Hole”. Here’s just a little background information about what was happening at the time when Rev. Koestering arrived on the scene in East … More Pastor’s Daughter Marries Teacher Wachholz
When I noticed a record in our German Family Tree that contained an event that occurred on March 26th, I did not know that I would end up telling a story that had several similarities to yesterday’s post about Rev. Joseph Schmidt. Here are some of those similarities. The German Family Tree contains only a … More An E.Z. Story to Write: Susan Gets Zapfed
On this day in 1876, Josephine Weinhold was born. That child’s life would be a long one. She lived to be 103 years old, and people in her family have blessed us with her life story. They have even given it a title…..”Two for the Lord”. We have it in a binder in our Research … More Josie and Her Dinner Guest
When I got married in 1989, I immediately became the step-father of three girls. Then as they got married and started having children, our first four grandchildren were girls. Then we finally had a boy enter the family. Today, we found out that we have been blessed with another granddaughter who was born this morning. … More Surrounded by Good Lookin’ Women
