The Grubers of Uniontown managed to marry off two of their daughters on two different May fifths……even though the date of these weddings is up for debate. Not only that, but they both married men who were pastors. To add to that, there was a third daughter who also married a pastor, and two of … More Dos Cinco de Mayos
Reinhold John Imanuel Mueller was born on April 26, 1879. Now if you are familiar with this area, you know that Muelller (spelled this way) is definitely a Perry County name. In fact, there are days when I am muttering to myself that there are too many Muellers in our German Family Tree. However, Reinhold … More Duplicate Muellers – Domestic and Foreign
***Thanks to Fred Eggers for his contribution of this article today. Fred, in addition to being our local expert on the Farrar area, has developed a great interest in finding information in the old Der Lutheraner publications that we have at our museum. This post is a result of that interest. Just two days ago … More The Other Altenburg Debate
Alpha is the beginning letter of the Greek alphabet and Omega is the last. Normally, we think of Alpha coming before Omega, but we Christians can actually look at the end as being a new beginning. When we get to Omega, the alphabet just starts over, only it lasts for an eternity. When we die, … More The End of the Alphabet
Dresden, Germany was the home of Johann Samuel and Friederika Guenther. On December 4, 1831, a baby was born to this couple by the name of Martin. Before Martin was born, there were three other siblings…..Louise, born in 1808, Gotthold, born in 1811, and Immanuel, born in 1830. The fact that Immanuel was born 19 … More December 4th – A Seminary Holiday?
On this day, (August 13) in 1839 the following advertisement appeared in a St. Louis German newspaper called the Anzeiger des Westens. This is the English translation of that advertisement. We, the undersigned, intend to establish an instruction and training institution which differs from the common elementary schools principally in that it will embrace, … More Advertising a New School
August 11th in 1839 became a very significant day in the lives of the new immigrants in East Perry County. On that day, Johann Georg Gube died. That fact may not seem important, but because of the circumstances, it was. Johann Georg Gube is described as being a rather wealthy farmer in Germany. He was … More A Consequential Death
Our research library has copies of church records from many local Lutheran churches which are often used by our visitors to study their family histories. We are excited that we will soon also have the church records of Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim, Missouri, about twenty miles away from Altenburg. The majority of the work … More Friedheim Records
When I was a student at Concordia Teachers College in Seward, Nebraska back in the 1970’s, I was invited to a local farmer’s house at Thanksgiving because I was not able to travel home for the holiday. Local Seward folks would offer their hospitality to students who would have had to spend the holiday alone. … More Concordia Student Meets Concordia?
Today would have been the 206th birthday of Ottomar Fuerbringer. He was born June 30, 1810 in an area of Germany called Reuss. Ottomar’s chief claim to fame here in Perry County is the fact that he was one of the builders and also one of the first teachers of the Log Cabin College. He, … More Happy Birthday, Ottomar
