I do not often use a baptism date as a starting point for a blog post, but today will be one of those days. I just could not resist telling the story of 6 baptisms that took place on this date 160 years ago. Those baptisms included a bunch of cousins who either traveled quite … More Castor River Baptisms
I have discovered that topics that show up on this blog sometimes happen in spurts. Sometimes it is several people that have family connections that become the focus of posts that are written within days of one another. Sometimes it may be several folks found in consecutive posts that end up as neighboring farmers. Now … More A Lot of Lost Loved Ones
I get to tell the tale involving a brand new surname for this blog today. That name is Gerstacker. Today’s birthday girl is Emma Gerstacker, the daughter of Johann George and Eva (Bergmann) Gerstacker. She was born on June 29, 1882 and baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville, Missouri. On Ancestry.com, many of the … More Menfro Moldenhauer’s
Back in May of this year, I wrote a post titled, A Meyr Multitude, in which the highlighted character was Gustav Meyr. In his case, he was Gustav Adolph Meyr, and it was pointed out that he and his descendants take up 6 pages in our German Family Tree. It was also discussed in that … More Hoehl to the Other Gustav Meyr
My inspiration for writing this post comes from one of Warren’s recent posts. Most mornings when I’m at the museum I ask Warren what the day’s post is about. Most of the time I don’t know the name of the person the post is about, but I am curious about the story he found, and … More The Leimbach Mystery
Friedrich Carl Gottwerth Seibel was born on June 22, 1869, making today his 151st birthday. He was the oldest child in his parents’ family, and he went on to follow in his father’s footsteps to become a blacksmith. In a previous post that I wrote about Frederick’s parents, Emanuel Seibel’s Grass Roots, it was stated … More Marie and the Frohna Blacksmith
I am going to tell the story of Charles Leimbach today, but I know I will not have any Leimbach descendants from Charles who will read this post. Charles had two wives during his lifetime, but there were no children born to either of them. However, that does not mean they had no part in … More Childless Couple Adopts
Amalie Lina Haertling is today’s birthday girl. She was born on June 14, 1882, the daughter of Herman and Sophia (Koenig) Haertling. Here are photos of Lina’s parents. Lina was the 8th of 10 children in her family. She was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells, Missouri. Below is her baptism record. Because … More Fred, Lina, and Lydia
Doing family history research often causes a person to scratch the head. I think I lost some of the few hairs I have left over a few issues in today’s story. One issue has to do with a date. The other is a spelling question. All you have to do is look at the strange … More Conrad’s Kössl
I almost always take a quick look when I am searching for a story to see if our German Family Tree includes anyone who would be celebrating a bicentennial birthday. Every once in a while, I find one. Today is one of those days. Christiane Weber was born on June 8, 1820 in Germany, probably … More Christiane Gets 200 Candles
