When you look at Lutheran marriages that took place in the 1800’s, you often find a couple in which one was born in Germany and one was born in the United States. When you get to marriages taking place in the 1900’s, almost all brides as well as grooms were born in this country. The … More A Thieret Throng
The surname, Bergmann, has shown up on this blog many times. I think if you look at other stories about Bergmann’s you will find that most of them are centered around Peace Lutheran Church in Friedenberg. You will read another Bergmann story today that indeed has its beginning in Friedenberg, but it will describe a … More Bergmann’s in DuQuoin – From Perry County to Perry County
As the title implies, I will be taking a tour through four different surnames today. I will be using a little different format today than usual. Instead of tracking one person at a time leading up to a marriage, I will be tracking four separate people simultaneously, all of whom were born in the 1850’s. … More Wirth – Thieret – Hornberger – Hacker
The birthday boy for today is rather unusual. It is not often that I write about a character that arrived in America and Perry County, Missouri before the 1839 German Lutheran immigration. Today’s main character arrived on the ship, Bolivar, in 1837. The 22 year-old Leonard Fath is found on this passenger list for that … More Fath – Bergmann – Lang
It is the bride of Boettner the Blacksmith that is today’s birthday girl. Elizabeth Kropf was born on November 21, 1857, the daughter of Johann George and Margaretha Barbara (Poehner) Kropf. Elizabeth was baptized at Peace Lutheran Church in Friedenberg, so we cannot view her baptism record. She is found in her first census entry … More Boettner the Blacksmith
I quickly discovered when researching the surnames for today’s post that I had to be careful. The main man in the story is Henry Rauh, and he was not the only Henry Rauh in this area’s history. The main woman in the story is Mary Meyer, and she, too, was not the only Mary Meyer. … More Perryville Storekeeper and Treasurer
Today’s couple has been mentioned in a previous post, but has yet to be highlighted on their own. As near as I can tell, today’s pair was the first couple in this area to carry the surname, Amschler. This couple had 11 children, so they would have plenty of descendants. I did a search for … More The Initial Amschler’s
Margaret Sandler was born on this day 150 years ago. We will begin this post by looking at her early years. She was born on February 26, 1871, the daughter of Wlhelm and Anna (Boxdorfer) Sandler. We have photos of Margaret’s parents. In fact, I have written a post about Margaret’s parents titled, Another Sand-Box … More George and Margaret Angermann
Not long ago, Charles Rauh authored the book, One Furrow at a Time, a book that tells the tale of the 1839 Gesellschaft. It is what we might call a best-seller at our museum’s gift shop. He is a special friend of our historical society. Today, I will tell the tale of another Charles Rauh, … More Another Charles Rauh
Clara Thieret is today’s birthday girl. While looking into her story, I ran into a few interesting connections. One was that her grandmother’s surname was Lang. If you go another generation back, you find that her great great grandmother was Barbara Katherine Schmeuszer, who was the daughter of Count Schmeuszer. I found this paragraph in … More Great Great Great Granddaughter of Count Schmeuszer
