You will read the story of Reinhold Jungclaus today. He was a lifelong bachelor. In quite a few other stories that have been written on this blog, lifelong single women and men spent much, if not all, of their lives living with their parents and helping to care for them in their senior years. That … More Reinhold Junglaus – Lifelong Single Who Worked Out and About
Today’s story has certain similarities with the one I wrote yesterday, Fred Rauh and His Bergmann and Schubert Wives. I even wrote the title for today’s story to match the one from yesterday. I have actually written part of this story in a previous blog post, Childless Couple Adopts. That post started from a different … More Wilhelmine Hoffmann and Her Weber and Leimbach Husbands
After I moved to Altenburg back in 2010, I got to know an older man who was called Cowboy Kassel. It was years later that I was told that his first name was Wernold, but I was told he did not like that name and preferred to be called Cowboy. I got to know him … More Cowboy Kassel’s Mom and Dad
You are about to read another story of a few Perry County natives who would spend their early years here but left to live most of their lives elsewhere. In the case of today’s couple, they made their way all the way to the West Coast. Even though both the husband and wife in today’s … More Fred Goller – Goodyear Tin Man
In 1920, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church was building a new church sanctuary in Wittenberg, Missouri. The photo below is one that our museum has which shows that building during construction. That church would be dedicated in November of 1920. The members of that congregation had worshiped in a building located in the middle of the … More First Wedding at New Church in Wittenberg
The birthday of Marie Bodenschatz leads us to this story about one of Friedrich Florian “The Face” Petzoldt’s sons. I know I have writen about a few other sons of “The Face” on this blog before, and certainly stories of many of his grandchildren, but somehow the story of Adolph Petzoldt, his 3rd son, has … More One of “The Face” Petzoldt’s Boys
Back in May of 2020, a post was written about Otto Friedrich Weber, who was born on October 27, 1891. That post was titled, Otto and Ida – Ridge Webers. That Otto Weber was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altenburg. Today, you will read the story of another Otto Weber. What makes today’s … More A Second Otto Weber and His Deniza
This post, like the one published yesterday, highlights a person who was born in Perry County, but only spent their childhood here, and ended up living most of his life in St. Louis. Emanuel Heinrich Jungclaus was born on March 1, 1873, so today would be another one of those special birthdays. He was born … More Emanuel and Anna – The St. Louis Jungclaus’s
Frieda Ida Mathilde Jungclaus, if she was still alive, would be celebrating a special birthday today. She was born on February 25, 1898, making today her 125th birthday. Frieda was the daughter of Herman and Elizabeth (Weber) Jungclaus. A post was written about Frieda’s parents called Ridge Romance Repeat. Frieda’s baptism took place at Immanuel … More Adolph and Frieda – The Palisch’s
Back in 2018, I wrote a post about Emma Engert who married Gottfried Schuerenberg, the man I referred to in the title as the Butcher from Friedland. Emma Engert was born on May 11, 1862, so she would be celebrating her 160th birthday today. However, Emma is not the only Engert who would be celebrating … More Petrina – The Other Twin
