The birthday of a girl who would have been a century and a half old today is the starting point for this tale. Mathilda F. Kaufmann was born on March 20, 1873, making this her 150th birthday. Mathilda was the daughter of George and Emilie (Penzel) Kaufmann. There are 14 pages in our German Family … More Art and Mathilda – Fruitland Petzoldt’s
Last year in March, I wrote the story of Justine Goethe’s 200th birthday, Justine’s Bicentennial Jubilee. There were 4 Goethe girls in that family, with Justine being the oldest. The time has come now to celebrate the 200th birthday of the second-born child in that family. Regina Goethe was born on December 9, 1822 in … More Regina’s Bicentennial Jubilee
A set of twins was born on this day not long before the turn of the 20th century to a Kaufmann family. It was a boy/girl set of twins. This Kaufmann family had 6 children prior to the birth of these twins, but 4 of them had died before the twins arrived on the scene. … More Adolph and Ada – The Kaufmann’s
Eleanora Regine Weber is today’s birthday girl. She was born on May 26, 1888, the daughter of Henry and Amalia (Kaufmann) Weber. A previous post was written about these parents titled, Henry and Amalia Weber – The Other Weber Farm. Eleanora was the first of 6 children born into this family. She was baptized at Trinity … More Weber – Schuessler – Hecht – Stelling
In previous posts, I have mentioned the multitude of Anna Popp’s that are found in our German Family Tree. I will once again display the list of Anna Popp’s that show up in the Fritsche-Miesner family tree on Ancestry.com put together by our friend, Lori Adams. One of the above Anna Popp’s has a birthday … More Feig-Mueller-Popp-Weber
The surname, Weber, is one that has several different clans. We find this name in the records of almost every Lutheran church in this area. There were a few Weber’s that were part of the Gesellschaft that arrived in 1839. Others arrived later and settled in different parts of Perry County. Today, you will hear … More Henry and Amalia Weber – The Other Weber Farm
Today’s birthday girl is Bertha Magdalena Kaufmann, who was born on February 22, 1889. That means she was born on the 157th birthday of our country’s first President, George Washington. Bertha was the daughter of Heinrich and Pauline (Bodenschatz) Kaufmann. She was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. An image of her baptism record … More Bertha’s Popp-ular Husband
I seem to be running across quite a few men named Martin lately. Today, you will read about another Martin who is today’s birthday boy. Johann Martin Kaufmann was born on December 31, 1861, making today his 160th birthday. Martin was the son of George and Regina (Goethe) Kaufmann. His mother was one of the … More Martin and Emma – The Kaufmann’s
On several previous occasions, I have referred to the two Weinhold clans from Perry County as the “Miller” Weinhold’s and the “Dirt” Weinhold’s”. The “Dirt” Weinhold’s were given that name because they were primarily farmers. Today, I will tell the story of a Dirt Weinhold, but this one looks like he didn’t just work in … More Gustav Weinhold Rocks
The surname highlighted in today’s post is another one that brings up the topic of pronunciation. How do you pronounce Krause. I have known folks with that surname over the years and have heard it pronounced two different ways. One is to make it rhyme with “house”. The other is to pronounce it as Krau-zee. … More The Krause’s – John Julius, Martha, and Emily
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