f today’s tale was told in a previous post titled, Learning Latin from a Blacksmith’s Son. However that post highlighted a son of today’s couple. I am returning to this story to focus more on the parents. I even found another bride for the father. It seems like it is a daily occurrence that I … More A Disappearing Winter
Maybe in English communities, you can talk about “Keeping Up with the Jones’s”, but from our German community comes a story of “Kipping Up with the Meyer’s and the Lohmann’s”. We begin with a birthday girl. Augusta Maria Magdalena Meyer was born on October 2, 1897, so she would be celebrating a special 125th birthday … More Kipping Up with the Meyer’s and the Lohmann’s
The starting point for today’s post is the birthday of Louis Henry Edward Brand, who was born on August 15, 1889. The surname, Brand, has not previously shown up on this blog. Edward was the son of Friedrich and Lucie (Fritz) Brand. When I discovered that Edward’s family was living in the Randol Township of … More A Brand New Guy
Before I get to today’s tale, I want to let you know that the 1950 census can now be found on Ancestry.com. It can be searched just like all the other previous census records. I did not see any announcement from Ancestry.com about this, so I was surprised last night when I noticed a 1950 … More Gus, the Franklin School Janitor
Jesus was a carpenter’s son. He went on to carry out the mission of his Heavenly Father. Although I begin with the birthday of a girl in Perry County today, I will use that event to kick off the story of one of her sons. That son was also the son of a carpenter, and … More A Carpenter’s Son
Today I tell the tale of a Perry County boy who became known as Panhandle Pete. Panhandle Pete got that name because of his exploits elsewhere, but before all was said and done, he ended up back here in Perry County. And one of the amazing things about him was the fact that his name … More Panhandle Pete of Perryville
The story today begins with some names that might be considered celebrities in early Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod history. Those surnames were Graebner and Schaller. I am going to use some entries from the Lutheran Cyclopedia to describe the careers of a few of these men. First, we start with Rev. Johann Heinrich Philip Graebner. Here is … More DD’s Daughter Marries Dede
Clara Magdalena Hopfer was born on May 13, 1878, so she is today’s birthday girl. She would become the first female to enter the life of Phillip Kassel, but she certainly would not be the last. Magdalena was the daughter of Gotthold and Amelia (Kasten) Hopfer. She was baptized at Grace Lutheran Church in Uniontown. … More Phillip’s Females + One Fella
It was August 20, 1892. The setting was Farrar, Missouri. Frank and Erna Kassel were blessed with their third child, a boy by the name of Karl Heinrich Kassel. He would go through life using the name Henry. Henry was baptized at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar. Here is his baptism record. Every once in … More Kassel-Koenig Kinship
Today’s birthday boy has just one record in our German Family Tree. That one record will end up taking us to so many locations by the time this post is finished. George Albert Dede was born on August 4, 1887 and baptized at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar, Missouri. Here is his baptism record. Albert … More Learning Latin from a Blacksmith’s Son
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