Today’s story begins in the Farrar/Crosstown area but eventually leads to the neighborhood in which I was born and raised in North St. Louis. The birthday girl for this post is Ernestine Hedwig Emilie Bachmann, who was born on November 20, 1895. Emilie was the daughter of Martin and Martha (Steffens) Bachmann. She was baptized … More Ernst, the Emerson Electric Employee
Today’s birthday girl is Ida Wilhelmine Louise Mecker, who was born on August 26, 1894. That means today would be her 130th birthday. Ida was the daughter of Henry and Catherine (Bangert) Mecker. She was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville. I have to take a little side trip now. In the course of … More William and Ida – A Ludwig/Mecker Match
Today’s tale begins with the birth of Ida Amalie Kuntze on June 2, 1893. You will discover that this Kuntze girl gets her surname caught up in a web of Meyer’s and Miesner’s. Ida was the daughter of Wilhelm and Susanna (Grosse) Kuntze. She was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. We can take … More The Meyer-Miesner-Kuntze Web
Hugo Gustave Werner Mueller was born on October 2, 1898, so he would have been celebrating his 120th birthday today. Werner’s father, who had previously been married to Anna Drumtra, had married Marie Asche in 1897. Their first child was Werner. He was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. In all, of Anton’s 15 … More Anton’s Family Photos
For Father’s Day, today’s blog post is about my dad. Actually, I’m going to start with this photo of my dad, my grandfather, and my great grandfather…..all Schmidts. Left to right: Richard Schmidt, Emanuel Schmidt, and Gottwerth Schmidt My dad, Richard Heinrich Schmidt, was born on January 4, 1913 and baptized at St. Paul’s Lutheran … More Dad
