Our German Family Tree does not contain much information about today’s birthday boy, and what it does contain may be wrong. Gustav Adolph Bergt was born on February 18th. However, his year of birth is somewhat debatable. The GFT says he was born in 1860, which would mean today he would be 165 years old. … More Perry County to Nebraska to Dutch Corner, CA
Although we begin today’s story in Frohna, Missouri, that is not where most of the story takes place. This is yet another one of those posts in which a person is born in East Perry County, but early on, moves to a different location. Natalie Augusta Blancken was born on August 27, 1899, so she … More Talie and Elmer – A Red Bud/Frohna Pair in Colorado
When I saw that there was a Grebing girl who married Jacob Fischer back in the 1800’s, I figured it was a duo made up of two children of the original immigrants. Then I noticed that the New York Group not only included the original Grebing to enter Perry County, Hartmann Grebing, but there was … More Hartmann’s Daughter Marries Fischer from Wittenberg
You are about to take a trip back in time, starting in St. Louis, and proceeding to New Wells, Frohna, and Seelitz in Missouri and Horse Prairie in Illinois. The Missouri and Illinois settings have the common thread of Rev. Martin Stephan. All of those places are connected to Diane Guelzow, whose husband’s family roots … More Acts of God – Part 3
Hartmann Grebing arrived in Perry County in 1839. Because he did, there are still several Grebings that live here to this day, and on occasion, other Grebings often come here to visit. Right now is one of those special occasions when a rather large gathering of Grebings is taking place. Over one hundred descendants of … More A Gathering of Grebings
Today, July 9, would be the 173rd anniversary of Hartmann and Justine (Göthe) Grebing. According to Grebing family history accounts, Hartmann came to America in 1837, arriving in New York. People in the Grebing family talk about him coming aboard the Grand Turk, but I was unable to find his name on a passenger list … More Grebing/Göthe
