There is not much information to be found in our German Family Tree about today’s birthday boy. The entry shown below is all that we have. 1.ERNST, Anton “Heinrich” (Born 5 Mar 1848) [PerryCoMO-1860Census]: Henry Ernst age 12, born in Hanover Germany, [AltenburgMO-Immanuel]: Confirmed 24 Mar 1861, Born 5 Mar 1848 The key date that … More The Tin Man in Decatur, Illinois
Exactly 68 years after Abraham Lincoln was born, and about 12 years after his assassination, Ida Kutscher was born in Shawnee Township in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. She was born on February 12, 1877. She was the daughter of John and Henrietta (Krause) Kutscher and baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells. Here … More Ida Liked That Hemmann Fella
Today, I am going to re-publish an old post and add some new information and some new photographs to it. Yesterday, our museum had a few visitors who happened to be descendants of the Harry mentioned in the title of this post who way back in 1885 was left in a basket out in the … More Harry Abandoned on the Prairie – Updated
Today would have been the 133rd birthday of Ernst Friedrich Karl Buenger (rhymes with singer). He was the firstborn child to Johann Friedrich and Pauline (Mueller) Buenger. Here is the wedding photo of Friedrich and Pauline. There is an interesting birth record for Ernst. I will show it in two images. We see in the … More The Buenger Bachelor
Today’s story begins with the birth of a girl that I will affectionately refer to as “Triple E”. Her name was Ella Euphemia Estel. She was born on February 22, 1892. Here is a portion of her baptism record that is found in the Christ Lutheran church books in Jacob, Illinois. As you can see … More A Serious Worker at His Hardware Store
One of the changes that came about as a result of the Reformation was that Lutherans ended up with a different definition for saints than that of the Roman Catholic Church. In Lutheran theology, a person becomes a saint when one comes to the faith, usually through baptism, and then spends their lives as both … More Joining the Saints on All Saints Day
We are having a very busy weekend here at the Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum, so I put out a call for help. Clayton Erdmann has answered that call, stepped up to the plate, and submitted a blog post for us to use today. Clayton has written several articles for us in the past. He … More From Tragedy to Ministry
I started this story by looking at a wedding anniversary for this date and ended by finding a high school soccer teammate of mine…..at least I think so. The couple getting married on April 28, 1946 was Marvin Poppitz and Anita Perr. They were united in wedlock at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg by Rev. … More Poppitz Pairs
I have spent way too much time researching today’s story. And after all is said and done, I still have questions. Johann Martin Quest was one of the original immigrants. He came to America aboard the Johann Georg and up the Mississippi River aboard the Clyde. Here we see him listed on the Johann Georg … More My Quast Quest
January 11th was both a day of joy and a day of grief in the Telle and Bultmann families from Uniontown, Missouri. First, this date was the birthday of Martha Telle in 1862. Later, this date would also become the day when her husband, Ernst Bultmann, died in 1897. However, by that time, Martha had … More From Tragedy Comes Blessing
