The birthday girl for today is a woman named Edna Aurelia Schoen. Edna was definitely born on November 17th, but it is debatable whether she was born in 1895 or 1896. Our German Family Tree gives her birth year as 1895, which would indicate that she would be celebrating her 130th birthday today, but after … More Eberhard and Edna – Pocahontas Ruehling’s
Today’s birthday girl was a life-long single person. I will attempt to tell her story today. Ida Katharine Kraml was born on September 14, 1880, thus making today her 145th birthday. Ida was the daughter of Gottlieb and Anna Maria (Lichtenegger) Kraml. Her father had previously been married to Franziska Pichler, but she died in … More Ida Kraml – Unattached, Yet Attached
Yesterday, I told the story of a wedding that took place 150 years ago. On the very next day in a different Lutheran church, another couple was married, and I will tell the story of that bride and groom today. I have previously told the stories of several children of today’s highlighted couple on this … More Mary and Joseph – Originators of the New Wells Perr Tree
It helps to understand today’s title if you know that the surname, Perr, is pronounced exactly like the word “pair”. First of all, a few days ago, in a story about another Perr, Fred and Katie – New Wells Ruehling’s, I predicted that I would tell another story from the large Perr family in New … More One Pair of a Pair of Hoffmann-Perr Pairs
Friedrich Raymond Ruehling was born on June 7, 1874, so today would be his special 150th birthday. Frederick was the son of Herman and Pauline (Petzoldt) Ruehling. He was the firstborn child and baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. An image of his baptism record from that congregation’s books is shown below. I have … More Fred and Katie – New Wells Ruehling’s
The main character in today’s post was one of 13 children in his family, and then he and his wife had 11 children of their own. It sounds similar to the story of Mama Wunderlich that I republished yesterday. I find it interesting that today’s tale includes a couple named Mary and Joseph. Joseph and … More Perr Persons Pervade New Wells
Two days ago, I published the post, A Pair of Perr’s, and in it, I said that folks around here pronounce the name, Perr, as “pair”. I will be telling the story of another Perr today, and, believe it or not, I found evidence that this name was pronounced as “pair” in this area a long … More An Older Pair of Perr’s
Around these here parts, the surname, Perr, is pronouced “pair”. So the title of this post would be pronounced “A Pair of Pairs”. Or, perhaps the title could be illustrated by the photo below. However, today’s tale does not begin with a Perr. It begins with a Tiedemann who became a Perr. Margaretha Marie Tiedemann … More A Pair of Perr’s
William Josef Hoffmann, if he was still alive today, would be celebrating a very special birthday. Since he was born on May 29, 1897, he would be 125 years old today. William was the son of Julius and Wilhelmine (Mirly) Hoffmann. He was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells. We can view an … More William and Nora – The Hoffmann’s
The starting point for today’s story is a wedding that took place 105 years ago. Otto Weber married Ida Perr on May 24, 1915 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells, Missouri. I am relieved because I will not have to type out surnames like Zwickelhuber or Haberfellner. I actually have fairly short names to … More Otto and Ida – Ridge Webers
