On March 10, 1820, Wilhelm Hemmann was born in Paitzdorf, Germany. He was the first child born to Johann Gottfried and Marie (Bachmann) Hemmann. He would not be the last child born to this man. When the German immigrants sailed to the United States in the fall of 1839 as part of the Gruber group, … More The Beginning of the Hemmann Herd
Pictured clockwise are Lynn Degenhardt, Carolyn Schirmer, Charles Rauh, and Gerard Fiehler. (photo by Warren Schmidt) Who was married to Magdelina Buenger Mueller? Well, we know it was Christian Mueller, but not the Christian Mueller that we had documented in our library. Lutheran Heritage Center research teamers: Lynn, Carolyn, and Gerard got to the bottom … More Reading Room Mysteries
According to most sources, Rev. Martin Stephan died on February 21, 1846 in Horse Prairie, Illinois. Rev. Stephan was the leader of the German immigration to Perry County in 1838-1839. He was exiled from the colony in May of 1839 as a result of allegations that he misused funds in the treasury and was involved … More A Pastor’s Passing in Prairie
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/The_Levee_or_Landing%2C_St._Louis%2C_Missouri.jpg The photo shows the St. Louis landing in 1857 On February 9, 1839, the steamboat Clyde arrived in St. Louis, Missouri with about 140 passengers from Germany. These German Lutherans had traveled across the Atlantic Ocean aboard the Johann Georg before boarding the Clyde in New Orleans. Two Lutheran pastors aboard this boat … More The Clyde Arrives in St. Louis
