Folks around the country are complaining about how long winter has stuck around this year, so I run the risk today of offending some people with yet another story about Winter. Yet today was a birthday of another Winter. His name was Paul Gotthilf Gabriel Winter (who often is seen as Paul G.G. Winter), and … More Winter Homes in Frohna
A while back, we posted a blog titled, Cooper Hopfer. It was the story of one of the original immigrants who arrived in Perry County as a member of the Gruber group in the winter of 1839. He was a barrel maker named Michael Hopfer. Today is the date when Michael’s wife died. Her name … More Frau Cooper Hopfer
On May 2, 1849, the newly ordained Rev. J.A.F.W.Mueller married Johanna Hoehne in Altenburg, with Rev. Gotthold Loeber officiating just a few months before his death. Rev. Loeber managed to file a record with Perry County concerning the wedding, but no marriage records are included in the Trinity church books for the year 1849. A … More A Mother’s Poem for the Bride
