I will tell the story of a baby boy who was born in Uniontown on today’s date 150 years ago. You will discover (or rediscover) that the circumstances of this baby’s birth were rather unusual. If you rediscover it, you would have read a previous post about this infant’s older brother who celebrated his 150th … More Theodore Harmening – Chicago Grocer
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
I think everyone has heard of Sesame Street’s “Big Bird”. The German word for big is gross. The German word for bird is vogel. Our German Family Tree contains the surnames, Gross and Grosse. It also contains page after page of people with the surname Vogel. So, if a Grosse would marry a Vogel, I … More Little Bird in Topeka
During recent months, I have been noticing that there seemed to be quite a few young ladies from the East Perry County area, especially around Wittenberg, who married young men who came to town to work on the railroad. The Frisco railroad came through Wittenberg beginning in 1904, with work beginning on it several years … More No More Boden, Honey
February 17, 1869 was the birthday of Rev. Henry Adam Klein. He was born in Klein, Texas (now called Spring, Texas). The town of Klein was named after Adam Klein, Rev. Klein’s father. Rev. Klein’s connection to East Perry County is the fact that he was the pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Wittenberg … More Klein from Klein
