Today’s birthday boy is a man named Harry S. Flentge, who was born on February 15, 1890. That means that today would be his 135th birthday. Harry was the son of Edward and Dena (Young) Flentge. His death certificate says that he was born in Jackson, Missouri. Tragedy struck in this Flentge family when Harry … More Harry Flentge – Shoe Repair and Meat Cutting
Yesterday’s tale was about a woman who only spent a short time in Perry County before moving elsewhere. Today’s story is like that, but has important differences. I was led to todays’ story by the information found in this short entry in our German Family Tree. As you can see, it is not only Johanna … More Happy 150th Birthday to Mr. Crisler’s Grandma
Adam Knoll was born on December 18, 1871, making today his 149th birthday. Adam was the son of John Nicholas and Katherine (Herman) Knoll. This Knoll family’s records are found in the Peace Lutheran Church, Friedenberg book. You may recall that this congregation’s original church records were destroyed in a fire, and a good reconstruction … More Perryville Butcher
There were two Clara Schmidt’s that were born in East Perry County in the 1880’s. One of them was my Great Aunt Clara, the sister of my grandfather, Emanuel. She was born in 1882. I call her the Altenburg Clara Schmidt. There was also a Frohna Clara Schmidt. She was born on March 9, 1886. … More Butch and His Sister Move to Altenburg
Yesterday’s story was about a butcher, so when I found a birthday boy who was a butcher today, I figured it was a story I had to tell. As it turns out, this story led me all over the place. Before you get to the end of this story, you will see Lutheran church records … More Butcher to Billiards
Lebrecht Schmidt and Magdalena Froebel were married on January 21, 1883, so today would have been their 136th wedding anniversary. These two were married in Frohna, but eventually, several in their family ended up in Altenburg. I will attempt to tell the story of that family today. Lebrecht Schmidt was born on August 12, 1857 … More Butch’s Mom and Dad
Probably about 90% of the stories I write on this blog start out with me knowing absolutely nothing about the person or persons that are the subjects of the stories. I piece together the stories by looking at any records I can find about them to come up with a story line for their lives. … More Another Grocer with Perry County Roots
Our story today includes two topics that show up much more in today’s day and age than they did back in the days gone by. Those two topics are divorce and cremation. As I write stories for this blog, I do not find many occurrences of divorce. Cremation, on the other hand, was a process … More Kleiner the Schlächter
Friedrich Christian Schubarth arrived in America not long after the Gesellschaft arrived on the scene. We see him on a passenger list in New York aboard a ship named Perry arriving on September 2, 1840. His occupation is listed as a butcher. Sometime before 1850, he married Johanne Rosine Schuricht. Rosine was a daughter of … More Cheyenne Schubarths
Rudolph Oswald would have been expected to remember that today was the birthday of his wife. Margaretha Mangels was born on December 6, 1872 and baptized at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar, Missouri. Her parents were Johann and Engel (Mahnken) Mangels. Rudolph Oswald was also born in 1872, but he was born across the Mississippi … More Frohna Butcher
