A pair of twins were born on November 6, 1869 in Friedland, Missouri. Friedland was never really a town, but it was an area north of Altenburg that received this name and is sometimes used in the church records at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Nowadays, that area is called The Ridge. The twins were named Emma … More Emanuel Weber – Friedland Farmer
Amalia Schroeder is today’s birthday girl. As I looked into this family, sometimes her family’s surname was spelled Schroeter. Also, many times, Amalia is called Molly. She was born on November 3, 1887 and baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, so today would have been her 130th birthday. Molly was the daughter of Friedrich … More Molly and Manuel
November 17th was the birthday of a set of twins. The parents of these twins was the couple that has been mentioned in several previous posts as the Schmidt-Schmidt couple. Jacob and Wilhelmina (Schmidt) Schmidt were married in 1864, and then began having a bunch of little Schmidts. Fourteen years after their marriage, with six … More Two of a Kind….Later a Full House
I usually find a topic for this blog which is associated with the date. That is once again the case today. June 28th was the birthday of a man in 1869 who happened to end up doing the same thing I did during my career. He became a Lutheran school teacher. However, this man, contrary … More Detroit’s Teacher Estel
My grandfather was Emanuel Schmidt, who as far as I knew, was born, raised, and lived his entire life in Perry County, Missouri. However, I ran across this census record for the city of Addison, Illinois which had an Emanuel Schmidt of the right age and born in the correct state. Meanwhile, Emanuel is not … More Clue in a Photo
