Gerard Fiehler and I were hanging out at the museum yesterday. I had just finished posting yesterday’s story and decided to begin looking for who could be the subject of today’s post. My usual routine is to open up the digital version of our German Family Tree and search its contents for special dates. I … More Confirmation Rites on Palm Sunday
It never ceases to amaze me how things manage to come through our doorways and what type of journey the museum objects take in order to return back home. You hear the word ‘provenance’ a lot in the research and museum world. We are experts here on the genealogy of people and places, but you might not hear as much about … More There’s No Place Like Home
Although today’s story was generated by first finding the birth of twin girls on this date, most of it will center on the life of a man whose short life was filled with plenty of accomplishments. Nora and Rosa Lueders were born on April 11, 1899. They were the daughters of Henry and Louise (Elbrecht) … More Fiehler’s Fateful Fall
It was Palm Sunday in East Perry County, Missouri in 1840. One tradition that came to America with the German Lutheran immigrants was that of conducting the rite of confirmation on Palm Sunday. The first few years after the new settlers arrived were mostly dedicated to survival. They were very difficult years, and much death … More Confirmation Classes of 1840
I want to address a few matters that need attention today and add a few items of interest. I will start by taking care of a few necessary corrections. First of all, in the recent post titled, Flummoxed by a Family, the following photo was published. I identified this bride and groom as Martin and … More Corrections, Complement, and Confirmations
An interesting event took place on Sunday, August 25th in 1839. Five people were confirmed on that day at the camp church which at that time was located in the area of Perry County known as Dresden. Two of the five were also baptized. All five of these people had come to Perry County as … More Camp Church Confirmations
Today, we will try something new. Around here we sometimes refer to some names as being “Frohna names”, some as “Farrar names”, etc. We ran across the confirmation which took place at Grace Lutheran Church in Uniontown, Missouri on May 6, 1883. Many of these names are ones that we call “Uniontown names”. Arthur Höh … More Uniontown Names
