He was a pastor, a professor, an author, a Synod president, an editor, a musician and hymn-writer, a theologian, a husband, a father, and even a cigar and pipe smoker. And today is the day when we commemorate the day of his death, May 7, 1887. His name was Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther, but he … More Follow Him in His Victorious Faith
The first date that I had with my wife consisted of an evening of watching TV. Yes, I am a miserly old German. That evening included my wife making me dinner. I’ve been in love with her ever since. Believe me, there are countless reasons that I love my wife, not just her culinary skills, … More Winning His Heart through His Stomach?
I certainly had some struggles with today’s post. Even when I’m finished with this story, there will be unanswered questions. However, the story has some interesting characteristics, including the fact that there is a chance today’s main character spent time living on the property that I now own. So, here we go. Emilie Wilhelmine Neumueller … More Emilie and the Unattached
Several years ago, Gerard Fiehler and I had one of those “Holy Cow!” moments. While looking through an Excel spreadsheet that shows the church marriage records for Old Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Louis (in the Soulard neighborhood), we saw the following note. It was added to a record for a marriage that took place … More The Wedding in My Pasture
Esther Kieninger would have been 134 years old today. She was born as Esther Mueller on November 8, 1885. She was the daughter of Joseph and Mathilda (Buenger) Mueller and her baptism record can be found in the church books of Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. However, she may have been baptized in the church/school … More Mama Kieninger
Two days ago, I wrote a post about two Buenger siblings who shared the birthday of July 21st. Another sibling in that family had today as her birthday. In fact, not only is today her birthday, it’s her 200th birthday. Her name was Agnes Buenger. She was born on July 23, 1819 in Germany. Agnes … More Happy 200th Birthday, Agnes
I confess again today that I do not have much time to research and write my usual type of post. I am once again playing the role of Grandpa (In my case, I am called Grumps). This time, I have the additional task of puppy-sitting for a brand new addition to our family, Moxon, the … More Buenger Siblings Birthday Shared
There is an event that took place on this date 140 years ago. Although I have written previously about that special occasion, I choose to revisit the couple that would be celebrating their 140th wedding anniversary today. I wrote the blog post titled, Yet Another Mueller Question, but it was written back in the early … More The Wittenberg Muellers
One of the characters in my book, Mama Buenger: Mother of a Synod is Clementine Buenger. She is today’s birthday girl. She was born on June 15, 1823 in Etzdorf, Germany. She was the daughter of Rev. Jakob and Christiane (Reiz) Buenger. Her father died in 1836, so her widowed mother decided to become a … More My Darling, Clementine
You will discover that today’s post is not normal. Normally, I find an event, such as a birthday or wedding, that took place on the date when the post is written. You might expect an article today about some occasion which took place on June 12th. That is not the case today. This post is … More Uncle Herb & My Granddaughter
