I republished an old post about some Schirmer’s a few days ago. I did not expect to find another Schirmer so soon after that post. Carl Theodore Schirmer was born on December 7, 1885, so today would be his 138th birthday. Carl, mostly called Charles during his life, was the son of Adolph and Clara … More Charles Schirmer – Howe Scale Expert
The name, Jacob, can cause problems when researching for this blog. First of all, Jacob is a very common first name for male babies. Second, there were some Jacob’s who had the surname, Jacob. And then there is the town of Jacob which is located in Jackson County, Illinois, just across the Mississippi River from … More The Jacob-Schmidt Couple
When I noticed a record in our German Family Tree that contained an event that occurred on March 26th, I did not know that I would end up telling a story that had several similarities to yesterday’s post about Rev. Joseph Schmidt. Here are some of those similarities. The German Family Tree contains only a … More An E.Z. Story to Write: Susan Gets Zapfed
The summer of 1849 in St. Louis, Missouri, especially the month of July, bears a certain resemblance to the present-day coronavirus pandemic. A previous post on this blog described what was happening during the Cholera Epidemic that devastated that city and especially the Lutheran church located there, Old Trinity Lutheran Church. That post was titled, … More An Epidemic Survivor
The next two days, we will be publishing two parts of a post written by one of our guest bloggers, Cal Eggers. Cal is an outstanding researcher and has contributed to our blog in the past. His blog posts for the next two days come at a very convenient time. The next two days, our … More Two Men Sent from Perry County for a Purpose – Part 1
Today’s birthday boy has just one record in our German Family Tree. That one record will end up taking us to so many locations by the time this post is finished. George Albert Dede was born on August 4, 1887 and baptized at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar, Missouri. Here is his baptism record. Albert … More Learning Latin from a Blacksmith’s Son
May 17, 1839 was the day that about 100 immigrants from New York arrived at what would later be called Wittenberg, Missouri. Today we will discuss the route that these German Lutherans traveled to get here and what they found when they arrived. The group of immigrants that were part of the Stephanite immigration in … More The Arrival of the New Yorkers
Today’s story is not really connected to Perry County, Missouri, but it is one which tells an interesting story about an LCMS church and an LCMS President. And it’s about Christmas. I am going to let the story be told by other people today. I will do that by providing links to other sites on … More The Church Christmas Tree
****Disclaimer: This is another tongue-in-cheek post. It is meant to entertain, not inform. However, there are some historic facts contained therein which are indeed true. ====================================== Those of you who follow this blog faithfully know that I have previously written about what is called The Lutheran Curse. So when the Cubs won the World Series, … More The Lutheran Curse…What Happened?
