I am going to tell today’s tale in a bit of a different way. I will describe the process of discovering different aspects of this story in the order of the steps I took. It all starts with me finding today’s birthday boy. Leonard Johann Adolph Klemp was born on February 28th. Different records will … More Trio of Klemp Bachelors
You will be reading the story of a pair of Perry County characters who were married on today’s date. Most of the lives of the husband and wife in this tale take place in the city of Perryville. I will begin with the groom. Carl Heinrich Sommer was born on April 25, 1865, the son … More Henry Sommer’s Frog Stories
The story I have to tell today has some missing pieces. My wife likes to do jigsaw puzzles. If and when she realizes there is the possibility of a missing piece, she starts looking on the floor and elsewhere to see if the piece managed to escape her table. Every once in a while, she … More Albert and Mary – Fredericktown Klemp’s
I rarely find someone who would be celebrating their 200th birthday, but when I do, I jump at the chance to tell their story. I found a Bicentennial Birthday Girl for today. A theme that I found in her story is that there were interesting age differences between the husbands and wives. Magdalena Fath was … More Magdalena Fath and Her Young and Younger Husband
You will be reading about a bride and groom who got married on October 23rd today. This post will include a name that has not yet appeared on this blog. That name is Welland. Our German Family Tree has some issues with the spelling of this name. The other name included in this post is … More Henry and Amelia – The Welland’s from Silver Lake
One of the big questions I came away with while researching the story of today’s birthday girl is how to spell her first name. I challenge you to look at the various documents I will display to see how it is spelled. You will find several different variations. And then, when all is said and … More Oswald and Otillie – Longtown Funke’s
I am going to be telling the story of Maria Wilhelmine Gruenwald today. Maria was born on July 22, 1849, although there is a bit of debate about whether she was born on that day in 1848. This transcription of her baptism record from a parish in Germany says she was born in 1848. All … More Gerler or Ehrler?
Today’s birthday girl is Elma Elizabeth Klemp, who was born on June 30, 1899, so today would be her 125th birthday. Elma was the firstborn child of Ruben and Caroline (Deimund) Klemp. A previous post titled, Ruben Finds a Deimund, was written about Elma’s parents. Elma was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville. A … More Elma (Klemp) Rhodes’s 125th Birthday
Not that long ago, I published the story titled, Lixville Klemp’s. The highlighted couple in that post had several children, and one of those will be the main character today. This post begins with the birth of a set of twins. On May 5, 1890, a set of twin boys was born in the Cinque … More August Klemp – The Surviving Twin
The information shown below from our German Family Tree is the starting point for today’s story. It is what we find for a woman named Carolina Lix. As you can see, there is not much to work with. The birth date for Caroline Lix is quite debatable. Her gravestone is engraved with the birthday of November 5, 1866. Her … More Lixville Klemp’s
