The situation that I especially found interesting in today’s story is that two cousins with origins in East Perry County, Missouri managed to marry a pair of siblings with their origins near Ogallala, Nebraska. One couple spent their married life in Missouri; the other spent their married life in Nebraska. I began by wondering how … More Missouri Cousins – Nebraska Siblings
As a Schmidt myself, I have often become confused by the different Schmidt clans that have populated East Perry County over the years. There were several Schmidt clans who were part of the Gesellschaft in 1839. My Schmidt clan is one of those. There were also other Schmidt’s who arrived on the scene rather early … More Schmidt Married Twice in Six Months
Today’s story is packed full of names that had origins in Scheeβel, an area in Hanover in northern Germany. Many immigrants from Scheeβel arrived in Perry County, Missouri and Jackson County, Illinois in the mid-to-late 1800’s. The couple we will focus on today, for example, was made up of a Brunkhorst and a Mahnke. Other … More Several Scheeβel Surnames
It is hard to imagine a story that really did not last long could involve so many surnames. The story today will include the names Jacob, Roediger, Hinkelmann, Kramer, and Burroughs. Parts of today’s saga were already told in a few previous posts, but I will focus on parts that have yet to be told. … More A Story with So Many Names
I will dare to enter the Mueller Maze again today. As you know there are numerous Muellers found in our German Family Tree, and they can sometimes be very confusing. After starting my research this morning, I discovered that there were so many other rabbit holes to be explored beyond the Mueller Maze. Today’s birthday … More The Frohna Albert Mueller
Rev. Albert Burroughs spent over 80 years serving the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod in a variety of places and positions. That probably sounds impossible, except for the fact that there were two people named Rev. Albert Burroughs, a father and a son, and together they served this many years. The first Albert Burroughs was born on … More Rev. Albert Burroughs x 2
I had today’s story all situated in my mind, with only one detail to figure out, when I decided to go down one last rabbit hole to look for that one detail. In this case, I didn’t find the desired rabbit, I found a snake. Suddenly the story looked a little more sinister, and I … More The Burroughs Famil-EEEEEHE
A while back, I wrote a story that focused on a Lorenz family in Farrar that included several boys that played baseball. That post was titled, Building a Baseball Team. That story included the picture below which was said to have been taken around 1910. It was in that year (1910) and on this date … More Youngest Marries the Oldest
After writing these posts for a while now, I keep wondering if I will run out of stories to tell. It has not happened yet. In fact, I am amazed at how many stories that I run across that simply fascinate me. One of my favorite hymns is “I Love to Tell the Story”. During … More Gottseidank ist es Freitag
The father in this photograph, Frank Burroughs, was one of four Burroughs children who were “let out” by their mother around 1864. After her husband died as a result of an injury while fighting in the Civil War, Sara Jane Burroughs remarried a man by the name of Donald. However, this man also died by … More A Band of Burroughs…..And Burroughs in the Band
