Tag: Ken

Loebers in the House

July 22, 2016

The Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum here in Altenburg had some very special visitors today.  Norman Loeber, along with his son, Ken, and Ken’s wife, Kathy.  They presently live in Edmond, Oklahoma.  Norman is the great great grandson of the first pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, Rev. Gotthold Heinrich Loeber.  He is also … More Loebers in the House

A Seelitz Wedding

April 9, 2016

April 9, 1817 was the birthday of Johanna Rosine Poppitz.  She was born in the town of Seelitz in Germany.  She and her family sailed to America aboard the Copernicus in 1838, arriving in New Orleans on New Year’s Eve.  Her husband-to-be, Gottfried Noennig, traveled on the same ship.  Their towns in Germany were 36 … More A Seelitz Wedding