The event that led me to today’s tale was a wedding anniversary. The husband in this story ended up marrying 2 women, and it will be his first wedding that took place on today’s date, August 7th. I will begin with the husband. Johann Heinrich Bergmann was born on November 1, 1869. I will call … More John Henry Bergmann and His 2 Louise’s
For quite a while now, I have operated my choice of subjects for this blog based upon a principle that I would focus my efforts on telling the story of people who were born in the 1800’s. Now that we have reached 2025, I struggled a bit with the fact that people born in 1900 … More Harry Sandler – Perryville Mechanic
Gottlieb Johann Michael Sandler was born on November 21, 1874, thus making today his special 150th birthday. Gottlieb was the son of William and Ann (Boxdorfer) Sandler. Photos of Gottlieb’s parents are displayed below. Gottlieb was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville. The image shown here of his baptism record is rather unusual. I … More Gottlieb and Lena – Perryville Sandler’s
A baby girl was baptized in the pastor’s house in Perryville about 150 years ago. That baby was born on February 20, 1874, so today would be her 150th birthday. The big mystery in this story has to do with where this baby was born, and why was she was baptized in Perryville. As it … More Adolphus Scott – Decatur Train Engineer
We are going to celebrate the 125th anniversary of a couple today. The groom will introduce us to not only a new surname for this blog, but also a new first name. The story begins in Perry County, Missouri but ends up in Illinois. We will start with the bride, who is the reason this … More Centralia, Illinois Hoisting Engineer
A Bavarian baby that was born on today’s date is the starting point for this post. Elizabeth Margaret Dippold was born on March 6, 1846, making today here 177th birthday. Elizabeth was the daughter of John and Magdalena (Poehner) Dippold. Her mother died in Germany. Then, her father brought his family to America when Elizabeth … More Lieutenant John Hoff
I did a search on Findagrave.com on the page of Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Perryville for the surname, Hoff. I was somewhat surprised to find that there are 14 grave sites there that matched that search. Although I am familiar with this surname in the Perryville area, I did not really expect to find it … More Some Hoff’s from Perryville
My head was really spinning for a while trying to figure out the personalities who were involved in today’s family. It all started with looking at the birthday of Mary Poehner, who was born on November 19, 1858. I often go to Ancestry.com once I find a person who would potentially be a character in … More Difficult Dippold Duo
I have already posted several stories about Lutheran teachers who served the school in Wittenberg, Missouri or who had been born and raised in Wittenberg and later became Lutheran teachers. You guessed it. Today is another one of those stories. In fact, today’s story is of both varieties. It’s about a young man born and … More Another Teacher Mueller
