Today’s discussion will be about solving a genealogical problem. We noticed this issue when one of our sources indicated that the marriage of Justine Hopfer and Johann George Hesse took place on this day, July 12, in 1843. Then we noticed that a birth was recorded to this couple at the end of September. This … More Translator’s Blunder
I have had the honor of directing the Lutheran Heritage Center for 11 years. It has been a privilege to captain this ship along with great executive board members, volunteers, and support from around the globe. Every trip into this pretty little town brings me joy. No where are the changing seasons more lovely than … More This is my circus, and these are my monkeys!
May 5, 1858 was the birthday of Martha Mathilda Buenger in Altenburg, Missouri. Her parents were Dr. Ernst Eduard Buenger and Amalie (Weber) Buenger. Because Rev. C.F.W. Walther’s wife was Ernst’s sister, this makes Mathilda his niece. In 1879, Mathilda married Joseph Samuel Mueller, also from Altenburg. However, their marriage took place in Ft. Wayne, … More Yet Another Mueller Question
The name, Benjamin Gottfried Schuessler, caught my eye today. I noticed that he was listed as having the same date of birth as his day of death….April 23. Then I ran into a problem. As you can see in his baptismal record in the Concordia, Frohna books, it says he was born on April 23, … More Which Record Is More Reliable
Our Research Crew had no idea what to write about today. And then Ted Mueller walked in the door. Ted was here from Chester, Illinois to do the job of touching up the paint job on the interior of Trinity Lutheran Church here in Altenburg. Ted had painted the entire interior of the church about … More Another Mueller Mystery Solved
Today, I was attempting to find out if there were any marriages or births which occurred around the time of the Altenburg Debate. In doing so, I found out that one of the characters of the triple wedding which was on our blog a few days ago, was born at about that time. Maria Kramer, … More Connecting Two Blog Posts
An extremely unusual event occurred at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg on this day, April 14, in 1864, one hundred fifty-two years ago. Since the new church in Altenburg was not built until 1867, this event took place in the 1845 church which still serves as a gallery in our museum. The event was a … More Three in One at Trinity
Right after the Civil War, Caroline (Franke) Mueller gave birth to a son, Gottfried Adolph, on April 7, 1866 in Uniontown, Missouri. The father was Christoph Mueller. Twenty-two years later, Adolph married Martha Koenig at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar, Missouri. The marriage license is shown above. Two items of note: Adolph’s grandfather, Gottfried Mueller, … More Mueller-Koenig (with a Kunegunda connection)
April 6 was the birthday of Kunigunda Wirth in 1849. Her name can be found in both the Friedenberg and Longtown, Missouri church records. After seeing this name, we became curious about the name Kunigunda’s origin. The name appears to have roots in Germanic tribes in Europe, and the name means “brave warrior”. This also … More Brave Warrior?
While searching for a historical occasion that occurred on this date, I ran across the death date of Ida Emilie Martha (Mueller) Doering…..April 5, 1894. She was the first wife of Wilhelm Doering. A few days ago, I posted a photo of Wilhelm’s second wedding to Maria Schmidt and asked about Maria’s white veil worn … More Another Black and White Wedding
