The birthday boy for today’s post is Alwin Herman Valentin Leine who was born on June 19, 1882. Yesterday’s story highlighted the life of Gustav Schilling, who was born in Frohna on June 18, 1882, so Alwin was born the next day. Alwin was born in the northern part of Cape Girardeau County near New … More Daisy Blacksmith
About 5 years ago, I wrote the amazing story of Henry Hellwege who got married 4 times. That post was titled, The Fourth Marriage. Henry got married in 1837, 1847, 1851, and 1856. Henry had at least one child with each of his 4 wives. Today, you will read the story of one of Henry’s … More Carl Hellwege Finds Friedheim Frau
On several occasions, I have mentioned a special “neighborhood” found in the rural area near the town of New Wells. That neighborhood was occupied over the time period of several censuses by families with the surnames, Haertling, Koenig, and Koch. Back in the 1850’s and 1860’s, there was a set of Haertling siblings that married … More New Wells Neighborhood Nuptials
A marriage at Grace Lutheran Church in Uniontown is the starting point for today’s tale. You will be reading about a couple and their family who made their way west across our country during their lives. Their stops along the way happen to be places where other Perry County natives migrated. The story doesn’t end … More From Old Appleton to San Francisco – With Stops in Kansas and Idaho
Today’s tale will be yet another one in which one of the main characters is a grandchild of J.G. Hemmann, one of the most prolific fathers in the early history of German Lutherans in Perry County. Heinrich Louis Hemman was born on December 14, 1887, the son of Julius and Gesche (Hesse) Hemmann. Perhaps you … More Hemman Returns for Herring
It seems like I am drawn to Shawnee Township in northern Cape Girardeau County to locate stories for this blog lately. That is the case once again today in which we find records in the books of Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells. Yesterday’s post, Martin and Phoebe, turned out to be a case in … More Martin and Martha
I know that there have been times in my life when I have been given the “brush off”. You probably have experienced that feeling yourself. Today, I will be giving you the Tuschoff. It is a surname that takes up very little space in our German Family Tree, but it leads us once again to … More Getting the Tuschoff
William Bingenheimer was born on this day, so he is today’s birthday boy. As it turns out, William married a woman who had another long name that begins with a “B”…Bodenschatz. First, let’s take a look at the arrival of the Bingenheimer’s. They arrived in 1848 aboard the Jaque Lafette. William’s father, Phillip Bingenheimer, was … More Bingenheimer and His Bodenschatz Bride
I am getting old and cannot remember why this is the case, but while I was researching today’s story, I discovered that our collection of images already had several files which I needed for this post. I looked and looked through our blog’s archives to see if I had already written a post about today’s … More Theodosius – The Eldest Frentzel
Walter Dickmann was born on July 5, 1891, so that makes him today’s birthday boy. Walter was the son of William and Augusta (Schalk) Dickmann. Although we do not have any church records for his baptism, several documents indicate that he was born in Arnsburg, Missouri, which is located in the northern part of Cape … More Walter and Wilma
