I get to tell another one of those “cradle to grave couples at the same church” stories today. This one took place at Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna. The tale begins with a birthday girl. Laura Anna Martha Schroeter was born on September 14, 1881. That means today would be her 145th birthday. Laura was … More Andrew and Laura – Frohna Popp’s
The name, Arnold Meyr, has already appeared on this blog. His claim to fame, if you want to call it that, was that he was aboard the train involved in the train robbery that took place in November of 1922 in Wittenberg. That earlier post was An Infamous Day in Wittenberg. Arnold was one of … More Arnold and Alida – Altenburg Meyr’s
Sometimes people refer to the youngest child born to parents as the “baby in the family”. I will tell the story of such a baby girl in the family of the pastor at Peace Lutheran Church in Friedenberg today. That baby is today’s birthday girl. Augusta Marie Guemmer (pronounced Gimmer around here) was born on … More Pastor Guemmer’s Baby Girl
Today’s birthday girl had two husbands, having children with both of them, and was involved in two different local congregations which had the same name. Emilie Hacker was born on September 7, 1880, so today would be her 145th birthday. Emilie was the daughter of Andreas and Brigitta (Friedmann) Hacker. Since she was baptized at … More Hacker – Heiser – Kirmse
In today’s day and age, a hacker has a definition that never existed even in fairly recent history, much less back in 1839. So, today’s story about a Hacker is not about a computer hacker. It will be a post that tells the story of one of the original immigrants who was part of the … More An Original Hacker
For quite a while now, I have operated my choice of subjects for this blog based upon a principle that I would focus my efforts on telling the story of people who were born in the 1800’s. Now that we have reached 2025, I struggled a bit with the fact that people born in 1900 … More Harry Sandler – Perryville Mechanic
One of the big questions I came away with while researching the story of today’s birthday girl is how to spell her first name. I challenge you to look at the various documents I will display to see how it is spelled. You will find several different variations. And then, when all is said and … More Oswald and Otillie – Longtown Funke’s
Today would be the 130th birthday of Martin Eugene Schamburg, who was born on January 16, 1894. Martin was the son of Traugott and Elizabeth (Hoeckel) Schamburg. Some folks spell his mother’s surname as Haeckel or Hackel. Martin was baptized at Peace Lutheran Church in Friedenberg, so we cannot view an image of his baptism record. We find him … More Crosstown Schamburg Marries Pastor’s Granddaughter
The couple you will read about today will take us on a trip. As you might expect, the story will begin in Perry County, but that is only the starting point for their journey through life. Perry County is certainly what I would refer to as a “Lutheran hot spot”. The odyssey made by today’s pair will take … More The Hilpert’s Odyssey
The starting point for our story is the birth of a baby girl on July 30, 1898. If she was still alive today, she would be celebrating her 125th birthday. Her name was Clara Louise Bergmann, the daughter of Heinrich and Maria Anna (Fassold) Bergmann. Clara was baptized at Peace Lutheran Church in Friedenberg, so … More Martin and Clara – Longtown Hacker’s
