Gustav Friedrich Schliesser was born on January 18, 1875, so he would be today’s birthday boy. Not only that, he would be celebrating his 150th birthday today. His gravestone would say that he was born on January 17th, but I think that is wrong. Gustav was the son of John and Wilhelmine (Ehmann) Schliesser. He … More Gustav Schliesser – Migrating Miller and His Sackmann
A single church record in our German Family Tree leads us to today’s story about a man named Conrad Kiepe. According to his later obituary, he came to America twice, and shortly after his second arrival in this country, he was married by Rev. Franz Julius Biltz, the pastor of the relatively new Trinity Lutheran … More Libertyville’s Conrad Kiepe
Today’s tale may or may not have a birthday boy, but certainly has a man who died on December 9th. The highlighted character was a man named William George Hansen. There is a debate about his date of birth. There are actually two contested issues. He may have been born on December 9th, or he … More Born and Died on December 9th?
This post will eventually get around to a birthday girl that is found in our German Family Tree, but first we need to look at a Farmington farmer by the name of Peter Mell. He was born on October 19, 1858, the son of Peter and Sophia (Hoehn) Mell. That makes him Peter Mell, Jr. … More Peter Mell’s Minnie and Mathilda in Farmington
The man with today’s birthday ended up with a fairly large family. He had two marriages. The first one ended in a terrible way. The second marriage introduces a new surname to this blog…Yamnitz. Louis Albert Boxdorfer was born on April 5, 1881, so if he was still alive today, he would have to blow … More The Boxdorfer’s – Louis, Sophia, and Anna
I only looked at two generations in the Seemann family that was found in Perry County, but in those two generations, I did not find one girl being born. A while back, in 2019, a story was written about Theodore Seemann titled, A Few of the Seemann Boys. Today, you will hear about Theodore’s only brother, … More The Other Seeman Son and His Sons
I admit that today’s story is one that is difficult to tell. I almost chose not to write it. It starts with the birth of a boy who was born just one day after the birth of yesterday’s birthday girl, Lydia Lungwitz. Arthur Edwin Rabold was born on August 2, 1882, the son of Gottlieb … More Art and Dixie
I have one of those special birthday celebrations to write about today. A baby was born 175 years ago, and it is his baptism record that is the only record to be found in our German Family Tree. What we see in our GFT is displayed below. Before I get around to discussing our birthday … More Another Lonely Church Record
I find the story I will share with you today very difficult to write. In fact, I had previously discovered some of the facts I will share in this post, but chose to not write the story at the time. Today, I decided that despite being a topic that is troubling, the situations which are … More A Troubling Topic
