Molly was born 160 years ago. Her full name was Amalia Wilhelmine Theresia Landgraf, but it appears that she was called Mollie during her lifetime. She was born on March 9, 1860, the daughter of Herman and Mathilda (Naeser) Landgraf. Her baptism record can be found in the books of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altenburg, … More Mollie and Her Man
We have a Reisenbichler birthday that will enable me to go back in time to share some documents that show the arrival of a Reisenbichler family that settled in Shawnee Township in Cape Girardeau County. As you can already tell, this is not the tale of a short surname. This will be one of those … More Reisenbichler Roots
I put today’s mystery question in today’s title. Rosa Landgraf is today’s birthday girl….or is she? One birth date we have for Rosa was August 21, 1885. As we work our way through this story, we will find two other alternatives. Rosa was the daughter of Bernhard and Mary (Litzelfelner) Landgraf. She was baptized at … More When Was Rosa Born?
Over the years, I have witnessed a few special weddings in which either the bride or the groom was married by a pastor who was also part of the family. A wedding that took place on this day back in 1908 was such a marriage ceremony. I am going to begin by describing the beginnings … More Arno and Ida Tie the Knot
One of yesterday’s characters was Anna Katherine Roth, who married Carl Wunderlich. In the process of searching for a story to write for today, I came across another Anna Katherine Roth who was born on this day. Once I found this coincidence, I could not resist writing about it. This is not likely to be … More The Other Anna Katherine Roth
If you look at the list of immigrants found toward the back of the book, Zion on the Mississippi, you will find these entries among the passengers whose surnames begin with the letter “L”. Before I go any further, let me tell you how I got involved looking at connections between two names in our … More Landgraf-Lindner Links
In the process of researching a birthday boy today, I managed to solve a previous mystery that has been bugging me. The birthday boy was Friedrich Ludwig Gerler who was born on April 14, 1873. Since this is a Gerler, I must give a shout-out to Diane Anderson, one of the research rock stars from … More The Birner-Lehner-Landgraf-Gerler Web
Martha Marie Telle was born on June 30, 1870. When she later married Gottfried Heinrich Mueller, she became Martha Marie Mueller. Thus, the reason for the reference to 3M in the title. Today’s story is about this Martha’s family. I say “this” Martha because she is not the only Martha Telle who lived in the … More The 3M Company
Today we say, “Happy Birthday” to Theodore Heinrich Kassel who was born on June 5th 128 years ago in 1889. His most notable accomplishment in Perry County was as the owner and operator of the Frohna Machine Shop. I wish I was at home to get some local input for this story because there are … More Frohna Machine Shop
May 28th was the birthday of a tall Oklahoman by the name of Newton Amos Bodenschatz. He was not born in Oklahoma though. He was born into the family of a farmer from north Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. Newton was born in 1922 as the tenth child out of eleven to Herman and Rosa (Landgraf) … More Oklahoma Ground Sweethearts
