Back in the 1880’s, there was a teacher at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells named George Sohn. During his time at that congregation, he and his wife had 3 daughters whose baptism records are found in that church’s books. It is somewhat humorous that a teacher with the name, Sohn, which means “son” in … More Another One of Teacher Sohn’s Daughters from New Wells
I had originally planned to share this old story on this blog yesterday, but our granddaughters’ volleyball tournament began very early in the morning and ran most of the day. A big thank you goes out to Denise Hellwege for pinch-hitting for me yesterday. Today is also going to be a busy day, but I … More A Belated Valentine’s Day Story
The birthday boy for today’s post was named Karl Immanuel Degenhardt on his baptism record. Early on, it appears that he was called Emanuel (with this spelling), but as time went by, his documents used the name Charles. Charles was born on October 29, 1874, so today would be his special 150th birthday. He was … More Charles Degenhardt – Detroit Typewriter Machinist
I will attempt to tell the story of a man who spent his early life in this region, but eventually made his way to Detroit. Then, surprisingly, he died in the state of Georgia. I will admit ahead of time that this story has a few holes in it. Rudolph Gottfried Brandes was born on … More Rudolph Brandes – Detroit Auto Worker
The surname, Sohn, does not occupy much space in our German Family Tree. Below is what shows up in that document for that name. Three daughters have baptism records in the Immanuel Lutheran Church books in New Wells. That’s it. The name doesn’t show up before 1885 and disappears after 1888. When researching the first daughter, Bertha, who was … More One of Teacher Sohn’s Daughters from New Wells
The birthday boy for today’s post is a man named Heinrich Leopold Friedrich Kahnert. He would go by the name Leo during his life, and that will be the name I use. He was born on October 20, 1893, making today his 130th birthday. Leo was the son of Herman and Anna (Luedemann) Kahnert, who … More Leo and Olga – To Detroit and Back
A Huber/Hooss marriage took place in the bride’s home on All Saints Day 125 years ago in Perryville. I will be discussing the lives of the bride and groom, along with their connection to a few other individuals who were connected to this couple. Joseph Huber was born on May 16, 1867, the son of … More Huber and Hooss
Have you ever heard of a Marmon automobile? I know that I did not until I was researching for this post. Getting to the Marmon automobiles begins with a special birthday for Olga Anna Zerbst, who was born on October 27, 1897. So, if Olga was still alive today, she would have to blow out … More Olga’s Marmon Auto Salesman
Our German Family Tree has just a few records for the surname, Kaeding. You can see what is included in the GFT below. What you do see in the above image is the fact that Rev. Christian Kaeding came to Altenburg in 1864 and found himself a bride by the name of Jacobine Seibel. The … More Rev. Christian Kaeding Finds Altenburg Bride
I am going to begin today’s post by once again showing the photo including several members of the August Ude family. The members of this family that will be the subject of today’s post are the ones indicated by the red arrows. The 3 brothers highlighted yesterday were all involved in running grocery stores. The … More Postlude to Ude’s Food
