I was attracted to today’s story by a name. I noticed the name a while back, but decided that I would wait to do the story on December 21st. It was the birthday of a girl who was named Christliebe Marie Schoenborn. As near as I can tell, the name “Christliebe” means “dear to Christ”. … More A Nativity Name
Today’s post will highlight a man’s life, but gets started with the birthday of his wife. In the world of family research when you are using information found in places such as census records, you will find much more information about men than you do about women. It is an unfortunate fact that women are … More Lohmann Becomes High Man
Herman Benjamin Kuntze is today’s birthday boy. He was born on July 30, 1885. Herman’s parents were Wilhelm and Susanna (Grosse) Kuntze. His father was a shoemaker in Altenburg who had come to America around 1870 with his first wife, Wilhelmina, who died in April of 1877. Wilhelm remarried later that same year in October … More Shoemaker to Carpenter
The Perry County Lutheran Historical Society had its beginning in 1910. Its original mission was to preserve the Log Cabin College which was the birthplace of Concordia Seminary. This cabin was built in 1839, but by the early 1900’s, it was showing its age and in danger of ruin. In 1912, this historic building was … More Pound the Hammer, Ring the Bell, Bang the Drum
Today would have been the 145th anniversary of Ehregott and Clara Poppitz from Altenburg. The two were married on May 16, 1872 at Trinity Lutheran Church. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. Koestering. Here is their marriage certificate. Rev. Koestering got most of the English correct on this form, but he used the German spelling … More Another Sire from Seelitz
Otto Hemmann died on October 20, 1952. The first thing about Otto’s death that caught my eye was the fact that he died in Hannibal, Missouri. Facts like that always make me wonder how someone who I know started out in Perry County ended up in such a unique location. In Otto’s case, he was … More Woodwork by the River
Today’s story begins with a photo. This is a photo of the Koestering store and it came with a description that Gotthold Seibel was in the picture. I have to assume that Gotthold Seibel must be the one with his backside to the camera hoeing in the garden. If that is Gotthold, then there is … More Koestering Store
Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg will be celebrating the 150th anniversary of its current church sanctuary in 2017. If you have seen the exterior of this church, you immediately realize that there was plenty of masonry work done when it was built. On the inside, there was plenty of carpentry to be done. Whenever the … More Trinity’s Tischler
On June 12 in 1881, Rev. J.F. Koestering had the privilege of uniting Gottlieb Samuel Meyr and Anna Sarah Haecker in marriage at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. Sarah’s father was one of the original immigrants, coming to America aboard the Olbers. Gottlieb’s family immigrated to America from Austria in 1853. Both Gottlieb and Sarah … More An Austrian Carpenter Marries a Local Girl
This story starts with the death of Emilie (Schuppan) Mueller on April 27, 1891 and backtracks to her birth in Frohna, Missouri in 1853. Emilie was born on September 26, 1853 to Adolph and Emilie Schuppan. The Schuppan family had actually been in America prior to the Saxon immigration to Perry County, but they found … More Building a Church and a Baby
