Martin Traugott Winter was born on November 21, 1866 in Altenburg, Missouri. He was the son of Friedrich and Christine (Jahn) Winter. We have photos of Martin’s parents. Before I move on to Martin’s story, allow me to discuss the Winter,s that lived in this area. First of all, there were two Winters to arrive … More A Winter’s Tale
Married couples with an only child are rather common these days, but among the people about whom I write, they were rather unusual. Today, though, I will write such a story. It also just so happens that today’s highlighted couple would be celebrating their 125th wedding anniversary today. The bride and groom were Mary Gemeinhardt … More An Only Child
Before I discuss today’s married couple, I need to backtrack. Today’s couple is not the first marriage between a Schuessler and a Lueders that I have written. A post was previously written about such a couple titled, Forth and Back. It highlighted the couple made up of Gustav Lueders and Clara Schuessler. Gustav Lueders came … More Another Schuessler-Lueders Couple
This day would have been the 159th wedding anniversary for Christian Herman Braeuner and Maria Caroline Winter, who were married on November 24, 1859 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. Let’s start with Herman Braeuner. He came to the United States in 1853 aboard the ship, Leontine. this is the passenger list showing the Braeuners. … More Winter Comes to the Braeuner Home
I think the stories I will share today began when Teacher Henry Welp began his teaching career in Frohna, Missouri in 1883. Teacher Welp ended up serving Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna for 51 years. Henry was born in St. Louis, Missouri, but had been raised in Hoyleton, Illinois where his father was a farmer. … More Finding Spouses in East Perry County
I must admit. I do not run across many stories like the one I’m writing today. Like many, it starts in Altenburg, Missouri, but it ends up in Winter Haven, Florida. The story starts with a marriage that took place here at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg in 1854. It was the marriage between Gottlieb … More Building a Haven in Florida
Today, I will discuss the marriage of a Jahn (pronounced yon) and a Winter whose marriage took place on May 12, 1858. When I said “Yon Winter” out loud, it sounded like something that could come out of a Shakespearean play, so I threw in a few more words that sounded Shakespearean to come up … More Hark! Jahn-Winter Dost Woo
Today would have been the 116th wedding anniversary for the main characters in today’s story. Their wedding took place at Zion Lutheran Church in Pocahontas on October 6, 1901. That wedding would have taken place in the church building shown on the left in this photo. The groom for the 1901 wedding was Johannes Gottfried … More Blacksmith to the End
Today would have been the 155th anniversary of Gottfried and Sarah (Jahn) Wachter. They were married in 1861 at Trinity Lutheran Church by Rev. J.P. Beyer. Sarah Jahn (pronounced YON or YAWN) was the youngest of the children in the Gottfried Jahn family that was part of the original immigration. Sarah was not born until … More Youngest of the Jahns
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?
