The March 7, 1848 issue of Der Lutheraner contained this article: “This past Sexagesima Sunday and the day after [February 27-28] the local German Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession had the pleasure of being able to dedicate its newly constructed second church in the northern part of the city. The church has … More The Second St. Louis Lutheran Church (LCMS)
The research team at the Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum was experiencing some difficulty searching for the death records of a Carl Wunderlich who apparently died sometime in 1849. He had married in August of 1848 and his “widow” remarried in February of 1850. We finally had a “Eureka” moment when we realized that Rev. … More More Holes…and Some Handwriting
According to most sources, Rev. Martin Stephan died on February 21, 1846 in Horse Prairie, Illinois. Rev. Stephan was the leader of the German immigration to Perry County in 1838-1839. He was exiled from the colony in May of 1839 as a result of allegations that he misused funds in the treasury and was involved … More A Pastor’s Passing in Prairie
Rev. Johann Friedrich Koestering was born on February 20, 1830. For a while he was pastor of the churches in both Altenburg and Frohna. It was during these years that new church sanctuaries were built at both of these congregations. In 2017, Trinity, Altenburg will be celebrating the 150th anniversary of the dedication of its … More Koestering Hole
Four hundred seventy years ago, Martin Luther died on February 18th. His last written words were the ones in the title of this blog. Three hundred years after Luther’s death, the Lutheran church here in Altenburg, Missouri was draped with many yards of black cloth. On that day, which was a Wednesday, a morning service … More We Are Beggars: This Is True
February 17, 1869 was the birthday of Rev. Henry Adam Klein. He was born in Klein, Texas (now called Spring, Texas). The town of Klein was named after Adam Klein, Rev. Klein’s father. Rev. Klein’s connection to East Perry County is the fact that he was the pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Wittenberg … More Klein from Klein
On February 16, 1904, Paul Loeber married Anna Kilguss in Providence, Rhode Island. Paul was the son of Christoph Loeber, one of the students in the inaugural class at the Log Cabin College. Christoph’s father, Gotthold, was a pastor. Christoph was a pastor. And Paul was a pastor. Rev. Paul Loeber served congregations in Providence, … More A Northeast Loeber
On Valentine’s Day, 1886, Rev. C.F.W. Walther united Rev. John Jacob Trinklein and Sarah Buenger in marriage in St. Louis, Missouri. In doing so, Rev. Walther was officiating at the wedding of his niece, the daughter of his wife’s brother, Herman Buenger, a druggist in St. Louis. Rev. Walther was getting up there in years … More Valentine Wedding
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/The_Levee_or_Landing%2C_St._Louis%2C_Missouri.jpg The photo shows the St. Louis landing in 1857 On February 9, 1839, the steamboat Clyde arrived in St. Louis, Missouri with about 140 passengers from Germany. These German Lutherans had traveled across the Atlantic Ocean aboard the Johann Georg before boarding the Clyde in New Orleans. Two Lutheran pastors aboard this boat … More The Clyde Arrives in St. Louis
After the death of Otto Herman Walther in January of 1841, Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Louis called Otto’s brother, Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther, to be their next pastor on February 8th. Rev. C.F.W. Walther was serving two congregations in and around Perry County, Missouri at the time. The congregation chose a shoemaker named Martin … More A Call is Delivered
