Our German Family Tree led me to today’s story because the main character was born 200 years ago. However, the only place where I found her date of birth is on her gravestone. I believe that she was actually born on that day, but this leads me to point out the fact that it is … More Katharina and Her Chester Cobbler
The bride and groom in today’s tale both have their beginnings in Southern Illinois, not far from Perry County. However, each of them have a bit of connection to Perry County as well. However, most of their lives were spent in St. Louis. We begin with the birthday girl. Anna Sophia Mathilda Stueven was born … More William Hartenberger – St. Louis Ice & Coal Man
I did it again. Fred Eggers was scheduled to do the blog for yesterday, February 17th, but I forgot about it and wrote my own post. So, today you are getting the post that Fred wrote for February 17th. It is a great article about a person that Fred actually got to know in his … More The First Sheriff That I Knew
The only way the title of this post can be understood is if someone had the surname, Born. And that is indeed the case today. That man named Born is today’s birthday boy. He has a baptism record in our German Family Tree, and that is why he qualifies to have his story told on … More Born Born in Perryville; Born Died in Chester
Today’s post is one that I would put in the category of irresistible. Not only is today this highlighted man’s 200th birthday, but he was the first graduate of the Log Cabin College. I have already written a post about him, but it was back in the first year of this blog, and I was … More Alphabet’s 200th
Between 1885 and 1894, a Schuerenberg family lived in Jacob, Illinois and had 5 children baptized. Today’s birthday girl was the first one of those children born and baptized there. This Schuerenberg family did not remain in Jacob very long because the next child to be born into this family in 1896 was born and … More Robert and Molly – Chester, IL Douglas’s
The birthday girl for today’s post is Babette Margaret Schmidt, who is not part of my Schmidt family tree. Margaret was born on March 16, 1885 in Zedersitz, Germany. She was the daughter of John and Margaret (Schmidt) Schmidt. Photos of Margaret’s parents are shown here. When Margaret was just 3 years old, the Schmidt’s … More Louis and Margaret – Rockwood and Granite City Wingerter’s
Now that we have reached the year, 2025, I have to get used to searching for some different numbers. I get to search for years that are multiples of 5, which should be easier to remember. As a former math teacher, I know that my students found it easier to work with numbers that were … More Ernst and Louise – The Moeckel’s from Chester
I know that Valentine’s Day takes place on February 14th, but today I will highlight the story of a Valentine who would be celebrating his birthday today, so I figure for him it is a Valentine’s Day of a different sort. Valentine Bergmann was born on November 7, 1836, so today would be his 188th … More Valentine’s Day is in November
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
