Several days ago, I wrote the post, The Kasten-Ludwig Couple. Today I will share a story with a similar title. However, the setting for today’s tale is different. The post written recently was set in Shawnee Township of northern Cape Girardeau County. Today, the story will be set in Union Township of Perry County. The … More The Kasten-Telle Couple
Magdalena “Lena” Hooss, if she was still alive, would be celebrating a very special birthday today. She was born on October 2, 1845, the daughter of Henry and Barbara (Fath) Hooss making today her 175th birthday. Lena’s baptism record is found in the books of Grace Lutheran Church in Uniontown. A note in this record … More Cook and Concierge/Barber and Barkeep
If you travel through Germany, you can find quite a few old castles which can help you understand times gone by. But did you know that there were Kassel’s in Perry County, Missouri that can still be studied to learn about the past? We will look at a Kassel that was born on this day. … More A Kassel in Perry County
Today’s birthday girl will marry a man who was shown as Alwin Koenig on several documents, but was buried as Alvin Koenig. I think the change was likely due to how Germans pronounce the name Alwin. The “w” in German is mostly pronounced like Americans pronounce a “v”. So, if someone asked Alwin for his … More Alwin (Or Is It Alvin) Koenig
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
