Henry is today’s birthday boy, but before I tell his story, let me explain that in the German language the word for bird is vogel. Yesterday’s post highlighted a Vogel, and another Vogel will show up today. As I have researched the Vogel name in this area, I have found that the first Vogel’s in … More Henry’s Love Bird **Updated
John Arthur Vogel was born on August 18, 1883 in Pocahontas, Missouri. That would make today his 136th birthday. He was the son of Theodore and Emilie (Happel) Vogel. He was sometimes called John on records, sometimes Arthur, and sometimes J.A. I will use Arthur. He was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells, … More Give Me Livery or Give Me Life (Insurance)
Instead of focusing on a special event in one person’s life, I am going to look into the lives of a trio of siblings. That is because I noticed that there were three incidents of August 12 (8/12) showing up in three different children in the Bronnenkant family. There was a death, a birth, and … More The 8/12’s for Bronnenkant
Today’s story had so many twists and turns. For a while, I even considered not telling it. However, as you can see, I did end up writing and sharing it. And now that I have finished researching it, I conclude that it is an amazing tale. Emma Christiana Maria Lueders was born on August 1, … More Emma’s Heartbreaking End
This has happened to me on several occasions. After writing story about some East Perry County personality, a day or two later, I find another character who had the same name. Yesterday, there was a Martin Mueller mentioned in the story. He was the young man who married his step-sister, Elise Brandes. Today, I ran … More Another Martin Mueller
Carl Friedrich Moeckel (he went by “Fred”) was born on July 19, 1883. He was the firstborn child in the family of Charles and Mathilda (Sewerosky) Moeckel. Fred was baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna. Below is his baptism record. One more child was born and baptized at Concordia, Frohna, but when their third … More Motorman Moeckel
I will attempt to tell the story of Juliane Rabold today. After all, today would have been her 152nd birthday. As her life unfolded, she was always surrounded by almost entirely men and boys. Juliane was born on June 26, 1867 and baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altenburg. I am once again away from … More Juliane’s Men
In the year that Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States, Ferdinand Hellwege was born in Altenburg, Missouri. He is also today’s birthday boy because he was born on May 25, 1860. Ferdinand was the son of Henry and Fredericke (Winter) Hellwege. He was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. His baptism … More So Many Births; So Few Heirs
Until I find out differently, I am declaring the Roth/Roth marriage that took place on May 19, 1859 to be the first Roth/Roth marriage involving a personality from East Perry County. I have already written about others, most notably the one involving two Roth/Roth marriages that took place at the same time in the same … More The First Roth/Roth Couple
Before I discuss today’s married couple, I need to backtrack. Today’s couple is not the first marriage between a Schuessler and a Lueders that I have written. A post was previously written about such a couple titled, Forth and Back. It highlighted the couple made up of Gustav Lueders and Clara Schuessler. Gustav Lueders came … More Another Schuessler-Lueders Couple
