A Wirth baby girl was born on this day to a farmer and his wife in Perry County. You will discover that this girl and her mother would witness the deaths of 3 men in her family who succumbed to the dreaded disease, tuberculosis. Martina Kunagunda Christiana Wirth was born on February 26, 1882, making … More A Family Devastated by Tuberculosis
It is not often that I get to write a story about a man and woman who get married and they have the same birthday. That is the case with a pair that are part of today’s tale. However, you are going to discover that this story will include quite a few marriage records. Also, … More Bride and Groom Share Birthday
When you see a title like the one above, you are likely to assume that the story will involve more than one marriage. You would be correct about today’s post. Also, like several other recent stories, this one involves someone who would be celebrating his 125th birthday today. Julius Adolph Weber was born on February … More Weber – Hornberger – Horn – Hacker – Voelker
Arthur Carl Lintner was born on August 17th in 1876. If he was alive today, he would be blowing out 146 candles on his birthday cake. Although he is most often called Arthur, a few census records give his name as Otto Lintner. Arthur was the 6th of a dozen children born to John and … More Arthur Finds a Wirth-y Wife
Oscar C. Hacker was born on August 9, 1878, making today his 144th birthday. It is his story that you will read today. Oscar was the son of Johann and Margaret (Hornberger) Hacker. He was baptized at Peace Lutheran Church in Friedenberg, so I am unable to display an image of his actual baptism record. … More Longtown’s Hoehn-Hacker Couple
As the title implies, I will be taking a tour through four different surnames today. I will be using a little different format today than usual. Instead of tracking one person at a time leading up to a marriage, I will be tracking four separate people simultaneously, all of whom were born in the 1850’s. … More Wirth – Thieret – Hornberger – Hacker
A main character in today’s post is mentioned in our German Family Tree but has no documents attached to his name. That is because he was a Roman Catholic and remained so his entire life. His name is Francis Xavier Sutterer. The names Francis and Xavier even imply that he was Catholic. Frank, as he … More Frank and Barb – A Catholic-Lutheran Couple
One hundred thirty years ago, Michael Hornberger and Margaret Hacker were married. I guess you could say that if they would have carved their initials into their favorite tree as they courted one another, it would have been M.H.+M.H. Michael Hornberger was born on October 3, 1862, the son of Adam and Elizabeth (Baer) Hornberger. … More The Hornberger-Hacker Household
John Wirth was born on March 29, 1854. Or was he? According to the records of Peace Lutheran Church in Friedenberg, there was another John Wirth born on July 24, 1857. Since they were both sons of Peter and Anna (Adler)(Newberry) Wirth, these two would have been brothers. Before I attempt to explain this, I … More A Wirth-y Carpenter
