Anton Albert Steffens is today’s birthday boy. He was born on September 5, 1896, so today would be his 130th birthday. Anton was the son of Claus and Bertha (Thurm) Steffens. He was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altenburg. We can view his baptism record below in 2 images. Anton was 3 years old … More Anton and Hilda – Potter, Nebraska Pair
Somehow, a couple that has 13 children listed in our German Family Tree has escaped being characters on this blog for over 10 years of its existence. As near as I can tell, I have yet to write a story about any of the 13 children. That string comes to an end today. I begin … More Henry and Martha – Uniontown Wichern’s
In today’s story, you will read about a Magwitz who marries a Stelling. However, this is not the first Magwitz/Stelling marriage to appear on this blog. Another post was written titled, Magwitz-Stelling Mates, and it told the story of the older siblings of today’s couple getting married prior to the wedding I will discuss today. … More Martin and Anna Magwitz Move to Nebraska
The birthday boy for today is a man named Johann August Cornehlsen, who was born on September 4, 1884. If you do the math, you come up with this being his 140th birthday. John was the son of Henry and Martha (Holschen) Cornehlsen. A few years back, Faron Bartens wrote two articles about this family … More John Cornehlsen – To Logan, NM and Back
I rarely write a story on this blog that recognizes the anniversary of a death. I am much more likely to focus on celebratory events like birthdays and weddings. However, when I found the date of death of one of the leaders of the Stephanites who arrived in Perry County in 1839, I think it … More “Lord Jesus, You Have My Soul”
Today, we return to the Shawnee Township for our story. Yesterday, the post highlighted a man living in the Shawnee Township with a surname that began with a “K”…Koenig. Today, we double the amount of characters whose names begin with “K”. I will begin with our birthday boy. Richard Heinrich Kutscher was born on May … More A Double-K Wedding – Kutscher/Kasten
Today’s birthday boy is Rudolph Palisch who was born in the 1890’s. A previous post, From Frohna to France – A WWI Wagoner, told the tale of another Rudolph Palisch who was also born in the 1890’s. That Rudolph Palisch was born and raised in Frohna. Today’s Rudolph Palisch was born and raised in Altenburg. … More The Altenburg Rudolph Palisch
The original Holschen’s who settled in Perry County, Missouri in 1839 were part of a group that has been tagged with the term, The St. Louis Additions. That small group was made up of a few families who had arrived in St. Louis at about the same time as the Stephanites did. These families decided … More Another Holschen Lands in St. Louis
Two events that are part of the immigration story that is so important to our area took place on this day in 1838. The two events took place a great distance away from one another. One event took place in Bremerhaven, Germany, while the other took place in New Orleans, Louisiana. The map below illustrates … More The Sophie and the Republik
I may or may not be discussing a birthday girl today. That is because I ran across another one of those situations in which the month of a person’s birth is in question. A church baptism record says this girl was born on July 30th, but her gravestone says she was born on June 30th. … More Holschen – Schirmer – Pincksten
