I got to thinking about people who would be celebrating their 200th birthday during 2025. It almost certainly means that they were born in Germany and if they were part of the original immigration in 1839, they would have been about 14 or 15 years old. Under normal circumstances, that would also mean that they … More Uniontown Postmaster’s Bicentennial Birthday
Timm’s Trilogy comes to an end today. I would like to give him a big “shout-out” for giving me a few days off. ======================================= Yesterday, we met Augusta’s second Christian Haupt and began looking at their family. We’ll continue now with her last known child, Carolina ‘Emma’ Haupt, who was born 21 May 1874 and … More Hauptidentitätsverschmelzung, Part 3
Timm Yamnitz is once again the author today’s post, which is a continuation of the one that was published yesterday. ====================================== We left off yesterday with the death of Augusta’s first husband, Christian Haupt. Like him, her second husband was also named Christian Haupt and he was also born in Sudheim, Kingdom of Hanover, where … More Hauptidentitätsverschmelzung, Part 2
Today’s post, along with the next two, are authored by Timm Yamnitz. Timm is a young man who was born and raised in Perry County but now resides in Germany. He is a resource that our museum has used on several occasions to translate German writings and find German records that we request. Timm volunteered … More Hauptidentitätsverschmelzung
There are not many surnames in our surname collection that end with “pf”, but today I will tell the story of a marriage between two such surnames. We also have a small collection of surnames that begins with a “pf”…Pfau, Pfeiffer, Pfennighausen, and Pfisterer. The bride and groom for today’s post who each have a … More The Schrumpf-Kropf Couple in Highland, IL
Wilhelmine Ruehling is today’s birthday girl. She was born on July 28, 1845, so today would be her 180th birthday. I will be telling her story today. Wilhelmine was the daughter of Gottlieb and Christina (Thurm) Ruehling. She was born in Germany, and her family came to America in 1853 when Wilhelmine was 8 years … More Minnie and Tobias – New Wells Scholl’s
One lonely church record found in the books of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altenburg leads us to today’s couple. That confirmation record was for a young girl who would eventually marry a very prominent character in the history of Jackson, Missouri. I will begin with the bride in today’s couple. Regina Fredericke Rehkopf was born … More Jacob Kneibert – Jackson Pioneer
On several occasions on this blog, I have referred to a “neighborhood”… a rural neighborhood … near New Wells as the Koch-Koenig-Haertling Neighborhood. We will be heading back to that neighborhood today. After all, today’s couple was made up of a Koenig and a Haertling. And it just so happens that the husband would be … More New Wells Koenig – Bicentennial Birthday
Yesterday, I wrote the story of a life-long single woman whose middle names were Maria and Martha. I know it made me think of the Biblical story of Mary and Martha. I guess that is why I noticed today’s birthday girl and decided to pursue her history for a possible post today. Her name was … More Herman Koenig’s Huge Family Tree
I am excited to announce that you will be able to read a blog post today that was written by a first-time guest blogger for this site. If you are a regular reader of this blog you may recall that he has been mentioned before. His name is Timm Yamnitz. Timm lives in Germany, but … More Muench & Meyer Migrants Meet, Marry in Missouri – Part 1
