You will be reading a story today that takes place in St. Louis, but it has quite a few connections to people in East Perry County. This post will also end up with Lynn Degenhardt editing our German Family Tree to include a man who managed to escape being found in that document. Marie Sophia … More Bretscher the Bookkeeper
Clara Josephine Jahn is today’s birthday girl. She was born on February 10, 1884, which means that today would be her 140th birthday. Clara was the daughter of Oscar and Alwina (Petzoldt) Jahn. That also qualifies Clara to be a granddaughter of Friedrich Florian “The Face” Petzoldt. Clara was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altenburg, even though according … More Rudolph and Clara – New Wells Ladreiter’s
In several previous posts about characters from New Wells, I have mentioned a “neighborhood” made up of residents with the names of Koch, Koenig, and Haertling. You are about to read another one. It is a story that begins with a different surname, one that appeared in a recent post about Johann Meinz. The birthday … More A Wienberg Joins the Koch-Koenig-Haertling New Wells Neighborhood
I am a day late with today’s story. Yesterday, I ran into difficulties. For one thing, I was experiencing issues with my laptop. I also was responsible for an activity at the museum. By the time I resolved the computer problems and finished with the event at the museum, I gave up on getting this … More Teacher Preusser – Winchester, Texas
Every once in a while, toward the end of a post, I mention that I might have to tell the story of someone else in that post. Today, you will read one of those stories that I more or less promised to tell. It happens to be about a member of a family that has … More The Baby of “The Face” Family
It looks like it going to be a typical winter day here in the Midwest. What better day than to write about some historical Winter’s in the Midwest. And where better to start than the birth of a Winter. Ernst Friederich Jacob Winter was born on January 14, 1861, so today would be his 162nd … More Winter’s Alone Yet Together in Oklahoma
August 1st was the day a baby boy named Winter was born in 1877. That baby was born in Altenburg, Missouri. If that day was anything like the forecast we have for Altenburg today, it was a hot one. We are under a heat advisory for the next 3 days. Not being a female, I … More A Little Winter in the Dog Days of Summer
Eleanora Regine Weber is today’s birthday girl. She was born on May 26, 1888, the daughter of Henry and Amalia (Kaufmann) Weber. A previous post was written about these parents titled, Henry and Amalia Weber – The Other Weber Farm. Eleanora was the first of 6 children born into this family. She was baptized at Trinity … More Weber – Schuessler – Hecht – Stelling
I really want to write this story today because we had a visitor in our museum a few days ago by the name of Wachter. Gerard Fiehler and I were able to assist him and his wife in finding out more about his Wachter family history. We were able to help him discover ancestors he … More Gottfried Wachter – Altenburg Blacksmith
Today, I will once again choose to write about a family that has been briefly mentioned in previous posts. I feel this family deserves more thorough attention, so that is what I hope to do. There are several Roth families that presently live around Wittenberg (which is basically a ghost town now). I am pretty … More Wittenberg Roth’s
