Theodore Fischer was born on this day back in 1897. However, which Theodore Fischer was he? One Theodore Fischer was born in 1902, and he became the doctor in Altenburg for most of his life. He is not the Theodore Fischer who is today’s birthday boy. Theodore Elmo Leo Fischer was born on December 3, … More Bud and Edna
I cannot even begin to tell you how many times I have mis-typed the word “school” over the years and ended up with “scholl”. However, that is not what happened when I wrote the title to this post. It really is spelled Scholl, and it a rather well-known surname in these here parts. I hear … More Shawneetown Scholl
I have already written a few posts that have included Bernhardt Palisch. Just this past week, I wrote the story, Lichtenegger in Altenburg, which told of one of his daughters marrying a Lichtenegger. That is not the only story on this blog which has mentioned Bernhardt as the father of a story character. Another story … More Two Wives – Two Dozen Children
The story I tell today brings together three surnames that have shown up in this blog on many occasions….Engert, Gerler, and Palisch. And the Palisch surname actually shows up twice in this story. It all starts with the birthday of Gotthilf Engert, who was born on September 30, 1845. He was the son of Friedrich … More Engert-Gerler-Palisch
I hinted yesterday that I might write about the Birmingham mentioned in the title of that story. I will keep my promise. Today, I will attempt to tell what little we know about a place that once existed on maps called Birmingham, Missouri. Most of the information I have today is from a piece of … More Birmingham, Missouri
Gerard Fiehler likes to call me the “Mayor of Dresden” (there is no such position), and I like to call him the “Mayor of Altenburg” even though he isn’t. Today, I plan to tell the story of a man who I will call the “Mayor of Birmingham”. This Birmingham is not the one in England … More Mayor of Birmingham
Today would have been the 169th birthday of the first person with the surname, Lichtenegger, to settle in the Cape Girardeau/Perry County area. Joseph Lichtenegger was born on March 2, 1850 in Goisern, Austria. At the age of 16, he boarded a ship all by himself to come to America in 1866. He may have … More The Pioneer Lichtenegger
When I got in our car this morning and turned on the radio, the lyrics of the old Beatles song came on that said, “They say it’s your birthday. It’s my birthday too, yeah.” Those lyrics fit today’s story pretty well. You will discover the reason as you read on. Richard Schade was born on … More Schade’s Short-lived Schöne
In the process of researching a birthday boy today, I managed to solve a previous mystery that has been bugging me. The birthday boy was Friedrich Ludwig Gerler who was born on April 14, 1873. Since this is a Gerler, I must give a shout-out to Diane Anderson, one of the research rock stars from … More The Birner-Lehner-Landgraf-Gerler Web
Today’s story was inspired by a post that was placed on Facebook recently. That post was made by our friends at the Perry County Historical Society in Perryville. They posted a letter that was printed in the Perry County Republican on May 8, 1919 that was from Otto Gerler to his father in Altenburg. Before … More Life in a Hard Hat
