I will share another 150th birthday story today, and it just so happens to be related to a post that was written just two days ago about another man who was celebrating such a special birthday. That post was titled, Henry and Meta – The Zerbst Pair from Jacob. That birthday boy, Henry Zerbst, married Meta … More The Guetersloh’s – Herman and Marie
I will begin today by wishing a special 150th Happy Birthday to Heinrich Conrad Zerbst who was born on August 10, 1872. Henry was the son of Nicholas and Anna (Miesner) Zerbst. Henry was born in Germany near the city of Bremerhaven. A later census entry says Henry came to America in 1884 when he … More Henry and Meta – The Zerbst Pair from Jacob
Today’s tale begins in Perry County, but the setting changes rather quickly. Most of today’s setting is the Fountain Bluff Township of Jackson County, Illinois, just across the Mississippi River. The birthday girl is Frieda Emma Darnstaedt, who was born on March 5, 1898. Frieda’s parents were Martin and Bertha (Haacke) Darnstaedt. Frieda was one … More Zerbst – Darnstaedt – Rowold
Paul Jacob Kuehnert is today’s birthday boy. He was born on October 21, 1893, so today, he would have been blowing out 128 candles on his birthday cake. Paul was the son of Julius and Emma (Schmidt) Kuehnert. The Kuehnert family grew up in the Seelitz area of East Perry County, and Paul was baptized … More Caring for Soles and Souls
I have a story to tell today about Henry Miesner. I know I have written stories about men with this name before, so I did a search on our blog site for “Henry Miesner” and it came up with 7 different blog posts mentioning men by that name. I know that some of them were … More Yet Another Henry Miesner
Before I begin today’s story, I’d like to discuss pronunciation. I have talked to several local folks about how to pronounce Guetersloh. Although there is some difference of opinion, the pronunciation that gets the most support is Gitter-slaw. In fact, the folks that use this pronunciation far outnumber any other pronunciation. At least among the … More Guetersloh-Rathjen
In Scripture, we find this passage in James 1:27: 27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. You are going to be reading another story about how people in this … More Look After Widows and Orphans in Their Distress
Karl Gottlob Fritsche would have been 126 years old today. He was born on December 3, 1892, and baptized at Christ Lutheran Church in Jacob, Illinois. He was the son of Robert and Magdalene (Darnstaedt) Fritsche. This is his baptism record. It stretches out over two pages, so I had to make two images. Carl … More Ida and Charley
A little over a month ago, I wrote a post about some Guetersloh twins, Ida and Martin, that was titled, The Guetersloh Twins’ Spouses. I did not notice at the time that the father of those twins was a twin himself, and his twin was a sister. I will attempt to tell the story of … More Boy/Girl Guetersloh Twins
When I am doing research for this blog, I sometimes refer to what I do as “going down rabbit holes”. I spend way too much time going down these rabbit holes just to see where they lead. Today, I started with the birth of a set of Guetersloh twins born in Jacob, Illinois, but as … More The Guetersloh Twins’ Spouses
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