Today’s birthday boy is Oscar Ray Wills, who was born on October 27, 1885. That makes today his 140th birthday. He is called called either Oscar or Ray or Oscar Ray on documents. Since his gravestone even says Oscar Ray, I will use that name in this post. He was the son of William and … More Oscar Ray and Louise – Potter, NE Wills Couple
Back in 2019, a post was published about a Poppitz bride and a Lueders groom. That couple was married in 1917 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, the church of the bride. A photo of the wedding party of Arthur Lueders and Hulda Poppitz is shown here. A year after the above wedding took place, … More Another Lueders/Poppitz Pair
A set of twin girls was born in Frohna 125 years ago on this date. Another post, Fiehler’s Fateful Fall, mainly told the tale of one of these twins. Today, I will go into detail about the other one. Rosa Frieda Lueders was born on April 11, 1899, along with her twin sister, Nora Rosette. … More Rosa Off to the Potter Fields
Today’s post will include a birthday boy and a birthday girl. That is because both the bride and the groom in today’s tale shared the same day of birth. However, they did not share the same year of birth. I will begin with the groom because he is the one found in our German Family Tree, and it … More Happy Birthday to Both Rudolph and Marie Telle
Today’s birthday boy is Wilhelm Herman Grosze, who was born on August 19, 1888. That means today would be his 135th birthday. Wilhelm was the son of Gustav and Margaretha (Weber) Grosze. At this point, let me say that a lot of people in this family tree spelled their name, Grosse, but Wilhelm apparently went … More Wilhelm Grosze – Nebraska Farmer
Children that were part of the Adoph Aurich family have been featured in this blog before. The photo below of that large family has been displayed here previously. Our German Family Tree lists 10 children born to Adolph and Josephine (Antonier) Aurich, and we see 10 children in the above photo. Today’s story will feature … More Waldemar – The Baby of the Aurich Family
Back in 2017, I published a post titled, Cheyenne Schubarths. That post told the story of Adolph Schubarth spending the last few years of his life in Cheyenne County, Nebraska in a place near the city of Potter. We at the museum sometimes refer to this area of Nebraska as a Perry County suburb because … More More Cheyenne Schubarths
Maria Sophia Heise is today’s birthday girl. She would have been 132 years old if she was alive today. Marie would eventually take on the nickname, Mamie. She was born on September 9, 1889, the daughter of Andrew and Louise (Schamburg) Heise. Mamie was baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna. Her baptism record is … More More Potter Mueller’s – Oscar and Mamie
One hundred twenty-five years ago, the 13th child in the household of Henry and Katherine (Baum) Schuessler was born in Frohna, Missouri. That boy’s name was Arthur Moritz Schuessler. He was born on August 17, 1895 and baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna. Below is his baptism record. Arthur shows up in the 1900 … More Nebraska Art
If you are a fairly regular reader of this blog, you should already be aware that there was what I call a Perry County suburb that developed in the Potter/Sidney, Nebraska area. Quite a few folks who were born and raised in the Lutheran churches around here migrated to that area in the early 1900’s. … More A Pair of Perry Pioneers in Potter
