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
Heinrich Gotthilf Kaufmann is our birthday boy today. He was born on August 4, 1852, the son of George and Regina (Goethe) Kaufmann. His father, George, was a teenager when he arrived in Perry County as a member of the New York Group in 1839. His parents were married not long before Rev. Gotthold Loeber’s … More Kaufmann Kinder Casualties
Our German Family Tree says that Johann Birner was born on this day back in 1815. There are problems in definitively stating that today would have been his birthday. First of all, John was born in the Bavarian region of Germany, so we do not have a baptism record for him that would have given … More Birner Beginnings
One hundred forty-six years ago today, two weddings took place at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. That event included a brother and a sister in the Grebing family. One sibling married a Rabold; the other married a Militzer. Back in those days, you didn’t always find weddings taking place on weekends like most of them … More Double Wedding in the Hole
A birthday girl led me to tell the story of two married couples today. I discovered that two brothers from one family married two sisters from another family. It is their stories that I tell today. The two families involved are the Kaufmann’s and the Boehme’s. First, let’s talk about the parents of the brothers … More A Pair of Kaufmann/Boehme Couples
Hartmann Grebing arrived in Perry County in 1839. Because he did, there are still several Grebings that live here to this day, and on occasion, other Grebings often come here to visit. Right now is one of those special occasions when a rather large gathering of Grebings is taking place. Over one hundred descendants of … More A Gathering of Grebings
Gottlob Grebing and Lucia Preusser were married on May 26, 1895 at Trinity Lutheran Church. We have a wedding photo of this Altenburg couple. Gottlob was the youngest child of Hartmann and Justina (Goethe) Grebing. Lucia was the youngest child of Friedrich and Juliane (Kuehn) Preusser. When this couple was married, Gottlob was employed as … More Saddle Shop Still Standing
Today, July 9, would be the 173rd anniversary of Hartmann and Justine (Göthe) Grebing. According to Grebing family history accounts, Hartmann came to America in 1837, arriving in New York. People in the Grebing family talk about him coming aboard the Grand Turk, but I was unable to find his name on a passenger list … More Grebing/Göthe
