The birthday girl for today’s tale is Lydia Emma Fassold, who was born on June 2, 1891. That makes today Lydia’s 134th birthday. She was the daughter of George and Mathilda (Fassold) Fassold. A previous post was written about Lydia’s parents who were both Fassold’s titled, A Fassold/Fassold Family. None of the children in this … More John and Lydia – Perryville Blandford’s
You will be reading in this post about a wedding that took place 126 years ago. This year is the 125th anniversary year of Zion Lutheran Church in Longtown. The family of the bride was especially involved in the establishment of that congregation. However, the marriage is not recorded in that church’s books because it … More Longtown Hoehn’s
Before I get to today’s tale, I want to let you know that the 1950 census can now be found on Ancestry.com. It can be searched just like all the other previous census records. I did not see any announcement from Ancestry.com about this, so I was surprised last night when I noticed a 1950 … More Gus, the Franklin School Janitor
We have to look at the end of the alphabet to find the surnames in today’s tale. Today would be the 136th wedding anniversary of a pair made up of two “W” surnames…Wittschieben and Weber. I will begin with the groom. Claus Hans Wittschieben was born in Germany on January 20, 1859, the son of … More Wittschieben Weber Wedding
