The original Holschen’s who settled in Perry County, Missouri in 1839 were part of a group that has been tagged with the term, The St. Louis Additions. That small group was made up of a few families who had arrived in St. Louis at about the same time as the Stephanites did. These families decided … More Another Holschen Lands in St. Louis
In the movie industry, the term threequel is used to describe the third in a series of movies including the same cast and a continuing plot. I found a site on the internet that listed the top 20 movie threequels of all time. The series of movies that came out on top was The Good, … More Stueve-Steffens – The Threequel
I discovered today’s story in one small church record found in our German Family Tree. However, even though there is not much in the way of local records tied to today’s couple, there turns out to be plenty of ties to Perry County. I will start by giving you a sneak peak into what is … More Canadian Pastor in Perry County
Back in 2019, I wrote a story about Otto Leimbach titled, Otto’s Hemmann Twin. That Otto Leimbach was born and raised in the Shawnee Township of Cape Girardeau near the towns of New Wells and Pocahontas. In that post, I mentioned that there was another group of Leimbach’s that lived on The Ridge north of … More The Otto Leimbach’s from the Ridge
It seems like I have written more stories lately that have featured men or women born in the late 1880’s or 1890’s. When I do so, it makes me think that people born during this time period would have been peers of my grandparents because that is when they were born. Secondly, men from this … More Walter and Della – The Leimbach’s
Ernst Edward Gottlieb Zeibig was born on May 13, 1843. According to his baptism record, his twin sister, Amalia, was born on May 12th. That baptism record is shown here. Amalia Zeibig is notable for being the first wife of Paulus Leimbach, from whom so many Ridge Leimbach’s came. If you would like to read … More Lived in Nebraska – Buried in Kansas
Earlier this month, I wrote a post titled, Ridge Romance Repeat. In that article, it was stated that there was a double wedding that took place on October 23, 1890. Each couple in that wedding included a Holschen and a Leimbach. The story already written was about the couple made up of a Holschen man … More Ridge Romance Repeat Revisited
In the last month or so, I have already written two stories involving romances that took place on The Ridge. Today, you will get another one. In fact, in a way, you will be getting two of them. The tale today will involve the surnames, Holschen and Leimbach. There was a time when there were … More Ridge Romance Repeat
In 2017, I wrote a story titled, Charles Weber x 2. That post highlighted not one Charles Weber, but two of them. Today, I will tell the tale of yet another Charles (Carl) Weber. The one you will read about today involves a Carl Weber who came from what we call the “Ridge Webers”. I can … More The Ridge Charles Weber
I have discovered that topics that show up on this blog sometimes happen in spurts. Sometimes it is several people that have family connections that become the focus of posts that are written within days of one another. Sometimes it may be several folks found in consecutive posts that end up as neighboring farmers. Now … More A Lot of Lost Loved Ones
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