There have already been at least two posts on this blog about women whose maiden names were Bertha Mueller. That does not count those who had the married name of Bertha Mueller. It also does not count my grandmother whose maiden name was Bertha Mueller. You will be reading yet another Bertha Mueller story today. … More Another One of the Bertha Mueller’s
Christiane Margarethe Sommer was born on August 22, 1871, thus making today her 155th birthday. Christine was the daughter of Carl and Anna (Bienlein) Sommer. The first child in this Sommer family was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, but our German Family Tree does not list any baptism records for the rest of … More Christine Sommer – Mrs. Kramer and Mrs. Eicherman
Thanks to Fred Eggers, I can take a day off from researching and writing a new blog post today because he once again has written one for us. This one is another one that demonstrates Fred’s great knowledge of the history of Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar. Fred was ready to have this published yesterday … More Teacher Weck’s Short Ministry
My wife is a Jessen from Minnesota. She has a brother who married a Luepke from St. Louis, who happens to have today’s birthday girl in her family tree. There were a few times during my married life when the Jessen’s would have family gatherings and the spouses of the Jessen siblings would gather as … More Oscar and Ada – St. Louis Schmidt’s
You will read the story of a man and a woman who each came to America as part of the Stephanite immigration in 1839. The man was 22 years old, and the woman was 17. These two got married not long after their arrival in this country. One might think that they became acquainted while … More Friedrich Grosse – Collinsville Shoemaker
A while back, a post was published on this blog about the original Kaempfe’s who were part of the Gesellschaft in 1839. That post was titled, Kaempfe’s Carriage, and I think it would be helpful to read that post to help understand the one being written today. You will discover that the husband and wife … More William Ludwig Kaempfe’s Short Life Near Millstadt
Today’s birthday boy has a fairly common Perry County surname, Fischer, but I found no connection to others with his surname in this area. However, his mother was a Grebing from Perry County and his parents were married here. That is how he makes it into our German Family Tree. Jacob Henry Fischer was born … More Jacob Fischer – St. Louis House Builder
As a result of a misunderstanding, I was not able to research for a new story today, so I found this old story to re-share. It tells the tale of a husband and wife that were both born on this date, September 11th. The husband would be 136 years old today, and his wife would … More A Birth Date Couple
The last post that I authored was about a man who was born in 1895 and was named Rudolph. I have another story today about a Rudolph that was born that same year. Rudolph Heinrich Roth was born on January 18, 1895, thus making today his 130th birthday. Rudolph was the son of Christian and … More Rudolph Roth and the Cigar Dealer’s Daughter
There was a period of time during my teaching career when I was teaching science to my students, that I would put on a white labcoat with a name on it that said, “Dr. Frankenschmidt”. I would take on the character of a “mad scientist” from Transylvania who happened to dislike Mr. Schmidt very much. … More Fred Finds a Frickenschmidt
