A notable member of the 1839 Gesellschaft was named Agnes Buenger. She first married Rev. Otto Herman Walther, and after he died, she married Rev. Ottomar Fuerbringer. Agnes was also the brother of Rev. J.F. Buenger. Today, you will read the story of another Agnes Buenger. She will lead us to yet another Lutheran minister. … More Agnes Buenger – Gone With the Wind
Hedwig Sophia Maria Bergmann was born on November 5, 1886. That means today would be her 140th birthday. She would be called Hattie during her life, and that name is even found on her gravestone, so I will use that name in this post. Hattie was the daughter of Gottlieb and Friederike (Bergmann) Bergmann. Yes, … More A Bergmann/Bergmann Daughter Finds a Wirth-y Husband
I will do my best to tell today’s story, but it is one with plenty of unanswered questions. I found this story because one of the marriages in this tale took place on November 3rd. I will begin with the woman who would get married twice during her life. Elizabeth Steiner was born on November … More Elisabeth Steiner and Her Dost and Putz Boys
You will read the story of Reinhold Jungclaus today. He was a lifelong bachelor. In quite a few other stories that have been written on this blog, lifelong single women and men spent much, if not all, of their lives living with their parents and helping to care for them in their senior years. That … More Reinhold Junglaus – Lifelong Single Who Worked Out and About
Fred Kieninger began his life in the Shawnee Township in northern Cape Girardeau County, but he did not spend most of his life there. Once he became an adult, he migrated to Illinois where he would spend the rest of his life, except for some time in the military during World War I. Albert Friedrich … More Fred Kieninger – Hardin Haircutter in Illinois
Today’s story has certain similarities with the one I wrote yesterday, Fred Rauh and His Bergmann and Schubert Wives. I even wrote the title for today’s story to match the one from yesterday. I have actually written part of this story in a previous blog post, Childless Couple Adopts. That post started from a different … More Wilhelmine Hoffmann and Her Weber and Leimbach Husbands
One of the characters in today’s story is a pastor’s kid. Many times, the children of pastors just “pass through” an area when their father is a minister of the local church. Those children are often born somewhere else and then future records show them living elsewhere later in their lives. To a certain extent, … More The Hellmuth’s in Mokena, Illinois
A few days after Christmas last year, a friend of our museum and director of the Perry County Historical Society, Bill Hart, died. Perry County lost a great historian, and he is missed. After researching for this post, I discovered that today’s birthday girl is actually Bill’s grandmother. She is the starting point for today’s … More Bill Hart’s Grandma and Grandpa
Julius Paul Fuehler is one of today’s main characters. Paul was born in Greiz, Germany on August 5, 1868. Paul was the son of Julius and Marie (Wagner) Fuehler. When he was just 12 years old, his mother died, and that may have precipitated his father making the decision to take several members of his … More Farmer Fuehler Finds Frohna Frau
You will be reading the story of David Emanuel Fischer today. I guess you could say that part of his life was quite tragic, and another part of his life was very fulfilling. He would end up with 3 wives, and some of his children would die as infants. However, two of his children who … More Emanuel Fischer and His Birner, Boehme, and Meister Wives
