Arthur Friedrich Meyr’s birthday is the starting point for today’s post. He was born on November 20, 1898, so today would be his 125th birthday. Arthur was the 5th and last child of Gustav and Clara (Scholl) Meyr. He was baptized, like all his siblings, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells. An image of … More Arthur Meyr – New Wells Auto Mechanic
This post will be different. I usually begin a post with a birthday or wedding anniversary. This post begins with the arrival of a ship in New Orleans on November 7, 1853. That means today would mark the 170th anniversary of that event. I did begin by looking for events that took place on November … More Ella’s Passengers
Today’s post will highlight a man who was born on this day, November 5, 1898. He would have to blow out 125 candles on his birthday cake if he was still alive today. His name was Friedrich Paul Haertling. Even though he did not have the exact same name as his father, he was called … More Paul, Jr. – Pocahontas Saw Miller and Home Builder
In several previous posts about characters from New Wells, I have mentioned a “neighborhood” made up of residents with the names of Koch, Koenig, and Haertling. You are about to read another one. It is a story that begins with a different surname, one that appeared in a recent post about Johann Meinz. The birthday … More A Wienberg Joins the Koch-Koenig-Haertling New Wells Neighborhood
On several occasions, I have mentioned a special “neighborhood” found in the rural area near the town of New Wells. That neighborhood was occupied over the time period of several censuses by families with the surnames, Haertling, Koenig, and Koch. Back in the 1850’s and 1860’s, there was a set of Haertling siblings that married … More New Wells Neighborhood Nuptials
cording to our German Family Tree, eleven children were born to Oswald and Augusta (Pfeiffer) Haertling, and the first 10 of them were boys. It is reminiscent of the 9 boys that were born into a Dietrich family in Altenburg that were called the Altenburg Giants in a previous post. You will be reading about … More One of the Haertling Boys
I almost overlooked today’s story because I have already written a story about Benjamin Koenig. That post was titled B.J. and Anna – A Koenig/Brueckner Pair. That Benjamin Koenig was born in 1870 and lived his life in Farrar. I looked more carefully at the data concerning a Benjamin Koenig that I ran across and … More The New Wells Benjamin Koenig
Julius Arno Koenig was born on September 27, 1897, thus making today his 125th birthday. You will be reading his story today. This tale will take us to several local congregations before ending up in St. Louis. Several Ancestry.com family histories call him Arnold, and even his gravestone uses this name, but his baptism record … More Arno and Agnes – The Koenig’s
Wilhelmina Marie Christine Hellwege was born 163 years ago. Her birthday was July 1, 1858. This girl would most often be called Mina or something similar on future documents. Mina’s parents were Heinrich and Friedericke (Winter) Hellwege. A previous post was written about Mina’s father and his four wives titled, The Fourth Marriage. Mina was … More Jake and Mina
A few days ago, in a post titled, Ed and Julie Koenig, it was pointed out that a passenger list included the surnames Koenig, Koch, and Haertling, and several folks with those surnames ended up forming a “neighborhood” of farms in the Shawnee Township. That neighborhood remained intact over at least 3 census records…30 years. Today, … More Lena Starzinger Joins the Neighborhood
