Our birthday boy for this post is John Friedrich Christisen, who was born on June 25, 1869. So, today would be his 157th birthday. John was the son of Anton and Margaret (Poehner) Christisen. He was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville. His baptism record can be seen here. John is found in the … More John and Maggie – Christisen’s on the Sereno Bluff
Today’s story begins in the Farrar/Crosstown area but eventually leads to the neighborhood in which I was born and raised in North St. Louis. The birthday girl for this post is Ernestine Hedwig Emilie Bachmann, who was born on November 20, 1895. Emilie was the daughter of Martin and Martha (Steffens) Bachmann. She was baptized … More Ernst, the Emerson Electric Employee
In the course of researching today’s story, I discovered that there are misleading bits and pieces of information in some of the sources I use for these posts. I hope that I can clear up some things so that people in the families that are connected to this tale will have the correct facts. I … More Crosstown Stuebinger Pair
A lonely record found in our German Family Tree is the starting point for today’s post. Below is all that lonely reference in the GFT for George Max Christisen (and even his surname is spelled differently than it is on his gravestone). A2.CHRISTENSEN, Georg Max (Born 22 Apr 1873) [PerryvilleMO]: Georg Max Christisen, Born 22 … More George Maximillion’s 150th Birthday
I took on a challenge today. The surname, Goller, enters the German Family Tree in 1900 and only shows up in records until about 1920. Ancestry.com family trees for today’s character, Christopher Goller, are not plentiful, nor do they contain much documentation. As it turns out, I was more successful finding documentation on Christopher Goller’s … More Christopher and Christina
I do not often write stories that originate in Perryville. I also do not often write about people with non-German names. Today is an exception. Twin boys were born on this day and baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville. Their lives contain several tidbits of information that I find fascinating, so today you get … More Twin Railroad Engineers
