I guess it makes sense. A blacksmith was a person who worked with metal. He often worked on pieces of equipment that were involved in transportation, such as wagons. He worked with his hands. So, when there was a transformation from horse and buggy days to automobiles and the internal combustion engines, workers were needed … More Blacksmith to Mechanic
A baby born on this day in 1874 was given the name Reinhold Ernst Dietrich Lueders. It is his story I tell today, but it apparently wasn’t long after he was born that he took on the name Richard Lueders. His parents were William and Theresia (Lehner) Lueders, and I have previously written several blog … More Another Lueders Leaves Wittenberg
I ran across a marriage that took place on this day back in 1901 that involved two characters that show up occasionally in my Wittenberg ’03 book, so I decided to tell the story of that couple in today’s post. The marriage was between Theodore Militzer and Theodora Lueders. I am still away from Altenburg … More Theodore and Theodora
Herman Tiedemann and his wife, Margaretha brought their family to America in 1874. At that time, their family consisted of 3 daughters. They traveled to America aboard the ship, General Wender. Here is the passenger list showing this family. I have to display it in two images. I have photographs of Herman and Margaretha Tiedemann. … More Keeping the Tiedemann Name Going
Today is another one of those landmark days. It was four years ago today that the very first post was written on the blog of our brand new museum website. If you look back at that post, you will find only two paragraphs amounting to 126 words. There were also no photographs or images attached … More Another Pocahontas Merchant
Schoen is a word that means “beautiful” in German. On several previous occasions, I have written stories about people with the surname, Schoen. Today, I am going to attempt to relate what I have found about how that name arrived in this area. The story of the Schoen beginnings takes place in the Apple Creek … More Some Beautiful Beginnings
There are times when I think that God gets involved in the process of my blog-writing. In this case, the story you are getting today was first intended to be written yesterday. I did a bunch of research on it before finding out that the birthday that inspired it was not December 15, but it … More The Lueders/Lehner Link
Today’s story had so many twists and turns. For a while, I even considered not telling it. However, as you can see, I did end up writing and sharing it. And now that I have finished researching it, I conclude that it is an amazing tale. Emma Christiana Maria Lueders was born on August 1, … More Emma’s Heartbreaking End
I married into a family of 3 girls, who have now blessed us with 6 grandchildren, 5 of which are girls. The tail end of my career as a Lutheran educator came at a time when almost all of my colleagues were female. I think I qualify to sympathize with today’s main character, Matthias Mirly. … More Matthias and His Girls
A previous blog post is the starting point for today’s story. A photograph was the centerpiece of that post that can be found at the following link: Surrounded by Good-Looking Women That post included the photograph shown below which shows Joseph and Maria Weinhold along with their 8 daughters. The youngest of the Weinhold daughters … More The Youngest of Joseph’s Good-Looking Women
