Back during the first year of this blog, a post was written about today’s birthday boy. That post was titled, A Minnesota Connection to the Saxon Immigration. Since today is a very special birthday for this character, I decided to revisit that old post. Ernst Moritz Buerger was born on February 17, 1806 in Arnsfeld, … More Pastor Buerger’s 220th Birthday
Today’s birthday boy is Heinrich Joseph Schlimpert, who was born on February 2, 1866. That makes today Joseph’s 160th birthday. He was the son of Johann Traugott and Johanna Rosine (Schuricht) Schlimpert. Joseph was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, and we can look at his baptism record below. Before I move on with … More Joseph and Bertha – Additional Seelitz Schlimpert’s
Since I have become more familiar with Perry County names since writing for this blog, I have realized something about the surname, Lorenz. There are two major clans of Lorenz’s who ended up more or less in different areas of this county. One of the Lorenz clans is what I call the “Altenburg Lorenz’s”, and … More The Original Altenburg Lorenz’s
Members of the Gesellschaft gathered in Bremerhaven, Germany in November of 1838 and began to get their baggage placed on 5 different ships. Those ships would depart in the coming days and set sail for the United States. Today’s post will focus on two of those passengers, both of which ended up aboard the ship, … More Was There A Budding Romance on the Copernicus?
Despite the fact that today’s main characters never made their way into East Perry County, I will still write their story. After all, both the bride and groom in this tale were members of the Stephanite immigration that took place in 1838-1839. Add to that the fact that the groom would be celebrating his bicentennial … More Wilhelm Leonhardt – St. Louis Saddler
Today’s birthday boy was one of the members of the Gesellschaft who arrived in Perry County in 1839. In fact, he was on the first ship in that group to arrive in America on December 31, 1838, the day before 1839. Johann Christian Kuehnert was born on December 3, 1826. On forms over the years, … More Christian Kuehnert – An Original Immigrant
You will have the opportunity to read an old post again today. November 3rd marks the 186th anniversary of the first two ships that were part of the Gesellschaft to depart Germany to head towards the United States on this day in 1838. The Copernicus was the first to leave, followed by the Johann Georg … More The Copernicus and the Johann Georg Set Sail
Included in the Stephanite immigration that arrived in America in 1839 were two rather large families. The Schuricht family began the vogaye across the Atlantic Ocean with 9 passengers, one of which died at sea. The Tirmenstein family had 10 people on their ship’s passenger list. The Schuricht’s were reportedly from Wallbach in Germany. I … More Traugott Schuricht – St. Louis Merchant
By now, you may realize that I find it hard to ignore a person’s 200th (or bicentennial) birthday. On several occasions in the past, this leads me to share an old post that has already been written about the person celebrating such a birthday. That will be the case today, and I must admit that … More Tailor/Teacher’s Wife Celebrates 200th
This blog has included stories about Gottfried Schmidt, Gotthilf Schmidt, and Gottwerth Schmidt (my great grandfather). So, when I saw the name Gottlob Schmidt pop up as a potential character for a blog post, I thought that I had likely already told his story. However, that is not the case. I will attempt to tell … More A Member of the Paitzdorf Kramer/Schmidt Bunch
