I consider today’s story to be another one that is painful to write as is alluded to in the title. I have previously written another post called The Perils of Pauline (Palisch). There is a different Pauline for today’s tale. Her name was Pauline Gerler, who was born on this day 175 years ago in … More The Perils of Pauline (Gerler)
In the process of researching a birthday boy today, I managed to solve a previous mystery that has been bugging me. The birthday boy was Friedrich Ludwig Gerler who was born on April 14, 1873. Since this is a Gerler, I must give a shout-out to Diane Anderson, one of the research rock stars from … More The Birner-Lehner-Landgraf-Gerler Web
According to church records, there is some debate about whether Louis Gerler and Anna Lichtenegger were married on March 31st or April 1st. I lean toward the April date, but I choose to do their story today. I also choose to use this event in order to highlight two other characteristics that are part of … More One of the Ridge Gerlers
