Our museum will host a large school group from St. John’s Lutheran School in Chester, Illinois today. Therefore, I have decided to post an old story instead of writing a new one. I am attaching a story that was first published back in 2018 that told the story of the ship, Carl, which arrived on … More A Ship Full of Perry County Names
Today’s tale will bear a certain resemblance to the one I told yesterday about Jake Holcumbrink. A man by the name of Gustav Wiebusch entered our German Family Tree by marrying a girl who was a member of Christ Lutheran Church in Jacob, Illinois. That is the same thing that happened with Jake Holcumbrink. This story is another … More Wagner’s Landing Merchant
I normally do not use a baptism birthday for a starting point on this blog, but that is the case today. It actually is a case of me making a mistake, but I found the story interesting and worthy off telling, so I made the choice of writing it anyway. A baby girl was born … More Collinsville Coal Miner
Earlier this month, I wrote a post about a Noennig couple…Arthur and Amanda. That post was titled, Arthur and Amanda – The Noennig’s. Today, I will tell the story of another Noennig…Martin Noennig. Arthur Noennig would have called today’s character, Uncle Martin. Martin Gottfried Noennig was born on June 28, 1850, the son of Gottfried and … More Martin and Pauline – Another Pair of Noennig’s
There were two Clara Schmidt’s that were born in East Perry County in the 1880’s. One of them was my Great Aunt Clara, the sister of my grandfather, Emanuel. She was born in 1882. I call her the Altenburg Clara Schmidt. There was also a Frohna Clara Schmidt. She was born on March 9, 1886. … More Butch and His Sister Move to Altenburg
Lebrecht Schmidt and Magdalena Froebel were married on January 21, 1883, so today would have been their 136th wedding anniversary. These two were married in Frohna, but eventually, several in their family ended up in Altenburg. I will attempt to tell the story of that family today. Lebrecht Schmidt was born on August 12, 1857 … More Butch’s Mom and Dad
Christiane Seidler was born on August 12, 1834. I found several fascinating details about her life. First, I need to set the scene. Christiane married Valentin Froebel in 1853 at Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna. Rev. Christoph Heinrich Loeber was the pastor when these two were married. Between 1854 and 1868, this couple had seven … More The Ladies of Valentin’s Day
When I was a boy growing up in Jennings, Missouri in the St. Louis area, the principal at St. Jacobi Lutheran School was Kenneth Markworth. It turns out that today’s blog starts in the Markworth family, and Kenneth Markworth also came from this family. Heinrich Gottfried Markworth came to America aboard the Copernicus in 1839. … More Mrs. Rosenwinkel? Or Is It Mrs. Jahn?
