We find a birthday girl who has her baptism record in the early pages in the books of Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim. That baptism record is the only one in which this girl is found locally before she and her family moved elsewhere. She ends up taking us on an interesting trip and to … More Louise and Her Soda-Making Man in Nashville, IL
From 1881-1889, the pastor at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altenburg was Rev. John Bucka. We find his name on this list of early pastors at Immanuel. While he was a pastor in Altenburg, he and his wife had 3 children whose baptism records are found in that congregation’s books. One of them was born on … More William Bucka – From Altenburg, MO to Fulda, MN
Today’s birthday girl is a bicentennial birthday girl. Since the German Lutherans who are part of this area’s history did not start showing up until the 1830’s, that means that a bicentennial birthday that has been highlighted on this blog has always been about a person who was born in Germany. That is the case … More Bösch Bicentennial Birthday Bash
The birthday girl for today would be celebrating a special one. Agnes Sarah Wachter was born on August 13, 1876, thus making today her 150th birthday. Agnes was the 8th of 11 children born to Gottfried and Sarah (Jahn) Wachter. Below are photos of Agnes’s parents. Agnes was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. … More Agnes Johnson – One of the St. Louis Wachter Sisters
Today’s birthday boy began his life in Perry County, Missouri, but was never found in a Perry County census entry. He first migrated east to the state of Illinois where he spent many of his early years, before then migrating to the West Coast to spend most of his life in Oregon. It also looks … More Theodore Schade – Portland Telegrapher
Two previous posts, Hometown Preacher, and Another Mahnken Marries an Eckert, have told the stories of an Eckert from St. Clair County in Illinois marrying a Mahnken from Perry County in Missouri. There is one Eckert/Mahnken wedding story that has yet to be written, and it happens to be the first one. You will read … More The First Eckert to Marry a Mahnken in Farrar
I am going to be telling the story a man who is today’s baptismal birthday boy. By the time you are done reading this post, you will know the story of another man who went on to become a Lutheran educator that had his beginnings in East Perry County. August Otto Eduard Schroeter was born … More Teacher Schroeter – Indianapolis Superintendant of Schools
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
I had all kinds of records and photos picked out for a new post to publish today, but I have been assigned an agenda that will make it impossible to accomplish that task. Perhaps I will write that story tomorrow…a day late. So, instead, I am going to republish an old story that was first … More Los Angeles Petzoldt’s Make Pilgimage to Altenburg
Our German Family Tree led me to today’s story because the main character was born 200 years ago. However, the only place where I found her date of birth is on her gravestone. I believe that she was actually born on that day, but this leads me to point out the fact that it is … More Katharina and Her Chester Cobbler
