Today’s story may turn out to be rather short. That is probably a good thing because our museum has a school group visiting us this morning, and I will be involved in giving them their tour. I found a wedding anniversary that took place on this date, and that why I am telling the story … More Friedrich Wichern and His Girls
In the wake of our recent ice storm, Altenburg has now had a good dose of snow. I will not make a trip to the museum today, but I do not have to. I will be writing a story today that does not require documentation that I would find at the museum. The last few … More The Klemp-Popp-Krauss Crew
I almost decided not to write today’s story. I ran into a roadblock that usually gets me to look for someone else to become the main character. The two main characters in the story I tell today, as far as I could tell, are not found in any family tree currently on Ancestry.com, and that … More From Leipzig with Love
We will be looking at a couple that was married on this day in Perry County. However, you will discover that both the bride and groom were born in the year, 1861, in the Hanover region of Germany, then immigrated to Perry County, eventually living near Farrar, Missouri, and then made another move later in … More Hanover to Farrar to Alva
On December 21, 1852, Julius Herman Hüttig was born in the city of Leipzig, Germany. The names of his parents are unknown to me. At the age of 28, Herman made the voyage to America aboard the ship, Elbe, which arrived in New York in October of 1881. We see him on the passenger list … More Friedheimers on the Oregon Trail
I am writing a different type of story today. Usually I make an attempt to give you a person’s life history from cradle to grave. I cannot do that today. I cannot even come close. The main character in today’s story was in the United States for only two years, after which he and his … More Mourning Marbach Matron
I have mentioned before that I do not often look at dates of death when locating stories to tell on this blog, but today is such a case. In fact, for the individual we will look at today, the death record is all we have. We do not know a birth date, a wedding record, … More The Oldest Immigrant
Concordia Historical Institute states that Jacob Gönner (after this I will spell it Goenner) was born on May 11, 1807. We here at the Lutheran Heritage Center have a lot of records, but none of them record his birthday. CHI must know something that we do not. On the other hand, I am guessing that … More Finally a Paid Professor
