The birthday girl for today’s post is Mary Ann Hahs, who was born on April 21, 1876. That means today would be her special 150th birthday. Mary was the daughter of Christopher and Elizabeth (Probst) Hahs. I was not able to determine where Mary was baptized. In the 1880 census, Mary was 3 years old. … More Fritz and Mary Schuette – Married by One of the Hahs J.P.’s
Today, I will begin by looking at a man named Albert Winkler. Eventually, I will get around to discussing today’s birthday girl. Albert Louis Charles Winkler was born on March 14, 1881, the son of William and Marie (Schmidt) Winkler. Albert was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim. His baptism record from that congregation’s … More Friedheim Winkler’s
Timm’s Trilogy comes to an end today. I would like to give him a big “shout-out” for giving me a few days off. ======================================= Yesterday, we met Augusta’s second Christian Haupt and began looking at their family. We’ll continue now with her last known child, Carolina ‘Emma’ Haupt, who was born 21 May 1874 and … More Hauptidentitätsverschmelzung, Part 3
Timm Yamnitz is once again the author today’s post, which is a continuation of the one that was published yesterday. ====================================== We left off yesterday with the death of Augusta’s first husband, Christian Haupt. Like him, her second husband was also named Christian Haupt and he was also born in Sudheim, Kingdom of Hanover, where … More Hauptidentitätsverschmelzung, Part 2
Today’s post, along with the next two, are authored by Timm Yamnitz. Timm is a young man who was born and raised in Perry County but now resides in Germany. He is a resource that our museum has used on several occasions to translate German writings and find German records that we request. Timm volunteered … More Hauptidentitätsverschmelzung
Back when Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim got their first called pastor, Rev. Franz Julius Biltz, one of the first baptisms to be included in that congregation’s books was one for the man who will be highlighted in today’s post. The Lutherans in Friedheim had been served by Rev. Charles Gruber from Uniontown for a … More John Henry Kurre Finds a Drum
A wedding took place in or near Friedheim on this date 175 years ago, and I will attempt to tell the story of that bride and groom today. The marriage record for this couple is found in the books of Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim. Since that congregation’s first called pastor, Rev. Franz Julius Biltz, … More Minnie Haupt Finds Her Braunschweiger Maintz
I will be writing a story today that introduces some brand new names to this blog. Even though I found evidence that the surnames of the bride and groom have been around in this area for a very long time and also members of a local Lutheran church, I have not run across their names … More Mary and Joseph – Friedheim Kester’s
The information shown below from our German Family Tree is the starting point for today’s post. As you can see, there is not much there. It contains only a baptism record and a marriage record from Grace Lutheran Church. As of the time of this writing, the German Family Tree does not contain records for … More Kurreville Store
Charles William Best was born on January 3, 1855, so if he was still alive today, he would have to blow out 167 candles on his birthday cake. Charles was the son of William and Louisa (Lowes) Best. We do not have much in our German Family Tree on the Best family. It is a … More Dancing with the Best
