The story today begins in Lamstedt, Hanover, Germany, where a boy was born to Barthold and Katharina (Blanck) Burfeind. The boy’s name was Herman Heinrich Wilhelm Burfeind, and he was born on December 2, 1834. Herman’s baptism record is shown below. As near as I can tell, this Burfeind family came to America sometime around … More Burfeind – Another Name Vanishes
The post that we publish today was written by one of our guest bloggers, Cal Eggers. Today, Cal tells a story coming from his own Eggers family. The story he tells extends through more than one generation and will take two days to tell. So you get the special treat of getting posts from Cal … More Henry Helps His Heirs
One of the lessons I have learned since I began researching people from the past in East Perry County is that the name “Claus” is a very common name around Farrar. Claus Steffens, Claus Miesner, Claus Mangels, Claus Stueve, and the list goes on. To add to that, there were several folks around Farrar who … More Yet Another Claus from Farrar
A certain genealogy problem has been plaguing me for a while. There are two “clans” of Lueders families in our German Family Tree. (By the way, Lueders is pronounced Lee-ders around here). One Lueders clan centers around Frohna, Missouri, and the other in Wittenberg. There are some indications that the two Lueders clans are related, … More The Lueders Brothers
Before you get angry with me for promoting cruelty to animals, please note that today’s title contains names that look misspelled, but they are not. The words refer to the surnames of two people that were married in 1878 (or was it 1879?). The Katt referred to in the title was Katharine Katt, who is … More A Mangeled Katt
The last child of Johann Stueve was born on this day, March 11, in 1893. Her name was Frieda Emma Maria Stueve. Her mother was Maria (Wichern) Stueve. Frieda was baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna, Missouri. One of the fascinating aspects of this family is the fact that Frieda’s father was married three … More Polish (or Palisch) Off the Stueves
Today’s blog post was written by Cal Eggers, and he tells the story of an Eggers. I find it to be a fascinating story. I think you will also. Thanks, Cal, for your contributions to our blog. ========================================================================= The word “pioneer” can be defined as: a person who is among the first … More Sons of the Pioneers
My schedule is pretty full for tonight and tomorrow…..choir practice tonight, men’s Bible class and a museum board meeting tomorrow morning, and a trip to Perryville tomorrow afternoon. So I decided to sneak in a story today. It just so happens that I found another birthday that took place a long time ago in Lamstedt, … More Another Gerd from Lamstedt
This story started very simply. Find a February 16th birthday and start looking for information that may be interesting to our readers. I found a girl by the name of Lydia Hadler who had that birthday, so I started looking. One of the first things I look for is photographs. Stories are always better with … More Tracking the Elusive Hadlers
I was not planning to write a story today, but I ran across one that I just could not resist sharing. It is not often that you run across a birthday in our German Family Tree that occurred 200 years ago. As you can figure, such a birthday must have occurred in Germany, not in … More Bicentennial Birthday
