Yesterday’s post was about a baby boy who was born on March 5, 1900. Today’s story will be about a baby girl who was born on the next day, March 6, 1900. Yesterday’s story began on the other side of the Mississippi in Illinois. Today’s baby girl was born in Perry County, Missouri. Thekla Olga … More Thekla and Christian – St. Louis Mecker’s
I did something for today’s post that I do not often do. Almost every story that I have told on this blog begins with me looking for a church record that took place prior to 1900. I do that primarily because I am able to find more records for people that far back in history. … More Pearl Harbor Day Wedding
Today’s birthday girl is Elma Elizabeth Klemp, who was born on June 30, 1899, so today would be her 125th birthday. Elma was the firstborn child of Ruben and Caroline (Deimund) Klemp. A previous post titled, Ruben Finds a Deimund, was written about Elma’s parents. Elma was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville. A … More Elma (Klemp) Rhodes’s 125th Birthday
Erwin Heinrich George Ochs is today’s birthday boy. He was born 125 years ago on April 10, 1899. Erwin, sometimes called Ervin or even Irvin, was the son of Adolph and Rosetta (Elbrecht) Ochs. He was baptized at Peace Lutheran Church in Friedenberg, so we cannot view an image of his baptism record. Erwin is … More Erwin Ochs Marries a Neighbor Meyer Girl
Edward Albert Thomas Sebald was born on December 22, 1879, so you will read about his life in today’s post. You will discover that his life turned out to be a rather short one, ending rather tragically. Edward would be celebrating his 144th birthday today. He was the son of John and Barbara (Doernhofer) Sebald. Edward’s baptism record is … More Sebald/Starzinger Pair in St. Louis
In 1866, Johann Schlichting arrived in America, married Marie Stueve, and proceeded to have 10 children. You will read the story of child #9 in this post. Alma Margaretha Schlichting was born on December 18, 1894, so she is today’s birthday girl. Alma would be celebrating her 129th birthday today. Like all of her siblings, Alma was baptized at … More Alma: Bride of Busch Bottler Baierschmitt
There are several reasons that I wanted to write this story today, one of them being that today’s birthday girl was not born in or near Perry County, Missouri. Not even close. She was born in South Africa. Quite often a birth or wedding in Perry County leads us to faraway places in these blog … More Out of Africa
In 2017, I wrote a story titled, Charles Weber x 2. That post highlighted not one Charles Weber, but two of them. Today, I will tell the tale of yet another Charles (Carl) Weber. The one you will read about today involves a Carl Weber who came from what we call the “Ridge Webers”. I can … More The Ridge Charles Weber
August 2, 1908 was the wedding day for the couple I will discuss in today’s post. That marriage is included in our German Family Tree because it took place at Christ Lutheran Church in Jacob, Illinois. The bride was part of an Arbeiter family that has shown up on this blog before. The groom has … More Carolina and the Teacher’s Son
