Today we learned of the death of Dr. Ingerose Paust: historian, author, scholar, and our friend. In late 2015, we celebrated the publication of her historic novel, Exodus of the 800. It was Concordia Univ. Austin’s wonderful translation into English of her earlier German novel. In 2014, Dr. Paust traveled to America from her home in … More Dr. Ingerose Paust
In October of 1866, Johann Stueve was traveling back to America after picking up Rebecka von Glahn who he planned to marry in America. They were both from the Hanover area of Germany. As you can see in the passenger list above, Rebecka is listed as a 26 year old passenger (along with a Margaretha … More Bringing Back a Bride
Today’s post from me is personal. If you look at the same photo above that was in a previous blog post, you will see that two days after the death of Johann Christoph Weber, a young girl, Eve Magdalene Schmidt, died on March 31, 1839. Eva was the two year old daughter of George Joachim … More It Took Commitment
If you attend a worship service at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, you will see another item which came over on the ships in 1838-1839. That item is shown in the photo above. It is a wooden crucifix, and it still adorns the altar at this church. Once again we will use some words written … More Good Friday Image
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/The_Levee_or_Landing%2C_St._Louis%2C_Missouri.jpg The photo shows the St. Louis landing in 1857 On February 9, 1839, the steamboat Clyde arrived in St. Louis, Missouri with about 140 passengers from Germany. These German Lutherans had traveled across the Atlantic Ocean aboard the Johann Georg before boarding the Clyde in New Orleans. Two Lutheran pastors aboard this boat … More The Clyde Arrives in St. Louis
