On this day, April 2, in 1870, my great aunt, Maria Schmidt was born. I ran across this picture of her wedding with William Doering which was taken in 1898. I have been told that white wedding dresses did not become fashionable until after 1900, so the dark dress in this photo is not unusual. … More Wedding Picture Question
You’ve heard of “Where is Waldo?” Today we ask the question, “Where is Theodore?” We are looking for Theodore Fischer. One source that we have indicates the in the photo on the left above, that Theodore Fischer is the boy on the left. This is a segment of the photo we posted a few days … More Where is Theodore?
Yesterday, I posted a photo of Teacher Hemmann’s class at Trinity Lutheran School in Altenburg, Missouri. In that photo was a pair of twins. Those twins have now been identified. They are Marie and Martha Lorenz (like Mary and Martha in the Bible story). Their parents were Christian F. and Ida (Schlimpert) Lorenz. The twins … More Together in Birth and Death
The research crew at Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum recently identified a new answer to the above question. According to an old article found in the Perryville paper, Gottwerth Schmidt who died on April 14, 1926, was the last of the original immigrants to die. He also happens to be my great grandfather. We have … More Which of the Original Immigrants Was the Last to Die?
On March 10, I posted about the beginning of the Hemmann Herd. Today I switch to the last child born to Gottfried Hemmann. On March 16, 1864, Michael Benjamin Hemmann was born in Uniontown, Missouri. About three months after his birth, Gottfried died at the age of 72. One must sit back in amazement at … More The Last of the Hemmann Herd….Teacher Hemmann
As usual, I began today by looking for events which took place in Perry County on this day. I happened upon the birth of Alma Marie Ella Schuessler on March 14, 1890. She was baptized one week later on March 21. That was the end of the good news. As is shown in the photo … More So Many Causes of Death
March 11, 1856 was the birthday of Pauline Auguste Palisch. She was the third of nine children born to Carl Gottlieb and Augusta Emilie (Engert) Palisch. Sadly, Pauline’s time on earth was quite short. She died on October 30, 1857, living only one year, seven months, and nineteen days. She was buried one day later … More The Perils of Pauline (Palisch)
On March 10, 1820, Wilhelm Hemmann was born in Paitzdorf, Germany. He was the first child born to Johann Gottfried and Marie (Bachmann) Hemmann. He would not be the last child born to this man. When the German immigrants sailed to the United States in the fall of 1839 as part of the Gruber group, … More The Beginning of the Hemmann Herd
I had some pancakes for breakfast this morning. Considering how hungry I was at the time, those pancakes quickly disappeared. This post tells the story of some other “pancakes” that quickly disappeared in East Perry County. On March 9, 1876, 140 years ago today, Julius Ernst Pfannkuchen was born. Pfannkuchen is German for pancake. Julius … More The Pancakes Disappear
The Research Crew at the Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum have been asked to solve a mystery. We were contacted by a gentleman from Nebraska from the Gieringer family. For some reason, the pictured confirmation certificate was given to him by his uncle. What he does not understand is why the confirmation certificate of Meta … More Can You Solve This Mangels Mystery?
