Today’s birthday girl is going to take us all the way to Washington state. It is another one of those Perry County natives who would only spend a short time here before living most of her life in another state. The big puzzle in this story is whether she is really today’s birthday girl. According … More Fred and Emma Giles – Kennewick, WA Fruit Farmers
Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altenburg has had a lot of pastors over the years. Most of them spent a relatively short time in Altenburg before moving on to another congregation elsewhere. Today, you will read the story of a pastor of Immanuel who spent a short time here also. However, his stint at Immanuel did … More Rev. John Meyer – Swiss Pastor at Immanuel, Altenburg
Frederick Wilhelm Brickhaus was born on June 20, 1866, and that qualifies him to be today’s birthday boy. Fritz, as he was called, would be celebrating his 160th birthday today. Fritz was the son of Johann and Hannah (Zoellner) Brickhaus. Some of the Brickhaus children were baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim, but others … More A Brickhaus Is Built with the Help of Lowes
Carl Wilhelm Miles was born on June 18, 1891, so he is today’s birthday boy. It would be his 135th birthday today. Carl was the son of Robert and Louisa (Sandler) Miles. He was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville. We can take a look at his baptism record here. Carl is found in … More Miles to Go to San Francisco
Back in 2018, a post was written that mentioned a wedding that took place on today’s date. I will be telling the story of that couple today. However, in that previous post, I put forth a theory about some connections between two surnames that were part of the 1839 immigration…Lindner and Landgraf. Those names will … More Herman and Mathilda – New Wells Landgraf’s
I located two marriages in our German Family Tree that united a person with the surname Neislein with one who had the surname Tuschoff. In the case of the two Nieslein’s, they were siblings, but not so with the Tuschoff’s. You will be reading about one of those couples today. The Nieslein name is a … More One of the Neislein/Tuschhoff Marriages
Today’s tale begins with a birthday boy who leads us to a previous post about another character. It is one in which a widow and a widower marry later in life. Today, I will display more documentation for this tale. Theobald Carl George Kaufmann was born on June 8, 1891, so today would be his … More A Kaufmann/Kuehnert Marriage Intersects with a Hoehne/Ahner Pair
I have a different starting point for today’s post. Although I usually find a date of birth or a wedding anniversary as a starting point, I chose to use a baptismal date for today’s story. I do this for a reason. Yesterday, I had a delightful visit with some descendants of the Gerhardt Thurm family … More Some Thurm’s in Readlyn, Iowa
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
Rudolph Franz Starzinger is today’s birthday boy, having been born on May 27, 1891. That makes today his 135th birthday. Rudolph and his future wife are both found in our German Family Tree, but they are not connected as bride and groom because they did not get married in a local church and spent most … More Rudolph Starzinger – St. Louis Tool & Die Guy
