Today’s birthday boy is John Charles Boxdorfer, who was born on April 29, 1871. I have seen him called John C., J.C., and John Charles in documents. His gravestone calls him J. Charles. I choose to call him Charles, partly because I have already written a post about a John Boxdorfer. I think in his … More Tombstone Trader
Today’s main character is not only today’s birthday girl, celebrating her 130th birthday, but she also died on her 77th birthday. Her name is Adeline “Lena” Elizabeth Boxdorfer, born on April 9, 1892. Lena was the daughter of Albert and Barbara (Rodewald) Boxdorfer and baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville. We can take a … More Lena Died on Her Birthday
The man with today’s birthday ended up with a fairly large family. He had two marriages. The first one ended in a terrible way. The second marriage introduces a new surname to this blog…Yamnitz. Louis Albert Boxdorfer was born on April 5, 1881, so if he was still alive today, he would have to blow … More The Boxdorfer’s – Louis, Sophia, and Anna
I must confess that the story I tell today is missing some of the interesting images that I often include. I have no photographs of the characters in this story. The husband and wife were both from a congregation whose records were burned in a fire, so I cannot display any of those church records. … More Art and Dora – The Hoehn’s
Margaret Sandler was born on this day 150 years ago. We will begin this post by looking at her early years. She was born on February 26, 1871, the daughter of Wlhelm and Anna (Boxdorfer) Sandler. We have photos of Margaret’s parents. In fact, I have written a post about Margaret’s parents titled, Another Sand-Box … More George and Margaret Angermann
This past Sunday, I wrote a story about the marriage of William Sandler and Anna Boxdorfer. In that story, it mentioned that another marriage between Peter Sandler and Eva Boxdorfer had taken place involving two brothers marrying two sisters. Also, in that story, I mentioned that the Boxdorfer family lived in Cincinnati, Ohio for … More Boxdorfer Brotherly and Sisterly Bonds
In November of 2017, a post was published titled, Sandler the Smithy, that told the story of the couple made up of Peter Sandler and Margaretha Boxdorfer. That was not the first couple made up of a Sandler man and a Boxdorfer woman. Today, you will be told the story of the first Sandler/Boxdorfer marriage. … More Another Sand-Box Couple
My Aunt Dorothy was the last of the aunts and uncles on my father’s side of the family to die. She was a wonderful lady who loved to laugh. She was a pleasure to be around. The photo below shows most of my Schmidt aunts and uncles. Aunt Dorothy is kneeling in front on the … More Aunt Dorothy’s Uncle Lonnie
A marriage took place in Perry County on this date 150 years ago. The Perry County marriage record for this wedding is shown here. As you can see, it was Henry Boxdorfer who married Elisabeth Rauh on that day. The pastor who is listed, Rev. F.C. Besel, was serving Peace Lutheran Church in Friedenberg at … More Baltimore Boxdorfer
At about the same time as some members of the Gesellschaft were arriving in Perry County, a boy was being born in Germany who will be part of today’s story. August Edward Rodewald was born on April 9, 1839. He was the son of Peter and Regina (Klemp) Rodewald. Although I do not know exactly … More Early Ends in the Rodewald Clan
