Although today’s story was generated by first finding the birth of twin girls on this date, most of it will center on the life of a man whose short life was filled with plenty of accomplishments. Nora and Rosa Lueders were born on April 11, 1899. They were the daughters of Henry and Louise (Elbrecht) … More Fiehler’s Fateful Fall
In the post titled, Ernst Bock Completes the Uniontown 4H Club, there was a mention of a marriage between a Hemmann and a Hecht. That couple was made up of Joseph Hemmann and Elizabeth Hecht. We have an old photo of this couple on display in our museum. Both the Hemmann and the Hecht families … More Another Hecht/Hemmann Duo
Bertha Ernestine Doberenz was born on February 25, 1851 in Germany. While she was still quite young, in 1852, Bertha came with her parents and an older brother to America. Bertha’s parents were David and Anna (Thiemer) Doberenz. When this family arrived here, they became members of Grace Lutheran Church in Uniontown (although it was … More Ben and Bertha
While searching for a story to write on November 13th, I ran across several events which took place in the Fiehler family. Today, I will share with you some of these fascinating facts. Before I proceed further, there was a previous post written on this blog about the Johann Gottlob Fiehler family which arrived in … More 11/13 – Fascinating Fiehler Facts
We have yet another new guest blogger today. One of our own East Perry County citizens, Eunice Schlichting, is the author of today’s post. Eunice was raised in Wittenberg, Missouri. She later worked at the Putnam Musuem in Davenport, Iowa for 22 years. She fairly recently moved back home and is now the librarian at … More Praise God for Potter Parish
We will celebrate a wedding anniversary today. Charles Fiehler and Clothilde “Tillie” Boehme were married at Trinity Lutheran Church on October 17, 1897. Thus, today would have been their 121st anniversary. Clothilde was the daughter of two original immigrants that were part of the Gesellschaft. Both of her parents arrived here as relatively young children. … More Charles and Tillie
Toenjes Martin Jacob Schlichting would have been 131 years old today. Almost all the documents I have seen indicate he went by the name Martin. He was born on September 25, 1887 and baptized at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar, Misssouri. His parents were John and Mary (Stueve) Schlichting. This is his baptism record. A … More Wittenberg Schlichtings
The selection of this story began with me finding what would have been a 100th anniversary celebration today. I thought that should be worthy fodder for a story right there. However, when I looked into this situation, I discovered that it was the third marriage for Joseph Schuessler of Frohna. Therefore, you are going to … More Joe’s Wives
A few weeks ago, we published a story about Bertha Militzer from Frohna who married a Lutheran teacher and ended up in Wisconsin. That post was titled, How the Hoeck, He Met the Militzer. Today’s story is about one of Bertha’s sisters who also married a Lutheran church worker and spent most of her life … More Martha and Joseph
April 28th was not only the birthday of a wagon maker from Uniontown, which at one time was named Paitzdorf, but also the birthday of one of his sons. The wagon maker’s name was Ernst Gottlieb Rudert. He was born in Prussia in 1833 and is reported to have come to America in 1853. I … More Paitzdorf Wagon Maker
