Quite a few posts on this blog have been written about people who had the surname, Kassel. You will read another one today. It will tell the tale of one of the Kassel’s who originally entered the United States back in 1845. This Kassel man is also today’s birthday boy. George Kassel was born on … More One of the Original Kassel’s – George
I will be telling the story of the original Springer’s to settle in Perry County today. I located this story because a man named Peter Springer was born on December 8th. As it turns out, Peter’s birth year is a matter of debate. I will show evidence that he was either born in 1808 or … More Pierre and Madelaine? Or Peter and Magdalena?
I’m afraid that today’s tale will not be a long one. I do not have any original church records to display, and not even many civil records. The main characters did not live very long lives…each dying in their 50’s. Yet the couple that will be highlighted today ends up with 11 pages of descendants … More Bicentennial Birthday for Bergmann’s Beau
The post today will be more of a memorial than it will be a story. The boy born on August 1, 1890 only lived 28 years, and he died for his country in World War I. This post will also be the story of this boy’s grieving mother. Theodore Arbeiter was born on this day … More An Angel’s Sad Pilgrimage
Today’s story was inspired by a post that was placed on Facebook recently. That post was made by our friends at the Perry County Historical Society in Perryville. They posted a letter that was printed in the Perry County Republican on May 8, 1919 that was from Otto Gerler to his father in Altenburg. Before … More Life in a Hard Hat
Abraham Lincoln concluded his Gettysburg Address with these words: “ It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve … More The Last Full Measure
Henry and Martha (Fischer) Palisch were blessed with a new son on October 12, 1891. They named this new boy Rudolph Martin Palisch. Because he never married, he has no descendants, but his story is a fascinating one. Rudolph’s father operated the Palisch General Store in Frohna, and by 1910, according to that year’s census, … More From Frohna to France – A WWI Wagoner
