Ella Marie Koenig was born on May 6, 1899, qualifying her to be the birthday girl for today’s post. If she was still alive, she would have to blow out 124 candles on her birthday cake. Ella was the daughter of Oscar and Bertha (Buettner) Koenig. She was the firstborn of 5 children in this … More Otto and Ella – Farrar Miesner’s
Every once in a while, toward the end of a post, I mention that I might have to tell the story of someone else in that post. Today, you will read one of those stories that I more or less promised to tell. It happens to be about a member of a family that has … More The Baby of “The Face” Family
We celebrate a 175th birthday today. Johanna Reuter was born on August 2, 1847 in Germany. The 1900 census says that Johanna immigrated to this country in 1854. We find the following information for Johanna in the Friedenberg Remembrances book. The first document I was able to find for Johanna is the marriage record for … More Reuter – Popp – Buettner
You will read the story of Oscar Koenig today. He was a twin. However, his twin brother, Joseph, died after just one month of life. That Koenig family was a large one. The twins were children #4 and #5 in a list of 11 in our German Family Tree. There is a rather unusual listing … More Oscar and Bertha – The Koenig’s
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
The first character we will examine today would be celebrating his 125th birthday (or was it his 126th? or the 127th). His name was Edmund Paul Hoehn, who was born on January 16, 1897…maybe. There is some debate about the year of his birth which I will discuss as we go along. His parents were … More Buried with First Spouse
I will tell the tale of Louis Oswald today. Eventually, I will get around to a life event that happened on this day, but not right away. Louis was born on March 18, 1875, the son of Christian and Margaretha (Droege) Oswald. Louis was child #4 in a family of 7. He was baptized at … More Oswald Carpentry
I will eventually get around to pointing out a bicentennial birthday for today, but not right away. I will begin instead with the husband of the bicentennial birthday girl. In his case, his name is even a matter of debate. Even though our German Family Tree spells the surname as Buettner, I am going to … More A Boettner Blacksmith
Today’s post starts with the birthday of Emma Louisa Hoehn. Almost immediately upon looking at her life story, I became confused. One of my first puzzles was this: Did Emma marry William Gottlieb Boxdorfer or did she marry Gottlieb William Boxdorfer? This situation had my head swimming for a while, but I think I have … More William Gottlieb or Gottlieb William?
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