Our birthday boy for today’s post was born in Altenburg, but spent most of his life in Chicago. During my teaching career, and possibly still to this day, the children of educators in Lutheran schools were referred to as “teacher’s kids”. Today’s birthday boy was a teacher’s kid. Johannes Emanuel Abraham was born on July … More John Abraham – Chicago Cork Clerk
There is an old children’s song called, Father Abraham. It’s a song that a Christian teacher might use when teaching young children. It goes like this: There was once a Father Abraham who lived in Altenburg from 1873-1883. While here, he and his wife had 4 children, all sons, who were baptized at Trinity Lutheran … More Teacher Abraham
Today’s continuation of yesterday’s post will tell the story of two sons of Ernst Moritz and Wilhelmina (Hahn) Grosse. These two boys followed very similar paths through their lives. The older of the two sons was Traugott Johannes (T.J.) Grosse, and the younger one was yesterday’s birthday boy, Frederick Grosse. Each of them was baptized … More Grosse Kirchen – Part 2
