The birthday boy for today’s post is Alwin Herman Valentin Leine who was born on June 19, 1882. Yesterday’s story highlighted the life of Gustav Schilling, who was born in Frohna on June 18, 1882, so Alwin was born the next day. Alwin was born in the northern part of Cape Girardeau County near New … More Daisy Blacksmith
About 5 years ago, I wrote the amazing story of Henry Hellwege who got married 4 times. That post was titled, The Fourth Marriage. Henry got married in 1837, 1847, 1851, and 1856. Henry had at least one child with each of his 4 wives. Today, you will read the story of one of Henry’s … More Carl Hellwege Finds Friedheim Frau
I will be encouraging folks to wish a “Happy 150th Birthday” to George Harmening today. This tale has certain similarities to yesterday’s story about a Lutheran church worker and a person who spent just a short time in Perry County. That is the case again with the tale of George Harmening’s life. There is also … More George and Gesine – The Harmening’s in Lidderdale
I must admit that when I found a potential story for today that involved a bride and groom named Klaus and Lohmann, I immediately thought that I would have to go to the books of Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar to get some images of documents. That is not the case. Instead, I discovered that … More Some Friedheim Lohmann’s
Gerard Fiehler and I were hanging out at the museum yesterday. I had just finished posting yesterday’s story and decided to begin looking for who could be the subject of today’s post. My usual routine is to open up the digital version of our German Family Tree and search its contents for special dates. I … More Confirmation Rites on Palm Sunday
Today’s post begins behind my barn and ends in Los Angeles. Back when I retired from teaching and moved to Altenburg, I was asked to look into what happened to the 11 members of the first class of the Log Cabin College that was built behind my barn. That research resulted in the publication of … More So Much Romance Behind My Barn
Today’s post may be one of those that presents just as many questions to the readers as there are answers. In the midst of it all, I will also share some of my speculations. I will begin with a birthday girl. This woman would be celebrating one of those special birthdays today. Her name was … More Doberenz’s Two Brides
I will present you with a new name today. It’s a name that takes us to the very end of the alphabet. This name has the very unusual spelling of Zschille. If you go to the very end of our German Family Tree, you will find a small selection of names that begin with the … More A Lowes Becomes Zschille in Friedheim
Charley Grass would be celebrating his 150th birthday today. I find his story fascinating because, as you will discover while reading this article, he spent almost his entire life in the company of Anna Grass. However, you will be told that there were two women who carried the name, Anna Grass. One was Charley’s sister; … More Charley and Two Women Named Anna Grass
I have written several stories over the years that begin with a rather lonely church record and then proceed to take place beyond the confines of our German Family Tree. Today, you will read another one of those tales. The only record in our GFT for a man by the name of Ernst Andrew Diefenbach … More A Diefenbach Duo
