Maria Sarah Koenig was born on this date 146 years ago. Apparently, she went by the name Sarah during her lifetime. There was no “h” at the end of her first name when she was baptized, but on almost all documents in her lifetime, her name was spelled Sarah. Her mate for life was a … More The Detjen-Koenig Duo
Fred Eggers sent me this post several days ago when I was out of town. I will try not to bore you with all the details, but I found it difficult to format this story to place it on our website, and I did not have the time to get it done where I was. … More From Jeersdorf to Missouri
Silly me. I just published this post without telling you that I did not write it. This article was written by our friend, Fred Eggers. He is an incredible researcher and happens to also be working at our museum today as a docent. As I have told you on several occasions, Fred is our “go … More A Christmas Birth in the Pfarrhaus in Farrar
I once again feel that God is poking me to write today’s story. I say that because this tale is impacting my life this week. I will get to that later. First, let’s discuss today’s birthday boy. August Bohnert was born on December 21, 1882. He was the son of Ludwig (Louis) and Maria (Amschler) … More August, Edward, Charles, and a Few Martha’s
Martin Peter Bachmann was born on October 15, 1870. A year from today, he will be celebrating his 150th birthday, but I don’t feel like waiting till next year to write his story. You get it today. According to a family book we have that was put together by Wayne Schuessler, it indicates that Martin … More Martin and Martha
It never ceases to amaze me how things manage to come through our doorways and what type of journey the museum objects take in order to return back home. You hear the word ‘provenance’ a lot in the research and museum world. We are experts here on the genealogy of people and places, but you might not hear as much about … More There’s No Place Like Home
One of the lessons I have learned since I began researching people from the past in East Perry County is that the name “Claus” is a very common name around Farrar. Claus Steffens, Claus Miesner, Claus Mangels, Claus Stueve, and the list goes on. To add to that, there were several folks around Farrar who … More Yet Another Claus from Farrar
I have written previously about a Henry Lohmann. I just took a look in a monstrous family tree in Ancestry.com which was produced by a friend of our museum, Lori Adams, and found 10 different men who had Heinrich along with their Lohmann surname. The one we will look at today is sometimes referred to … More This Henry Lohmann Married a Steffens
Maria Mahnken was born on August 14, 1886. She was the daughter of John and Marie (Heitmann) Mahnken. She was born in Germany and is said to have come to America with her family in 1889. The first record we find in our German Family Tree for Maria is her confirmation record at Salem Lutheran … More M.M. and P.P.
Because we have a few researchers scheduled to be at our museum today, I had determined not to publish a post. However, a few days ago, we received a photograph which might be of interest to a lot of our readers. It is even a photograph that has the subjects of the photograph identified. The … More A Lot in the Lorenz Lineage
