Today’s birthday girl was part of a family that spent a limited number of years in East Perry County before migrating to the state of Michigan. This girl has no church records in local Lutheran churches during her short stay here, but she did have some siblings whose baptism records are documented in our German … More Hattie and David – Michigan Newmarch’s
When I saw the names in today’s post title, I figured that I had already written their story. After searching, I discovered that several posts have been written about children of today’s couple, but I have not written about the parents. The photograph below has shown up on several occasions, but it has always been … More Claus Stueve, Sr. and Margaretha von Glahn
Today’s couple has already been discussed in a previous post titled, An Angel’s Sad Pilgrimage. That post mainly told the story of one of their sons, Theodore. This time, I will highlight the parents. I will begin with the husband. Ernst William Arbeiter was born either on November 4th or November 5th in 1864. That … More William and Engel – The Arbeiter’s
Our museum will host a large school group from St. John’s Lutheran School in Chester, Illinois today. Therefore, I have decided to post an old story instead of writing a new one. I am attaching a story that was first published back in 2018 that told the story of the ship, Carl, which arrived on … More A Ship Full of Perry County Names
I have written a bunch of stories involving people with the name, Stueve. The number of posts written about a surname that has a slightly different name, Stueven, is considerably smaller. I did a search on this blog for posts that included the name, Stueve, and stopped counting the number of results after getting to … More Stueven’s in Jacob
After writing two consecutive posts about Perry County personalities migrating to the West Coast (Oregon), I ran across a story that takes us the other direction. The one you are about to read is one that takes us to the East Coast (New York), with a stop in Michigan along the way. We begin with … More Braack, the Almond Gristmiller
The Sticht surname is one that is still found in East Perry County. I will be looking at some characters in today’s post that may or may not have been the original Stichts to show up in this area. This post is one of those that may pose just as many questions as it offers … More The Sticht surname enters Perry County
Heinrich Herman Luehrs was born on April 6, 1870, along with his twin brother, Johann. Herman, however, was the only one who survived infancy. According to our German Family Tree, these twins were the 6th and 7th of 9 children born to Heinrich and Katharina (Blanken) Luehrs. Heinrich and Katharina arrived in America in 1866 … More A Luehrs-Stueve Link – Herman and Sophia
Men by the name of Henry Miesner have been mentioned many times in previous posts on this blog. After doing a quick search, I think I have written 3 previous stories that had as one of their main characters a man with that name. So, I will refer to today’s Henry Miesner as Henry IV. … More Henry IV’s 200th
I asked some local experts for some advice for this post. I was wondering about a surname that shows up in today’s story. That name is spelled, Soehl. My question had to do with how that name is pronounced. It turns out that my local experts said that it all depends on who you ask. … More Sale or Soul?
