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
Eight children were born to the couple, Christian and Juliane (Kuehnert) Saalfeld. Of those eight, there were 3 sets of twins. There was one set of twin boys that died not long after birth. The other two sets of twins were girls, and only two of those 4 girls lived to adulthood. The remaining 2 … More Answers in Death Certificates
Paul Jacob Kuehnert is today’s birthday boy. He was born on October 21, 1893, so today, he would have been blowing out 128 candles on his birthday cake. Paul was the son of Julius and Emma (Schmidt) Kuehnert. The Kuehnert family grew up in the Seelitz area of East Perry County, and Paul was baptized … More Caring for Soles and Souls
Emma Maria Magdalena Bergt was born on July 19, 1891 in Frohna, Missouri. That makes today her 130th birthday. Emma was the daughter of Julius and Emma (Noennig) Bergt. Emma was born during a short time when Perry County was keeping birth records. Below is such a record for Emma. It needs to be displayed … More A Frohna Pair Follows Family to California
Today is a good day for me to do a story that only has two potential church records to view. I am once again out of town doing a grandparently duty, so I cannot display such church records. It seems that I have written several of these kinds of stories lately that involve an East … More Joe and Eunice Noennig
Whenever the Perry County Lutheran Historical Society welcomes new members to its organization, the old book shown below is brought out so that they can add their names to the historical list of people who have been members of that organization over the years. If you open this book to the beginning, you will find … More The Original Members of the Perry County Lutheran Historical Society
First, I must confess how I was attracted to one of today’s characters. I was looking for an event that took place on Christmas Eve. During my search, I discovered a birthday boy whose middle name was Rudolph. So off I went. I knew I wouldn’t find a man with a red nose, but I … More The Wittenberg Telle’s
