Yesterday’s post about William Timmermann could be referred to as an “outsider” entering the realm of our German Family Tree. Some surnames in that document take up pages and pages. And there are other surnames that show up as pretty lonely entries. You will be reading the story of another one of those “outsiders”. For this post, I had … More Another “Outsider” Enters Perry County
You will be heading back to the Shawnee Township again today. We have to go back a little farther into the past for this one. It begins with the birth of the first child in what ended up as a couple having 15 children listed in our German Family Tree. Louise Auguste Margaretha Kasten was … More Another Alvin and Alvina?
Today’s post may be one of those that presents just as many questions to the readers as there are answers. In the midst of it all, I will also share some of my speculations. I will begin with a birthday girl. This woman would be celebrating one of those special birthdays today. Her name was … More Doberenz’s Two Brides
I did not plan this, but I found another one of those stories today in which a birth date is debatable. The baptism record for Anna Dorothea Schlichting shows that she was born on September 27, 1882, so if that is the case, today would be her 139th birthday. Anna was the daughter of John … More A Fiehler-Schlichting Duo
Whenever considering doing a story on Holschen’s, I automatically think that the story will focus on Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altenburg. I think almost all the local Holschen stories I have told have been ones in which the characters were born, baptized, and buried there. That will not be the case today, even though the … More Wittenberg Holschen’s
I am writing the story of some characters that did not have very long lives today. Normally, I cannot find enough information on such people and end up picking a different story, but that is not the case today. This story contains two interesting characteristics. A person that died 100 years ago (not exactly on … More Never Getting to Know a Parent
We have a birthday girl today. Her name was Martha Fiehler. I will not waste any time telling you today that her husband was Ernst Wachter. One of the nice things about today’s couple is the fact that both of these two characters are included in photos taken of their families including their siblings. Let’s … More Fiehler/Wachter
Bertha Ernestine Doberenz was born on February 25, 1851 in Germany. While she was still quite young, in 1852, Bertha came with her parents and an older brother to America. Bertha’s parents were David and Anna (Thiemer) Doberenz. When this family arrived here, they became members of Grace Lutheran Church in Uniontown (although it was … More Ben and Bertha
The church record shown below indicates a marriage that took place on May 14, 1854 at Grace Lutheran Church in Uniontown. It shows the marriage between a Frentzel and a Hopfer. Before I go on, I must say that not long ago, another post was written about a marriage between two people with the same … More The Frentzel-Hopfer-Hemmann-Hoffmann Hodgepodge
Today is the one year anniversary of one of the “most read” posts we have published on this blog. It was simply titled, The Mud. It was an article that told the history of a local establishment which at the time of its writing was called the Mississippi Mud Saloon. Over the years, this building … More Return of “The Mud”
