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
Today’s birthday boy is Heinrich Joseph Schlimpert, who was born on February 2, 1866. That makes today Joseph’s 160th birthday. He was the son of Johann Traugott and Johanna Rosine (Schuricht) Schlimpert. Joseph was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, and we can look at his baptism record below. Before I move on with … More Joseph and Bertha – Additional Seelitz Schlimpert’s
A lonely confirmation record listed in our German Family Tree leads me to tell the story of yet another Lutheran pastor who spent some of his early years in Perry County. This man was also one of those Lutheran pastors who followed in his father’s footsteps. His father was the pastor of Salem Lutheran Church … More Rev. Walter Krueger – Gordonville, Knoxville, and Memphis Pastor
I could not resist telling this story today, but I must confess right away that a Trinity Lutheran Church death record may have led me astray. There is certainly a debate about the date of birth for today’s main character, Beate Lindane Mengel. When I did a search in our Germany Family Tree for any … More Dietrich Bride, Beate: Bicentennial Birthday?
Emma Margaretha Weis was born on December 28, 1875. That makes today her special 150th birthday. The names of her parents is somewhat debatable. Her entry on Family Search lists two different possiblities. One is that she was the daughter of August and Eva Katharina (Massengarb) Weis. The other is that she was the daughter … More Weseloh-Weis Wedding – St. Louis to Jacob and Back
Today’s tale will eventually get around to our birthday girl. I am going to begin with the man who is highlighted in this story because he ended up getting married twice, and it was his second wife who is the birthday girl. This man is yet another one of those characters that can be described … More Gross-Gerichs Gordonville Group
A baby boy was born on today’s date in Frohna, and he will be the main character in today’s post. Julius Arnold Moeckel, because he was born on December 9, 1885, would be celebrating his 140th birthday today. Arnold was the son of Charles and Mathilde (Seberosky) Moeckel. A previous post was written about Arnold’s … More Arnold Moeckel – St. Louis Streetcar Worker
Two sons of Carl Groh, Ernest and Martin, were born and raised in Altenburg but made their way to Jacob, Illinois where each of them and their wives had children while they were members of Christ Lutheran Church. We will be looking at one of those children in this post. Carl Hieronymus Groh was born … More Jerome Groh – St. Louis Chauffeur
If I have learned something about the Groh Family Tree over the years, it is the fact that the branches of that tree are very widespread. If I want my readers to let loose with a big “Groh-n”, I would say that their family tree has “Groh-n” quite large. As for me personally, I know … More Philippine and Erich – St. Louis Helge’s
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
