Today’s birthday girl was born in Altenburg, Missouri, but like so many others who have had their stories told on this blog, she would migrate to the big city of St. Louis and spend most of her life there. She would get married, but she and her husband were childless. However, despite that, we will … More August and Mathilda Enzmann – St. Louis Hotel Keepers
The birthday boy for today is Reinhold Selmer Kasten, who was born on February 24, 1872. Therefore, today would be his 153rd birthday. Reinhold was the son of Carl and Juliane (Lehner) Kasten. He was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells. His baptism record is displayed here. Reinhold is found in the 1880 … More Reinhold Kasten – Cape Girardeau Bookkeeper
In the early days of this blog, I wrote the story of Samuel Gaebler in the post titled, Gaebler the Grocer. I invite you to read that post to get more details that lead up to today’s story, but I will quickly summarize the early life of Samuel. He married Magdalena Schilling in Altenburg. They … More Gaebler Grub in Columbia, MO
You will be reading a story today that takes place in St. Louis, but it has quite a few connections to people in East Perry County. This post will also end up with Lynn Degenhardt editing our German Family Tree to include a man who managed to escape being found in that document. Marie Sophia … More Bretscher the Bookkeeper
I will tell the tale of another Perry County man who made the decision to move to the big city of St. Louis where he spent most of his life. That man is today’s birthday boy. Gustav Theodor Schamburg was born on July 7, 1881, so if he was still alive, he would have to … More Schamburg Restaurant
Today’s birthday girl was born and baptized in Perry County, but she spent most of her life living in St. Louis. She married a man from St. Louis, but he, too, had some roots in Perry County. Louise Theresia Gaebler was born on February 28, 1885, making today her 138th birthday. Louise was the daughter … More Louise Gaebler Marries a Clever Man
The surnames in today’s tale began in East Perry County, but that’s not where they are found later. Both surnames made their way to northern Cape Girardeau County. Then the couple I will discuss today ended up in several other locations. The two surnames were Petzoldt and Gaebler. I will begin by looking at today’s … More Selma and Her Family’s Farmhand
Heinrich August Miesner is today’s birthday boy. He was born on January 26, 1888, the son of Frederick and Sophia (Korte) Miesner. This man went by the name of Henry Miesner, and that means I once again have to be careful, because we find several Henry Miesner’s in our German Family Tree. The Miesner family … More Henry A. Miesner – Cape Car Guy
Today’s post once again sent me off on some more tangential research (down some extra rabbit holes). This time, I was off on a journey to learn the history of refrigeration and tractor trailers. I had actually done some of this research a while back on refrigeration when I was writing my Wittenberg ’03 book. … More George Gerhardt – From Blacksmith to Selling Refrigerators
Carl Hugo Paffrath arrived in New York City in February of 1882 aboard the Vaderland. We see his name on the passenger list shown below. Little did Carl know that his family would cross paths with a girl from Perry County roots. It was that girl who is today’s birthday girl. Her name was Clara … More Clara’s Car Guy
