Rev. Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther was one of the original immigrants who was part of the Gesellschaft. In fact, after the removal of Rev. Martin Stephan, Rev. Walther became probably the most prominent leader of this group. He went on to become the first President of what would later be called the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. … More Maybe They Should Have Been Named Law and Gospel
Rev. William Zschoche became a pastor in 1866 after graduating from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis. His first call was to a church in Paola, Kansas. Not long after graduating, he married Emily Richter. After serving there, he took his next call to Atchison, Kansas. Finally, Rev. Zschoche’s last congregation was Concordia Lutheran Church in … More A Zschoch-ing Wedding
I think I upset some people this morning. I mentioned the fact that Christian Roth was born in New York City while I was having breakfast at the Old Bank Coffee Shop. This breakfast eatery is operated by Lindy Roth, whose husband is the great great grandson of Christian Roth. Ruth Roth was also sitting … More An Upsetting Revelation
Rufus Schneider was the teacher in Wittenberg, Missouri from 1906-1912. During his tenure here, Rufus found himself a bride. He married Concordia Lueders, another Wittenberg resident. A mention was made in Birner Hotel – Wittenberg that Rufus was a boarder at the Birner Hotel in the 1910 census. I will attempt to give you a … More Rufus….Herr Schneider
Erwin Heinrich Bremer was born in Frohna, Missouri on October 15, 1907. He was baptized on October 27th at Concordia Lutheran Church. There is also a record of his confirmation at that church in 1921. Before 1930, Erwin moved to a rural area near Wisner, Nebraska. In the 1930 census, we find him as a … More Two Baptisms?
On this day, October 13th, in 1878, Susanna Johanna Palisch, the daughter of a farmer in Frohna, married Charles Georg Leopold Lueders, the son of a merchant in the same town. They were married at Concordia Lutheran Church. If you have been reading this blog in the past, these two family names may ring a … More Lueders/Palisch: Marriage or Competition?
Henry and Martha (Fischer) Palisch were blessed with a new son on October 12, 1891. They named this new boy Rudolph Martin Palisch. Because he never married, he has no descendants, but his story is a fascinating one. Rudolph’s father operated the Palisch General Store in Frohna, and by 1910, according to that year’s census, … More From Frohna to France – A WWI Wagoner
Today, October 8, 2016, the Saxon Lutheran Memorial in Frohna is conducting their annual Fall Festival. If you happen to be in the neighborhood of East Perry County, Missouri, it is well worth your trip to attend this event. On the property of the Saxon Lutheran Memorial you can find a cabin once used by … More Memorial Cabin
September 29, 1935 was the day that Hilda Detjen married Walter Luehrs at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar, Missouri. This marriage drew my attention because when I attended Concordia Teachers College in Seward, Nebraska, there were two young men attending there from Perry County, one of them named Gerald Luehrs, and the other named Dean … More Farrar Fastballs
I remember that there were times when my mother would sign her name as Mrs. Richard H. Schmidt. I’m sure that in this day and age, women would really frown on such a signature in which a woman basically takes on the identity of her husband. Today, I ran across a tombstone which does the … More An Entertaining Tombstone
