A man and a woman who were part of the original immigrants to arrive in Perry County in 1839 would be celebrating a special wedding anniversary today, and I will be telling their story. Both the bride and the groom had been married prior to their wedding, but their first spouses had died. I will … More Holy Matrimony for a Hoffmann and a Hopfer
In 2022, a post was written about a Schaefer couple that began in Old Appleton but made their way out west titled, From Old Appleton to San Francisco – With Stops in Kansas and Idaho. I will revisit that family today to tell the tale of a pair of daughters of that couple. One of … More Single Schaefer Sisters in San Francisco
I saw the surnames, Funke and Ochs, show up in a search for an event that took place on January 28th. My immediate thought was that I had already written a post about this pair. I figured it would be a good story for this blog, but I thought it was also a done deal. … More A Funke-Ochs Longtown Duo
The German Family Tree directed me to Rev. Johannes Rennicke for today’s tale. Actually, I have previously written a post about Rev. Rennicke that was titled, Yet Another Jahn Marriage. However, that post was written during the first year of this blog and did not contain many documents. I thought I would expand on his … More Rev. John Rennicke Finds Altenburg Bride
Christian Heinrich Pohlmann was born on January 12, 1896, so he qualifies to be today’s birthday boy. Henry would be 130 years old today. Henry was the son of William and Anna (Bangert) Pohlmann. He was baptized at the Lixville Lutheran Church. An image of his baptism record is displayed below. Henry is found in … More Some Lixville Pohlman’s
Today’s birthday girl was a Berkbigler. That is a name that is not found much in our German Family Tree. That is because, for the most part, that surname is primarily one found in the Catholic parish books around here. However, today you will read about a Berkbigler who found her way into the Lutheran … More Emanuel and Mary – From Friedheim to Uniontown
I am sharing an old story today because our German Family Tree says that the main character, Johann George Roth, was born on January 6, 1806. If that is his correct date of birth, then today would be his 220th birthday. Yesterday, I mentioned that I get excited when I discover someone who is celebrating … More The Roth Patriarch’s 220th Birthday
About three years ago, I wrote a story about a man named George Kaufmann. He was part of the tale about the bicentennial birthday of his wife and titled, Regina’s Bicentennial Jubilee. That George Kaufmann came to Perry County as part of the New York Group when he was a boy. Well, I found a … More The George Kaufmann from Jackson
I will tell the story of a baby boy who was born in Uniontown on today’s date 150 years ago. You will discover (or rediscover) that the circumstances of this baby’s birth were rather unusual. If you rediscover it, you would have read a previous post about this infant’s older brother who celebrated his 150th … More Theodore Harmening – Chicago Grocer
Today’s tale will eventually get around to our birthday girl. I am going to begin with the man who is highlighted in this story because he ended up getting married twice, and it was his second wife who is the birthday girl. This man is yet another one of those characters that can be described … More Gross-Gerichs Gordonville Group
