The highlighted couple in today’s post, because they have 11 children listed in our German Family Tree, has been mentioned on this blog quite often. I have written about several children of this couple, but have yet to write the story of the parents. You will get that tale today. It begins with a special … More Joachim and Gesche – Planting the Acorn for a Large Lohmann Family Tree
Today’s birthday girl had two husbands, having children with both of them, and was involved in two different local congregations which had the same name. Emilie Hacker was born on September 7, 1880, so today would be her 145th birthday. Emilie was the daughter of Andreas and Brigitta (Friedmann) Hacker. Since she was baptized at … More Hacker – Heiser – Kirmse
There have been quite a few stories told on this blog over the years about a couple made up of a Missouri native and an Illinois native. Most of them have dealt with one from Perry County and another one from just across the river in Jackson County. Today, you will read another Missouri/Illinois story … More A Farrar/Iuka Sticht-Studt Scenario
Another new surname folder had to be made for today’s post. And that surname belongs to today’s birthday girl. Her name was Maria Mull, and she was born on August 20, 1850. That means today would be her 175th birthday. She was the daughter of Ludolph and Metta (Tamke) Mull. Maria was born in Bergstedt, … More A Mahnken and Mull Match
Yesterday, I wrote the story of a life-long single woman whose middle names were Maria and Martha. I know it made me think of the Biblical story of Mary and Martha. I guess that is why I noticed today’s birthday girl and decided to pursue her history for a possible post today. Her name was … More Herman Koenig’s Huge Family Tree
Olga Agnes Maria Schmidt is today’s birthday girl because she was born on June 26, 1895. That means today would be her 130th birthday. Olga was the daughter of Martin and Elizabeth (Roth) Schmidt. She was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. An image of her baptism record from that congregation’s books is shown … More 1 Petzoldt + 2 Schmidt’s
Claus Heinrich Brueckner is today’s birthday boy. He was born in Kaken, Germany on June 25, 1850, so today would be his 175th birthday. He was the son of Heinrich and Anna (Rademaker) Brueckner. We are able to view his German baptism record below from the books of the Oldendorf parish which was likely the … More Big Brueckner Bunch
Today’s birthday boy was born in Germany, but did not live there very long. He came to this country when he was just 2 years old, so he must have had no memory of his days in Germany. I will attempt to share his story with our readers today. Heinrich Meier was born on June … More A Meier/Martin Match in Brazeau
Ernst Rudolph Koenig was born on June 12, 1890, so he is today’s birthday boy. Rudolph would be 135 years old today. He was the son of Immanuel and Clara (Weinhold) Koenig. Rudolph was baptized at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar. An image of his baptism record from that congregation’s books is shown below. Rudolph … More Rudolph and Lena – Farrar Koenig’s
In the course of researching today’s story, I discovered that there are misleading bits and pieces of information in some of the sources I use for these posts. I hope that I can clear up some things so that people in the families that are connected to this tale will have the correct facts. I … More Crosstown Stuebinger Pair
