Christiane Margarethe Sommer was born on August 22, 1871, thus making today her 155th birthday. Christine was the daughter of Carl and Anna (Bienlein) Sommer. The first child in this Sommer family was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, but our German Family Tree does not list any baptism records for the rest of … More Christine Sommer – Mrs. Kramer and Mrs. Eicherman
The birthday girl that will be highlighted in today’s tale is Johanna Rosina Beyer. She was born on May 16, 1879, so today would be her 147th birthday. I located many documents during her life that called her Jane, so I will use that name. She was the daughter of George and Sarah (Kramer) Beyer. … More Teacher Beyer’s Daughter in Fort Wayne
Teacher Beyer may have had to take some time away from his students on this day 150 years ago when his wife was having a baby. Their 5th child, Lina Johanna Beyer, was born on March 10, 1875, so today would be a very special birthday for her. She was the daughter of George and … More Lena Beyer and “Mister Daisy”
I have written quite a few blog posts that told the stories of people whose surname was Hellwege. Probably the most notable one was Heinrich Hellwege, who got his notoriety from the fact that he had 4 wives over the years. Henry’s story was told in the post, The Fourth Marriage. Today, you will read … More Steamboat Fire Leads Hellwege to Altenburg
This blog has included stories about Gottfried Schmidt, Gotthilf Schmidt, and Gottwerth Schmidt (my great grandfather). So, when I saw the name Gottlob Schmidt pop up as a potential character for a blog post, I thought that I had likely already told his story. However, that is not the case. I will attempt to tell … More A Member of the Paitzdorf Kramer/Schmidt Bunch
We will be honoring a girl who would be celebrating her 125th birthday today. Because she was a female, you will not be seeing any military forms, at least not hers. Because she never married, you will not be seeing a marriage record. However, it seems like stories such as this one about a woman … More Lenchen Hilpert
I have been both fascinated and flabbergasted by the same story for several years. The events that happened in the August Friedrich Ahner family keep popping up as I do searches on our German Family Tree. I guess one of the reasons that this family keeps getting my attention is that they come at the … More A Return to the Ahner Enigmas
Oscar Christian Kassel was born on this day 125 years ago. It is his story that I will attempt to tell today. Oscar was the son of Christian and Sulamith (Hopfer) Kassel, born on October 13, 1897. That already puts him a rather large group. Our German Family Tree lists 15 children born to Christian … More Frohna Machine Shop – Perryville Parts Guy
Today, you will read the third post that has been published on this blog about a man who had the title of Lehrer Lueders, which means Teacher Lueders. It is also the third Lueders man who can claim to be a descendant of August and Anna (Roth) Lueders of Frohna, who once ran the Lueders … More Another Lehrer Lueders
The posts on this blog this week have spent a lot of time at Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna. We end up there again today to tell the story of a couple that was married on this day 130 years ago. Since we discussed a woman by the name of Clara Burfeind just a few … More The Kramer’s – A Breeding Ground for Church Workers
