Today’s birthday girl is Anna Louise Martha Brune, who was born on March 23, 1885. That means today would be her 140th birthday. Martha, or Mattie, as she was often called, was the daughter of Christian and Marie (Sewing) Brune. She was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim. An image of her baptism record … More Friedheim Friese’s
Today’s birthday girl does not have much of a presence in our German Family Tree. At least not yet. Below is an image of the items included in that document for Bertha Wilhelmine Scholl. If you look closely, her baptism and first marriage record are not indexed in the GFT. The only church record listed … More Scholl – Seabaugh – Bergmann – Ochs
I have written several stories over the years that begin with a rather lonely church record and then proceed to take place beyond the confines of our German Family Tree. Today, you will read another one of those tales. The only record in our GFT for a man by the name of Ernst Andrew Diefenbach … More A Diefenbach Duo
Today’s post begins with the birth of a girl named Hulda Carolina Martha Bingenheimer on August 18, 1898. She would be 124 years old today if she was still alive. Hulda was the daughter of John and Lena (Moeller) Bingenheimer. Let me explain today’s title. A previous post was titled Brother John’s Girls, and that … More Hulda Bingenheimer – One of Brother John’s Girls
