After a day on the road, followed by a day of dilated pupils, I am back in the business of blogging. You will be reading the story of a Fred Miesner family today. This is not the first post about a person named Fred Miesner. One was written back in 2019 titled, May the Fourth … More Migrating Miesner’s
Theodore and Hulda Schuessler would be celebrating their 125th wedding anniversary if they were still alive today. Their story is one in which both the bride and groom had roots in East Perry County, Missouri but spent most of their lives across the river in Jackson County, Illinois. I am still out of town, so … More Schuessler’s in Jacob
After Heinrich Bellmann married Engel Wichern in 1865, they had their first of 11 children on March 22, 1867. That child was Johann Heinrich Bellmann, and his story will be told today. Sometimes we see this child called John, but mostly he took the same name as his father, Henry. He was born in Scheeßel, … More Angel and Her Bellmann’s Eldest
Three Kistenmacher brothers showed up in the church records of Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar, Missouri in the 1880’s. All three of these Kistenmacher brothers also showed up living in the Fountain Bluff Township of Jackson County, Illinois, just across the Mississippi River, around the turn of the 20th century. One of these brothers was … More Carl Kistenmacher – Fireman and Grocer
The surname, Schweizer, pokes its head into East Perry County a few times over the years, but eventually it disappears from this area. One of the Schweizer’s has a birthday today, and I will attempt to tell his story in this post. His name was Lorenz Schweizer, who was born on February 27, 1872 in … More Lorenz and Ida – The Schweizer’s
Ella Amalie Schuessler is today’s birthday girl. If she was alive today, she would have had to blow out 124 candles on her birthday cake. She was born on January 21, 1897, the daughter of Theodore and Hulda (Roth) Schuessler. She was the firstborn child in her family. Ella was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church … More Martin and Ella Miesner
Our story for today begins in the Scheeβel region of Lower Saxony, Germany. Both the bride and groom in today’s couple were born there, and the bride was born on this day. However, I will begin this article by discussing the groom. Johann Oetjen was born on February 13, 1849 in Ostervesede, Germany. His parents … More Land for a Church
The Christmas season is the time of year when we hear of angels most often. That’s one of the reasons that I could not resist today’s story. You will read about a couple in which both the bride and groom were the children of angels. Of course, you must understand that in German, the word … More Angels’ Children
There is a remote connection between yesterday’s story which took place in the Shawnee Township of Cape Girardeau County, Missouri and today’s story which has its beginning in the Fountain Bluff Township of Jackson County, Illinois. The connection can be found if you backtrack to the beginning of the Vogel family in Perry County. There … More Mrs. Reinkensmeyer
A while back, I wrote a story about a Darnstaedt who did some moving around during his lifetime. That post was titled, Joseph and Anna – To Illinois and Back. After you read today’s tale, you may come to the conclusion that Joseph Darnstaedt had nothing on his son, Ernst, when it came to moving around … More Drifting Darnstaedt
