Leo Wunderlich was born on January 12, 1888, so he would have been 132 years old today. Leo was the son of Bernhard and Julia (Kasten) Wunderlich who lived in Shawnee Township of northern Cape Girardeau County when Leo was born. Leo was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells, Missouri. Below is an … More The Hunt for Leo
A Valentine’s son found his sweetheart and was married on this date in 1905. Herman Fiedler married Emilie Popp on November 2, 1905 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells, Missouri. Herman was the son of Valentine and Marie (Kasten) Fiedler and baptized at Immanuel, New Wells. He was born on March 30, 1878. Emilie … More Valentine’s Son Finds His Popp
The post we publish today was written by one of our guest bloggers whose posts have shown up here before. Clayton Erdmann took time out of his busy Lutheran teacher schedule to write a story about one of his ancestors. He shares that story with you today, and as usual, it contains lots of photos … More Kunigunda’s Little “Phene”
It is not often that I do a story that begins in the twentieth century. That is mainly because I cannot get at many records for people that lived past 1940. Today is an exception, mainly because today’s character is a member of my family, and I have enough information and photos to tell a … More Mousie
If the question asked in the title is answered “Yes”, then I can point out two events that took place on December 29th in this family line. I find this story especially interesting because I think it gives evidence of a family ending up in Perry County that arrived in America before the 1839 Gesellschaft … More Is There a Kasten in the Braeuner Past?
Around here, December 9th is a special day because it was the day the Log Cabin College, which later transitioned to become Concordia Seminary, opened its door to the first class of students in 1839. I decided to take a look through our German Family Tree to see if there were any other events listed … More Meanwhile…A Pastor’s Wife Was Born
A wedding occurred on this date in 1865 at Grace Lutheran Church in Uniontown, Missouri. This marriage united two very prolific Uniontown names, Hopfer and Kasten. The groom was Gotthold Hopfer; the bride was Amalia Kasten. There is a little debate about the date of this marriage. Here is the Perry County record of this … More Hopfer-Kasten Wedding
All right. I admit it. I always have trouble keeping the Kasten family and the Kassel family straight in my mind, so today’s story about a Kasten marrying a Kassel is a real challenge for me. I hope I get through this story without writing Kassel when I meant Kasten, or vice versa. At least … More The Kasten-Kassel Kouple
One hundred years ago today, Paul Walter Kasten was born in Uniontown, Missouri. He was born on Monday of Holy Week and baptized on Easter Monday (April 1). The baptism took place at Grace Lutheran Church in Uniontown. Paul was the son of Carl and Elsa (Bultmann) Kasten. This photo shows Paul at a rather … More Stand Firm in the Faith; Act Like Men
We begin today’s tale by looking at a wedding which took place not long after World War I. I suppose you could say that it is another one of those couples about which you could ask that question, “How did those two get together?” The groom was Arthur Kasten from Jackson, Missouri, and the bride … More The Kasten Ziegelbrenners
