Stories have appeared fairly regularly on this blog that mention Perry County natives who ended up living in Sylvan Grove, Kansas. And a few of them have even made note of a Hopfer living in that little Kansas town. You will read another such story today. Benjamin Gottfried Hopfer was born on April 2, 1873, … More Hopfer Merchant in Sylvan Grove
In a previous post titled, Brandes the Builder and His Beauties, it was pointed out that August and Ernestine (Thauwald) Brandes had 7 children, and all of them were girls. I branded these girls as the Brandes Beauties, and have since written a few other stories about some of those beauties. Not only were they all … More The Eldest of the Brandes Beauties
Today’s tale will be about a man who remained single all his life. If he was alive today, he would be celebrating his 133rd birthday. Theodosius Konrad Bock was born on July 18, 1889, the son of Benjamin and Sulamith (Hopfer) Bock. There were a dozen children born into this Bock family, and Theodosius was … More Dosey Bock
If you are a regular reader of this blog, you already know that several Perry County natives moved to the state of Kansas over the years. Today will be another one of those stories. It begins with the birth of Emanuel Alvin Hopfer, who was born on September 20, 1861. Emanuel was the son of … More E.A. Hopfer – All Over Kansas, Ends Up in Washington
The main character in today’s post has just one lonely document indexed in our German Family Tree. As you can see, Theodore Meister was born on this day in 1876, making him today’s birthday boy. A previous post, The Senior Meister and His Angel, was written about his parents, Anton and Gabriele (Hopfer) Meister. There were … More The Meister, a Twin, and a Minnie in Capp’s Creek
Michael Bock was born in Germany and married a Hemmann before coming to the United States. One of his sons, Michael Bock, Jr., married Christiana Hemmann not long after the immigrants arrived in Perry County. Then on February 9, 1856, Michael and Christiana had a son that was also named Michael. I will call that … More Uniontown Harness Maker
Yesterday, the story was told of a couple made up of two people who were born, baptized, confirmed, married, and buried while members of the same church. I will tell another one of those stories today. It just takes place a a different congregation. This time, the setting for the entire post will be in … More The Hopfer Store
It’s actually the birthday of a girl that leads us to a story about an East Perry County native who became a pastor that served most of his years of ministry in Minnesota. Her name was Emilie Marie Schaefer who was born on November 4, 1880. She was the daughter of Henry and Mary (Hopfer) … More Rev. Martin and Min in Minnesota
Regular readers of this blog might remember that there have already been several posts that have included a combination of the names, Martin and Martha. You will be reading yet another one of those posts today, one that includes a Lutheran pastor with the name, Martin. I suppose it’s only appropriate that a Rev. Martin … More Rev. Martin and Martha
I will confess right away that I am taking a little bit of liberty with a name in order to have a clever title. Emanuel’s first wife was definitely a Pauline. However, his second wife had one of her names as Pauline, but she went by her other name, Sarah. I will also state that … More Emanuel and His Pauline’s
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