I will describe a marriage between a Kluegel and a Grebing in this post. This Kluegel/Grebing couple had no children, so there are no descendants that resulted from the marriage. However, I find it interesting that there is still a connection between the Kluegel’s and the Grebing’s nowadays. We will begin with the birthday girl. … More Kluegel-Grebing Connections – Then and Now
Today is the 130th anniversary of the wedding of Jacob and Louisa Grebing. This couple spent almost their entire married lives in East Perry County, but late in their lives were in St. Louis at the time of their deaths. During those last years, Jacob was an instrumental character involved in the construction of a … More Jacob and the St. Louis Replica Cabin
In previous posts, I have mentioned the multitude of Anna Popp’s that are found in our German Family Tree. I will once again display the list of Anna Popp’s that show up in the Fritsche-Miesner family tree on Ancestry.com put together by our friend, Lori Adams. One of the above Anna Popp’s has a birthday … More Feig-Mueller-Popp-Weber
The surname, Weber, is one that has several different clans. We find this name in the records of almost every Lutheran church in this area. There were a few Weber’s that were part of the Gesellschaft that arrived in 1839. Others arrived later and settled in different parts of Perry County. Today, you will hear … More Henry and Amalia Weber – The Other Weber Farm
I seem to be running across quite a few men named Martin lately. Today, you will read about another Martin who is today’s birthday boy. Johann Martin Kaufmann was born on December 31, 1861, making today his 160th birthday. Martin was the son of George and Regina (Goethe) Kaufmann. His mother was one of the … More Martin and Emma – The Kaufmann’s
We often call Sylvan Grove, Kansas a suburb of Perry County, Missouri because we find so many folks from here who moved and settled in Sylvan Grove. You will read yet another story about a family that ended up there in today’s post. It all begins with a boy that was born on this day. … More Ruehling’s in Sylvan Grove
I will once again enter the Grebing family today to discuss the very first Grebing child to be born and baptized in Perry County, Missouri. After Hartmann Grebing married Justine Goethe on July 9, 1843, their first child, a boy named Johann Friedrich Grebing, was born on August 6, 1844. That would make today his … More Firstborn Grebing in Perry County
Martha Sophia Adelheid Heins was born on March 9, 1876, making today her 145th birthday. Although Martha had two sisters and only one brother that lived to adulthood, her later life would be dominated by boys and men. Her husband was part of a family made up of mostly men, and her children were almost … More Martha and a Multitude of Kaufmann Males
The name of Justine Grebing has appeared in quite a few posts on this blog. In fact, back in 2016, the first year of this blog’s existence, I wrote a post titled, Grebing/Göthe, which highlighted Justine’s marriage. That post was written back in the days when I was a rookie in the blog game, and … More Justine’s Bicentennial Jubilee
We will be looking at a special wedding anniversary today. It will detail the story of a couple that was married on October 20, 1870, making today their 150th wedding anniversary. It was the marriage of Adolph Bergt and Magdalena Weber. Let’s begin by looking at the early life of Adolph. Adolph was a junior. … More Bergt-Weber’s 150th
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