I found another bicentennial birthday for today’s post. It just so happens that this birthday boy has had a portion of his story told on this blog before. A few days ago, Fred Eggers wrote a wonderful article about the East Perry Community Fair, and he is also the author of the story about Carl … More Bates County Bracher’s Bicentennial Birthday
About a week ago, I wrote the story of Martin Bracher, who was born on December 14th and baptized on December 26th in Altenburg. Today, you will read the story of Martin’s half-cousin, Margarethe Christina Bracher, who was born on December 21st and baptized on December 27th. Both of these births took place in 1864, … More Altenburg to Prairie City to St. Louis
I will return to a surname that was part of the Gesellschaft that is found living in Altenburg during the early years of its existence, but it is a name that left this area shortly after the Civil War. That surname is Bracher, and that name, along with folks named, Braeuner and Fleischer, migrated to … More Martin Bracher – Altenburg to Rockville to Fawn Creek
In recent months, I seem to be running into quite a few life stories in which a main character had their baptism record in our German Family Tree, but that turned out to be the only church record to be found there. That boy or girl, at a very young age, moved elsewhere. Just yesterday, … More Minnie Finds a Schell in Deepwater
After looking over the documents I located for today’s story, I have come to the conclusion that the marriage date for today’s couple as it is found in our German Family Tree is incorrect. In fact, I think it is off by about 5 years. The GFT says that today’s couple was married on May … More The Other Bracher/Stueve Couple in Prairie City
Today’s birthday girl begins her life in Germany, comes to America and settles for a while in Perry County, but ends up spending most of her life in Prairie City, Missouri. Before I get to the actual story, let me tell you that, if you want some great background information about how and why Perry … More One of the Bracher/Stueve Couples in Prairie City
Last December, I posted a story about Zion Lutheran Church in Prairie City, Missouri celebrating their 150th anniversary. That story was titled, Prairie City Anniversary and Its Perry County Connection. In that story, I posted two maps of sections of Bates County, Missouri that highlighted names which originated in Perry County. One of them is … More Another Braeuner in Bates County
Back in October, when we were in the midst of preparations for our Immigration Conference, I ran across a story about Zion Lutheran Church in Prairie City, Missouri, celebrating their 150th anniversary as a congregation. Because of all the hubbub around here, I was unable to write a story on this blog about that anniversary. … More Prairie City Anniversary and Its Perry County Connection
It was Palm Sunday in East Perry County, Missouri in 1840. One tradition that came to America with the German Lutheran immigrants was that of conducting the rite of confirmation on Palm Sunday. The first few years after the new settlers arrived were mostly dedicated to survival. They were very difficult years, and much death … More Confirmation Classes of 1840
Our blog post today was authored by Fred Eggers, one of the members of our Research Crew at the Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum. On January 13, 1912 Carl Christian Peter Bracher died in Bates County, Missouri and was buried at the Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery in Prairie City. He had immigrated to the United … More An Early Out-Migration of Original Immigrants
