I actually found 3 possible dates of birth for today’s main character. Those 3 dates were February 13, 1824 or January 31, 1825, or February 9, 1825. I happen to think the last one is correct, and that one would make today one of those special bicentennial birthdays for this person. I have actually written … More Pastor Keyl’s Second Wife, Catherine Popp
Let me establish the setting for the beginning of today’s story. A bride from Feulersdorf, Germany marries a groom from Wiesentfels in a parish church in Krögelstein. The map shown below shows the relative proximity of these 3 German towns in Bavaria. They are each about 2-3 miles away from each other. I did a … More Krögelstein Kouple – Bicentennial Bride and Groom
Paulus Klobe and his wife, Savilla (Hauson) Klobe, arrived in America in 1840 aboard the ship, Clementine, that landed in Baltimore. Here we see the Klobe family members on the passenger list for that ship. It looks like there were 5 Klobe children aboard that ship, but there likely were 6. When Savilla got on … More Adam Klobe – Born at Sea
Today’s couple has been mentioned in a previous post, but has yet to be highlighted on their own. As near as I can tell, today’s pair was the first couple in this area to carry the surname, Amschler. This couple had 11 children, so they would have plenty of descendants. I did a search for … More The Initial Amschler’s
In a way, today’s tale is a continuation of the one that was told yesterday. However, you will have to wait a bit to see the connection. That is because we start today’s post with a birthday boy by the name of Michael Schaupert who was born on December 2, 1849. Michael’s parents were Johann … More Christina and Her Boys
Teacher Popp, who once taught at Trinity Lutheran School in Altenburg, has been mentioned in several earlier blog posts. He has even been mentioned in several titles. One such title was Teacher Popp’s Pop. Another one, written by John Popp, was titled, Teacher Popp – My Pop. Today, we have another post that goes even … More Teacher Popp’s Grand-Pop
Today, we celebrate a bicentennial birthday. That means someone had to be born on April 3, 1820. If you are finding such a person with ties to the German Lutheran residents of East Perry County, Missouri, you are going to have to find a person who was born in Germany. Indeed, that is what we … More George Goes to America for a Popp
Yesterday, one of the characters was Anna Lang. Not long after she arrived in America in 1840, her mother, Magdalena (Harz) Lang, died. Her father remarried. His second wife was Anna Marie Fassold, and she blessed John Lang, Sr. with 7 more children. The youngest of those children will be a major character in today’s … More Lang-Rauh Connections
Today’s story is almost too sad to be written, but I feel I must. The story centers around the family of John Michael and Caroline (Lang) Sandler of the Perryville area. Both John Michael and Caroline arrived in America in 1840 by coming through Baltimore, Maryland. Yet they both arrived on different ships on different … More Watching So Many Children Die
