Today’s post should be pretty short. The birthday boy does not live long, and he never was married, so that doesn’t make for a long story. In fact, when I’m looking for a story and see such a situation, I am more likely to skip over it and look for a different story. However, today, … More Albert the Accountant from Wittenberg
As I have done research on the Gemeinhardt family tree, I have noticed that probably the most repeated name in that family is Charles (or Karl). In fact, I happen to know a Charlie Gemeinhardt who lives in Memphis. He is a living descendant from another branch of this Gemeinhardt family tree. I will attempt … More Charles Gemeinhardt, Mississippi River Dredger
I do not often tell the story of a lifelong bachelor, but that is what I will do today. In the case of today’s character, there is evidence that he spent almost his entire life living with members of his family. What makes this more amazing is the fact that he and other members of … More Always a Brother, Never a Husband
You will be reading another post today that begins with a child who would be celebrating his 125th birthday if he was still alive. Joseph Traugott Martin Kaempfe was born on April 21, 1898, the son of Otto and Magdalena (Mueller) Kaempfe. There were 6 children born to Otto and Magdalena, and Joseph was the … More Joseph Kaempfe’s Tumultuous Young Life
I think the main character in today’s post would have the distinction of being the shortest name of all the individuals that have previously appeared on this blog. Her name was Ida Ude. I asked some locals how they would pronounce this name, and the answer I was given was Eye-da Oo-dee. That means this … More Shortest Name?
You will not be reading a typical blog post today. Normally, I do some family research on people who have some connection to the Lutheran churches of East Perry County. Today, I am going to document a field trip that I made yesterday with my wife, Sandi, and some friends of ours from Minnesota, Rev. … More Setting Course for Cole Camp
I have the privilege today to write the real story of a couple of individuals that are main characters in my two books, Wittenberg ’03: Coming of a Church and Wittenberg ’04: Coming of a Railroad. These two are Laura Gemeinhardt and Teacher Richard Kalbfleisch. The story of this couple is one that inspired me … More Wittenberg Characters
I am sure most people can point to some aspect of their own childhood that helped prepare them for their future livelihood. I think one of today’s main characters was such a person whose childhood prepared her for her future as a housekeeper. Here is why. Selma Nennert grew up in a hotel/boarding house. She … More Selma’s Own Boarding House
I will begin today by asking for forgiveness. I am going to get a little naughty today. I am going to talk about a family whose name was Heine, which would be pronounced “hiney”. Eventually I will get around to talking about clean hineys, which, as you might expect, refers to a person’s backside. Let’s … More Two Stories: A Heine and a Hiney
You might think that I would write the first post for 2020 about some sort of new beginning. To a certain extent, that is the case, because we will be looking at a man who was born on the first day of 1890, making him today’s birthday boy. However, when you look at his life, … More An Electrifying End
