Yesterday’s post told of a baby girl being born in Altenburg on August 21, 1897 who would later marry a Roth. One day later, a baby boy was born in Frohna, and he was a Roth. It is his story you will read today. Recently, I re-posted the story about Dale Roth titled, Preacher on … More The Preacher’s Grandparents
We begin with a birthday girl today. Hedwig Amalie Gerharter was born on December 13, 1884, making today her 137th birthday. Like many other German girls with the name Hedwig, she was often called Hattie during her life. Hattie was child #3 in a family of 11. She was the daughter of Charles and Amalie … More The Ladreiter/Gerharter Boomerangs
The starting point for today’s post is the possible birth of a baby boy by the name of Conrad Peter Heinrich Roth on August 29, 1867. I say that it was the possible birth because a few other records indicate the date of birth to be August 30th, not the 29th. That makes today (or … More CPH Roth – Christian’s Son & Christian’s Brother
Today, I will once again choose to write about a family that has been briefly mentioned in previous posts. I feel this family deserves more thorough attention, so that is what I hope to do. There are several Roth families that presently live around Wittenberg (which is basically a ghost town now). I am pretty … More Wittenberg Roth’s
Ernst Koenig is today’s birthday boy. His date of birth was January 2, 1868, so today would have been his 153rd birthday. His parents were Friedrich and Maria (Hecht) Koenig. His father had arrived in America in 1853 and then bought some farmland near Farrar, Missouri. After marrying Maria Hecht in 1861, Friedrich served in … More Farrar Koenig-Roth Clan
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
