Rudolph Franz Starzinger is today’s birthday boy, having been born on May 27, 1891. That makes today his 135th birthday. Rudolph and his future wife are both found in our German Family Tree, but they are not connected as bride and groom because they did not get married in a local church and spent most … More Rudolph Starzinger – St. Louis Tool & Die Guy
The setting for today’s post has the birthday girl living in this area for just a short time. She and her family moved to a place where a few others found in our German Family Tree migrated. It all begins in New Wells, but soon thereafter ends in Kansas. Emilie Katharine Kieninger was born on … More Emilie and Her Topeka Grocery Guy
For a variety of reasons, today’s post may end up to be a relatively short one. The biggest reason is that today’s main character was a life-long single person. Most posts have two main characters, a husband and a wife, so there are automatically two sets of documents like baptism and census records and usually … More Tante Sarah Maria Martha Mueller
Today’s tale begins with a birthday boy in the Shawnee Township. Carl Heinrich Kieninger was born on May 20, 1860, so today would be his 165th birthday. Henry, as he was called, was the son of Joseph and Eva (Putz) Kieninger. His parents arrived in America in 1858, and Henry was the first Kieninger child … More Henry and Martha – Pocahontas Kieninger’s
A baby boy was born in Illinois on this date in 1893, so this man would be celebrating his 130th birthday if he was still alive. The boy, William Johann Pohnke, was the son of Johann and Emma (Petzolldt) Pohnke. He was the grandson of the brother of Friedrich Florian “The Face” Petzoldt, so he … More Pohnka – Petzoldt Descendant & Arkansas Postman
The story you will read today has its beginnings in the Apple Creek Township of northern Cape Girardeau County, but that is certainly not where it ends. We will start with the birth of a baby girl that took place on September 2, 1883. Therefore, this girl would be celebrating her 140th birthday today if … More Emelie Finds Husband at Farmer’s Retreat
I started the research for today’s story by looking at a lonely church record in our German Family Tree. When I find such a record, in this case a baptism record, I immediately think that one of two things may have happened. First, the person may have died early. The second option is that the … More J.T. Mueller – Machinist and Mechanic
A baby girl was born on March 26, 1887 in the Shawnee Township. It is her story and the story of her husband that will be shared with you today. Louise Emma Lehner was the daughter of Peter and Christina (Wachter) Lehner. Louise’s father was first married to Hannah Birner, and that couple had two … More Louise and the Pocahontas Butter Man
A marriage took place on this date 150 years ago. Just yesterday, I composed a post that had connections to a recently-published story titled, Pocahontas Mueller’s. The couple celebrating a special anniversary today once again is connected to that story…from two different directions. It is another story which links together a couple in which the … More From Shawnee Township, MO to Shawnee County, KS
A Mueller couple would be celebrating their 143rd anniversary today if they were still alive. The couple was made up of a German descendant of an original immigrant from the Gesellschaft and a later Austrian immigrant. I will begin with the German groom. Heinrich Furchtegott Mueller was born on May 7, 1855, the son of … More Pocahontas Mueller’s
