Today’s tale begins with a birthday boy who leads us to a previous post about another character. It is one in which a widow and a widower marry later in life. Today, I will display more documentation for this tale. Theobald Carl George Kaufmann was born on June 8, 1891, so today would be his … More A Kaufmann/Kuehnert Marriage Intersects with a Hoehne/Ahner Pair
My late cousin, Myrtle (Schilling) Kuehnert’s husband was called Ernst Kuehnert. Today, I will be telling the story of Ernst’s parents. Myrtle’s mother-in-law is today’s birthday girl, so I will begin with her. Lydia Concordia Boehme was born on July 16, 1888, so today would be her 137th birthday. Concordia was the daughter of Ludwig … More Myrtle’s In-Laws
I will be spending another day today on the campus of Concordia University-Chicago (I still have trouble calling it by that name). I am going to highlight two past professors at that university that have connections to East Perry County. First of all, I am republishing a story that was first placed on this blog … More Concordia, Chicago Past Professors with Perry County Roots
Today is the 200th birthday of Johanne Juliane (Kuehnert) Saalfeld. The previous post which is attached was written on the 200th birthday of her husband, Johann Christian Friedrich Saalfeld. Juliane and John were married in 1845. The previous post included the church marriage record for this couple, but not the Perry County marriage record which … More Mother of Triple Twins
Today’s birthday boy was one of the members of the Gesellschaft who arrived in Perry County in 1839. In fact, he was on the first ship in that group to arrive in America on December 31, 1838, the day before 1839. Johann Christian Kuehnert was born on December 3, 1826. On forms over the years, … More Christian Kuehnert – An Original Immigrant
Theodore Noennig was a merchant who helped operate several stores in Altenburg. I will tell his story today. Theodore Gottfried Paul Noennig was born on November 6, 1886, the son of Gottfried and Emma (Kuehnert) Noennig. Theodore was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. We can view an image of his baptism record from that congregation’s books below. … More Theodore Noennig – Altenburg Entrepreneur
Today’s main character has just 2 church records that are noted in our German Family Tree…a baptism record and a confirmation record. I seem to be finding quite a few situations like this lately. However, in this case, it is not one in which this young man’s family moved elsewhere. In fact, his parents and … More Theodore Kuehnert – Teacher, Executive, Professor
Today would be the 170th birthday of Gotthold Ferdinand Kuehnert, who was born on June 3, 1853. Gotthold was the son of Johanna and Anna (Leim) Kuehnert. He was the first of 6 children born to this Kuehnert couple. Gotthold’s baptism record is found in the books of Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, but that … More The Kuehnert’s – Neighbors of the Schuessler’s
I am going to return to a person who was a character in a previous post, Twins…..Only One Survives. I am revisiting this story for 2 main reasons. First, that post was written in 2016, the first year of this blog, and did not contain many details about today’s character. Second, today would be her … More A Pair of Wittenberg Schuessler’s
Ken Craft, the creator of our ZionRoots Project, is an amazing genealogist. He has contributed so many resources that we have in our museum’s research library. Ken also married a Noennig, and today’s story will lead us into that family. We begin in a different family in which we find today’s birthday girl. Amanda Clara … More Arthur and Amanda – The Noennig’s
