In today’s day and age, a hacker has a definition that never existed even in fairly recent history, much less back in 1839. So, today’s story about a Hacker is not about a computer hacker. It will be a post that tells the story of one of the original immigrants who was part of the … More An Original Hacker
The story you will read today does not have a typical beginning point. Usually I locate a baptism or marriage record and use it to highlight someone’s birthday or anniversary. Every once in a while, I will highlight a day of death. Today is quite different, and quite possibly will be the only one of … More Gun Shot Wound at Wyse Fork Battlefield
Included in the Stephanite immigration that arrived in America in 1839 were two rather large families. The Schuricht family began the vogaye across the Atlantic Ocean with 9 passengers, one of which died at sea. The Tirmenstein family had 10 people on their ship’s passenger list. The Schuricht’s were reportedly from Wallbach in Germany. I … More Traugott Schuricht – St. Louis Merchant
I will eventually get around to today’s birthday boy, but I choose to begin with a girl named Louise Frey, who was born on August 20, 1882. According to her later death certificate, Louise was born in Hermann, Missouri. She was the daughter of Philip and Sophie (Bauer) Frey. By the time we can view … More Louise’s Final Danz
When the Stephanite immigrants arrived in the United States in 1839, one of the largest families had the surname, Tirmenstein. Several previous posts have been written already on this blog about children who were part of that Tirmenstein family. Today, I will attempt to recount the story of the father and mother in that family, … More Tirmenstein Trailblazers
When I began to look for a story to tell for today’s post, I was surprised to find another person from our German Family Tree who made her way to Oregon. After all, yesterday’s story about an Eggers family recounted the story of that clan making their way to Corvallis, Oregon. Today’s Perry County character … More Another Perry County Resident Makes Her Way to Oregon
People who have become familiar with the story of the German Lutheran immigration to America in 1838-1839, which was led by Rev. Martin Stephan, are probably familiar with the name of Louise Guenther. Rev. Stephan was exiled from the Perry County colony in May of 1839, partly as a result of sexual impropriety. The main … More The Miscreant Maid Marries
I am writing a different type of story today. Usually I make an attempt to give you a person’s life history from cradle to grave. I cannot do that today. I cannot even come close. The main character in today’s story was in the United States for only two years, after which he and his … More Mourning Marbach Matron
The original Kaempfe family arrived aboard the Johann Georg as part of the Gesellschaft in 1839. I wrote a post about the early years in Perry County for the Kaempfe’s that was titled, Prof. Godfather. These Kaempfe’s eventually had a farm in Millstadt, Illinois, and one of their sons, Traugott, moved back to Perry County, … More Kaempfe’s Carriage
I have already written a few posts that have included Bernhardt Palisch. Just this past week, I wrote the story, Lichtenegger in Altenburg, which told of one of his daughters marrying a Lichtenegger. That is not the only story on this blog which has mentioned Bernhardt as the father of a story character. Another story … More Two Wives – Two Dozen Children
