On May 20th, I wrote the story of Ole’ Ben Hopfer, who married Emma Vogel on that date back in 1906. Today, you will read an account of the life of Ole’ Ben’s little sister, Martha Hopfer. And it turns out that Martha married Emma’s older brother, John Vogel about 4 months after the other … More Ole’ Ben’s Younger Sister
Benjamin Hopfer and Emma Vogel were married on this date 114 years ago. Although Emma lived to the ripe, old age of 92, her husband, Ole’ Ben Hopfer, oulived her, making it into three-digit territory. We will take a look at this couple today. Benjamin Hopfer was born on November 10, 1882, the son of … More Ole’ Ben Hopfer
Today, you are going to read the story of an amazing woman who gave birth to 13 children. Yet she came short of outdoing her own mother, who had 15 children. That mother may have to be a story for another day, but today we will tell the tale of Julia Kasten who is also … More Mama Wunderlich
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
