Today we find out what happens when an orphan’s son marries a teacher’s daughter. On September 13, 1892, Martin Ernst Burroughs was born. Martin was the son of Frank and Maria (Schmidt) Burroughs. Frank and his brothers and sister have an interesting story. If you are like me, you look at a name like Burroughs … More An Orphan’s Son, A Teacher’s Daughter
It was a sad day for the German Lutherans in Altenburg on August 19th in 1849. On that day, their beloved pastor, Rev. Gotthold Heinrich Loeber, died at the age of 52. He is said to have died from typhoid fever, but I would submit that exhaustion may well have been a factor in his … More Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant
Christiane Seidler was born on August 12, 1834. I found several fascinating details about her life. First, I need to set the scene. Christiane married Valentin Froebel in 1853 at Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna. Rev. Christoph Heinrich Loeber was the pastor when these two were married. Between 1854 and 1868, this couple had seven … More The Ladies of Valentin’s Day
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
I am leaving my comfort zone today. I am not an expert on Frohna history, but I am going to give this a shot. My focus will be on the building shown in the above photo which was taken sometime in the 1960’s. August Lueders arrived in Perry County in 1850 at the age of … More Frohna Entrepreneur
When you hear the name Nero, I am guessing you usually think of a Roman emperor who persecuted Christians. Today’s story is about another Nero. This Nero journeyed to China to promote Christianity. His name was Norville William Nero, and he died on this date, August 5th, in 1934. He also had a connection to … More Nero Enters China…..With the Gospel
The building in the foreground in the above photo was not Trinity Lutheran Church. It never was Trinity Lutheran Church. And Rev. Gotthold Loeber was not the first pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church. Folks here in Altenburg may be ready to string me up for such heresy, but there is a reason for these statements. … More Pastor Loeber Was Never Pastor of Trinity
Today’s story is one involving people who are more contemporary than those we usually cover. Normally, we tell stories that describe folks who lived way back in the 1800’s. Today’s story goes well into the 1900’s. This story attracted my attention for three reasons. First, the story refers to characters living in Seward, Nebraska, where … More A Nebraska Builder
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?
On this day, July 6th, Linna (Schubarth) Bergt died in 1849. At that time, a major cholera epidemic was taking place in St. Louis. That disease reared its ugly head in Perry County also, because the cause of Linna’s death in Frohna, Missouri, was cholera. Linna Schubarth came to America in 1839 aboard the Johann … More Weaver’s Wife
