If you place the German words of today’s title into Google Translate, you will find the English translation to be “master farmer”. A girl’s birthday led me to share the story of her and her husband, whose surname was Meister, a farmer from Frohna. I will begin with the Meister. Emil Meister was born on … More Meister Bauer
I did notice one of the main characters in today’s story in a document I looked at yesterday. However, it was not until I started searching for a person to write about for today that I decided to use that same document for this post. Let’s start by looking at that document. It was shared … More Cousin Baptism Twins
Jesus was a carpenter’s son. He went on to carry out the mission of his Heavenly Father. Although I begin with the birthday of a girl in Perry County today, I will use that event to kick off the story of one of her sons. That son was also the son of a carpenter, and … More A Carpenter’s Son
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
Yesterday’s story highlighted Juliane (Popp) Bruhl. It just so happened that I ran across another story that includes a Juliane Bruhl for today’s post. Today, Juliane’s maiden name was Juliane Bruhl, not her married name. And she married today’s birthday boy, Christian Schaefer. Let’s begin with Christian. He was born on July 17, 1835 in … More Another Juliane Bruhl
William Bingenheimer was born on this day, so he is today’s birthday boy. As it turns out, William married a woman who had another long name that begins with a “B”…Bodenschatz. First, let’s take a look at the arrival of the Bingenheimer’s. They arrived in 1848 aboard the Jaque Lafette. William’s father, Phillip Bingenheimer, was … More Bingenheimer and His Bodenschatz Bride
Just two days ago, I wrote the story of Frederick Seibel, who operated a blacksmith shop in Frohna during his lifetime. That story is directly related to the tale I will tell today. Frederick’s wife was an Oberndorfer, and that surname will be an important one today. The Seibel Blacksmith Shop was also located right … More Art’s Part in the Parts Partnership
On May 20th, I wrote the story of Ole’ Ben Hopfer, who married Emma Vogel on that date back in 1906. Today, you will read an account of the life of Ole’ Ben’s little sister, Martha Hopfer. And it turns out that Martha married Emma’s older brother, John Vogel about 4 months after the other … More Ole’ Ben’s Younger Sister
Benjamin Hopfer and Emma Vogel were married on this date 114 years ago. Although Emma lived to the ripe, old age of 92, her husband, Ole’ Ben Hopfer, oulived her, making it into three-digit territory. We will take a look at this couple today. Benjamin Hopfer was born on November 10, 1882, the son of … More Ole’ Ben Hopfer
I decided to write a story today about a couple that got married on March 28th. I had gotten quite a way through researching this couple before I discovered that another couple not only got married on the same day, but at the same church. Then I took a look to see if I had … More Adolf’s Ladies
