After researching the characters in today’s post, I realized that there were plenty of husbands and wives and marriages, but not many children. It is likely that there are not that many descendants that came out of all the people mentioned in this story. If you look at all the surnames in today’s title, and … More The Seabaugh, Mungle, Crites, Grebing, Heise Maze
Today’s post will tell the story of a couple that got to know one another while living in or near Wittenberg, then later getting married and living their remaining lives in Cape Girardeau. We will begin by looking at today’s birthday girl. Louise Lydia Fassel was born on September 21, 1896, thus making today her … More Albert and Lulu – Holschen Pair Met in Wittenberg, Wed in Cape Girardeau
I will introduce a new name to this blog today. That name is Klugherz. According to Google Translate, this name means “wise heart”. A Klugherz man marries today’s birthday girl. I will begin with her story. Ida Elizabeth Scholl was born on September 11, 1881, thus making today her 145th birthday. Ida was the daughter … More Ida Scholl Gets a Wise Heart
Our starting point for today’s story is a person who I thought was today’s birthday girl by the name of Anna Marie Grossheider. Our German Family Tree says that Anna Marie was born on August 12, 1852, but I now am almost certain that she was born on August 13th. I suppose I could have … More Fred Bertling – Son of Hanover Lutheran Founder
The last post that I wrote two days ago was about Martin Best and his wife, Alma. The post was titled, Alma, the Best Widow in Cape Girardeau. When I discovered that Martin’s older brother was born on today’s date, I could not resist telling his story in this post. Carl Heinrich William Best was … More Henry and the Second Best Widow in Cape Girardeau
The birthday boy for today lived a very short life, but at least it was long enough for him to find a wife and have a few children. His wife ended up living quite a long life. You will read this family’s story today. Martin Louis Best was born on July 23, 1894, so today … More Alma, the Best Widow in Cape Girardeau
Thanks to Fred Eggers, I can take a day off from researching and writing a new blog post today because he once again has written one for us. This one is another one that demonstrates Fred’s great knowledge of the history of Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar. Fred was ready to have this published yesterday … More Teacher Weck’s Short Ministry
Carl Wilhelm Miles was born on June 18, 1891, so he is today’s birthday boy. It would be his 135th birthday today. Carl was the son of Robert and Louisa (Sandler) Miles. He was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville. We can take a look at his baptism record here. Carl is found in … More Miles to Go to San Francisco
This post will not fit the same template that most posts follow. First of all, instead of focusing on a birthday or anniversary, this tale begins with a baptism date. When I have written stories based upon a baptism date in the past, it has usually been a case of multiple baptisms on the same … More Triple Baptism – A Doctor, a Dentist, and a Plumber
The Gruber Group arrived in America in November of 1839 aboard the ship, Johann Georg. On that ship was a family of Sittner’s. The book, Zion on the Mississippi, says the Sittner’s were made up of a father, his wife, and 4 children. We can also view the Sittner family as it appears on the … More Joseph and Martha – The Sittner’s
