Until I find out differently, I am declaring the Roth/Roth marriage that took place on May 19, 1859 to be the first Roth/Roth marriage involving a personality from East Perry County. I have already written about others, most notably the one involving two Roth/Roth marriages that took place at the same time in the same … More The First Roth/Roth Couple
Last December, I posted a story about Zion Lutheran Church in Prairie City, Missouri celebrating their 150th anniversary. That story was titled, Prairie City Anniversary and Its Perry County Connection. In that story, I posted two maps of sections of Bates County, Missouri that highlighted names which originated in Perry County. One of them is … More Another Braeuner in Bates County
Emma Lorenz is today’s birthday girl. Because she was born on May 14, 1882, she would have been 137 years old today. She was the daughter of John and Carolina (Mueller) Lorenz. Her family descends from the Lorenz family that settled around Altenburg. There is a whole different Lorenz family that settled in Farrar. Emma … More Carl and Emma
One hundred thirty-three years ago, Bertha Vogel was born in New Wells, Missouri. Her birthday was May 6, 1886. She was the daughter of William and Emma Susanne (Hoehne) Vogel and baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells. Below is her baptism record. On October 27, 1907, Bertha married Joseph Richter of Wittenberg, Missouri. … More Bertha’s Joe and Otto
Over the years, I have witnessed a few special weddings in which either the bride or the groom was married by a pastor who was also part of the family. A wedding that took place on this day back in 1908 was such a marriage ceremony. I am going to begin by describing the beginnings … More Arno and Ida Tie the Knot
I wrote a post about one of today’s characters three years ago, titled The Birth of an Angel, that was 123 words long. I was in the first year of this blog-writing passion of mine, and I was still very much in the learning process. I checked this year’s stats for these posts, and my … More J.C. and His Angels
Johann Carl Wunderlich would have been 159 years old today. He was born on April 23, 1860 and his was one of the early baptisms recorded in the church books of Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells, Missouri. Carl was the son of Johann Gottlieb and Maria (Bendel) Wunderlich. We have a photo of Carl’s … More Wayfaring Wunderlichs
The story begins in Germany. August Dietrich Fick was born on April 18, 1877. His parents were Hans Peter and Engel (Versemann) Fick who likely lived and died in Germany. August came to America by himself in 1892 when he was just 15 years old. Family stories say that he came to Perry County, Missouri … More Hulda’s Boys & the Loss of Her Buddy
At about the same time as some members of the Gesellschaft were arriving in Perry County, a boy was being born in Germany who will be part of today’s story. August Edward Rodewald was born on April 9, 1839. He was the son of Peter and Regina (Klemp) Rodewald. Although I do not know exactly … More Early Ends in the Rodewald Clan
Today we will find out what happens to a Wittschieben who becomes a Kranawetter, who could have been a Zwickelhuber. That is a lot of syllables. We begin with an April 8th birthday. Pauline Wittschieben was born on April 8, 1887 to Claus and Emma (Weber) Wittschieben. She was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in … More Wittschieben and Kranawetter
