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 do not often use a baptism date as a starting point for a story, but that is the case today. I guess what attracted this record to me was that it looked like yet another story that might begin with a lonely record in our German Family Tree that would take us elsewhere. And … More Shoe Worker from Krueger Ford, MO
A main character in today’s tale is named John Knoll. But what a challenge it is to keep up with the John Knoll’s involved in his story! What do you do when a pair of brother’s are each named John Knoll. And what do you do when these two John Knoll brothers marry a set … More Know Your Knoll’s
Looking for an Irish name in our German Family Tree is like looking for a needle in a haystack. I did not even try this year on St. Patrick’s Day to find one to write about. However, I did run across another name that is not a very common one to show up on this … More Not an Irish Name; Not Much of a German Name Either
Today’s tale will bear a certain resemblance to the one I told yesterday about Jake Holcumbrink. A man by the name of Gustav Wiebusch entered our German Family Tree by marrying a girl who was a member of Christ Lutheran Church in Jacob, Illinois. That is the same thing that happened with Jake Holcumbrink. This story is another … More Wagner’s Landing Merchant
I have never heard of the name, Willibald until I looked into the main character for today’s post. Willibald Robert Schweizer was born on August 23, 1898, so today would be his special 125th birthday. Willibald was the son of Lorenz and Ida (Boehme) Schweizer. The post, Lorenz and Ida – The Schweizer’s, told the … More Willibald the Chester Wood Man
I am a day late with this story, but I could not ignore it. It’s a bicentennial birthday story. Rev. Martin Stephan is rather famous (and infamous) for leading the German Lutheran immigration to America in 1839 known as the Gesellschaft. When Rev. Stephan came to this country, he left most of his family in … More The Junior Martin Stephan’s 200th
Today’s tale begins on the Missouri side of the Mississippi River, but ends up on the Illinois side. Several stories told on this blog have followed that path, but almost all of them have ended up in Jackson County around Jacob, Illinois. Today, the highlighted couple will spend their lives in Chester, which is located … More Welge – Furniture Dealer in Chester
Today’s couple was made up of a pair of Perry County natives, both from Friedenberg, but for some unknown reason, these two were married across the river in Chester, Illinois. It is that wedding date that led me to this story. I will begin with the groom. Heinrich Carl Popp was born on November 22, … More Henry and Rosa – Friedenberg Popp’s
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
