A while back, a post was published on this blog about the original Kaempfe’s who were part of the Gesellschaft in 1839. That post was titled, Kaempfe’s Carriage, and I think it would be helpful to read that post to help understand the one being written today. You will discover that the husband and wife … More William Ludwig Kaempfe’s Short Life Near Millstadt
Just yesterday, I was told that our museum received a donation of some albums full of photos of people from the Palisch family. They are filled with outstanding professional photographs. However, like so many collections of photos that people have, only some of them were identified. Then, when I was looking for a story to … More A P.R. Firm in Altenburg and Frohna
On May 9th back in 2016, the first year of this blog, I wrote a short post about today’s birthday boy titled, A to Z – Amalia to Zacharias. My first thought was to just re-publish that story for today, but I thought that the story of Zacharias Mueller was too important to have just … More Zach Mueller’s Bicentennial Birthday
The story you will read today does not have a typical beginning point. Usually I locate a baptism or marriage record and use it to highlight someone’s birthday or anniversary. Every once in a while, I will highlight a day of death. Today is quite different, and quite possibly will be the only one of … More Gun Shot Wound at Wyse Fork Battlefield
I will be participating in some museum activities today which will keep me from researching and composing a new post. Instead, I am sharing an old post written on this date back in 2017. It tells the story of an Oswald who married a Kaempfe, two surnames that were once prominent in the village of … More A Return to the O-K Corral
Heinrich Ernst Kaemfe was born on May 13, 1878, so he qualifies to be today’s birthday boy. He would be celebrating his 146th birthday today. Ernst was the son of Traugott and Justine (Henneke) Kaempfe. Ernst was child #6 in this Kaempfe family. The Kaempfe’s had recently moved from Millstadt, Illinois to Perry County when … More Ernst – Kaempfe Family Farm Laborer
You will be reading another post today that begins with a child who would be celebrating his 125th birthday if he was still alive. Joseph Traugott Martin Kaempfe was born on April 21, 1898, the son of Otto and Magdalena (Mueller) Kaempfe. There were 6 children born to Otto and Magdalena, and Joseph was the … More Joseph Kaempfe’s Tumultuous Young Life
Theobald Edmund Kaempfe was born on February 18, 1893, making today his 130th birthday. Documents during his lifetime give his name as Edmund, but I found a family tree on Ancestry.com that calls him Butch. Edmund was the son of William and Anna (Mangels) Kaempfe. A previous post titled A Mangeled Kaempfe told the story … More Butch and Minna Kaempfe
If you would tromp through the Concordia Lutheran Cemetery, you could find the five the gravestones shown in the gallery below. Those five individuals will all be part of today’s post. The story begins with the only gravestone above that does not have the surname, Stueve, engraved on it. It is also the person who … More Five Funerals in Frohna
Johann Gottlieb Palisch and his wife, Johanna (Kaempfe) Palisch, came to America as part of the Gesellschaft that arrived in Perry County in 1839. He came aboard the ship, Johann Georg, with 6 children. You could make the argument that this couple came with 7 children because Johanna was pregnant during the voyage. Their 7th … More J.G. Palisch’s Baby Girl
