I do not know if I really have a birthday boy today or not. That is because there is some debate about the birthday of one of today’s main characters. Church records do not agree on the date of birth of Gotthilf Hecht. According to his baptism record at Grace Lutheran Church in Uniontown, Missouri, … More Gotthilf and Lydia Hecht
I’m going to attempt to post a quick story today. Like most of you, the next few days will be hectic for me. I know there will be no new story tomorrow on Christmas Day. Perhaps I might re-post an old story. I will eventually get around to a birthday boy today, but I am … More Baby Hemmann’s Christmas Man
You are getting today’s story a day late. It is because Fred Eggers experienced some internet website difficulties and had to postpone the post which was scheduled to be done two days ago. I had done research on the tale I will tell today that involves a special birthday, so I decided to still publish … More An Early German/Austrian Couple
When I wrote yesterday’s post about Hugo Hemmann, whose wedding anniversary was November 2nd, I didn’t realize that his father, Julius Hemmann, had a November 3rd wedding anniversary. In fact, his father’s first wedding not only took place on this date, but he was married in 1870, making today his 150th wedding anniversary. I cannot … More Papa Julius
I boldly enter the Hemmann Herd today. It will highlight the marriage between a Hemmann and a Stueve. This is not the first post telling the story of a Hemmann marrying a Stueve. In the post, Another Hanna Story, you can read about a Hemmann woman marrying a Stueve man. That marriage took place in … More Hugo the Builder and His Girls
The first thing I must do today is discuss the pronunciation of the surname Hoeh that you see in the title. Folks around here would pronounce this name as “hay”. We will be looking at the “ride” made by Carl Edward Hoeh as he made his journey through life. The homes he had throughout his … More The Hoeh Ride
I’m going to begin with a little mathematics today. Today is September 2nd, or as is shown with just numbers, 9/2. 9 x 2 = 18. Also, 9 “squared” is 81. So, for my crazy mathematical brain, 9/2/1881 carries with it a special mathematical significance. And 9/2/1881 is the birthday for one of the main … More Pocahontas Undertaker
I did notice one of the main characters in today’s story in a document I looked at yesterday. However, it was not until I started searching for a person to write about for today that I decided to use that same document for this post. Let’s start by looking at that document. It was shared … More Cousin Baptism Twins
Today is not just Groundhog Day. Today is not just Super Bowl Sunday. You can also point out that today’s date when written as 02/02/2020 is a palindrome…it can be read the same backwards and forwards. However, today also happens to be the 180th anniversary of the establishment of the Lutheran church in Paitzdorf, Missouri. … More Grace, Uniontown Turns a 180
If you were to ask me to list the top four surnames of lay people who were associated with the establishment of the Lutheran church in Uniontown, Missouri, I think that list would be the following: Hemmann, Frentzel, Hopfer, and Telle. Those are certainly not the only important names involved in the history of that … More Uniontown Hall of Fame Names
