We have a birthday girl that led me to tell today’s story. Her name was Caroline Marie Emde, who was born on March 10, 1857. That means today would be her 169th birthday. Caroline was the daughter of Friedrich and Lisette (Behle) Emde. She was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim. An image of … More William and Caroline – Friedheim Pohlmann’s
Yesterday’s story was about Charles Ruesler who was born on March 4th. Today’s tale will be about his sister, Louise, who was born on March 5th. Louise Wilhelmine Marie Ruesler was born on March 5, 1868, so today she would be celebrating her 158th birthday. If you read yesterday’s post, you would know that Louise … More Fritz and Louise – Friedheim/Lixville Bangert’s
A year ago, on February 10th, I wrote the story, Judge Louis LIX, because Louis Lix was celebrating a wedding anniversary. In my own goofy way, I related the name Lix with the fact that it was about the time of Super Bowl LIX. Now, lo and behold, on February 10th this year, I have … More Henry and Mary – Lixville Pioneers
Christian Heinrich Pohlmann was born on January 12, 1896, so he qualifies to be today’s birthday boy. Henry would be 130 years old today. Henry was the son of William and Anna (Bangert) Pohlmann. He was baptized at the Lixville Lutheran Church. An image of his baptism record is displayed below. Henry is found in … More Some Lixville Pohlman’s
Heinrich Friedrich Carl Wilke is today’s birthday boy. He was going to be called Charley during most of his life, so that is the name I will use. Charley was born on July 31st, and I chose him for today’s story because I figured today would be his 140th birthday. Our German Family Tree says … More Charley and Annie – Lixville/Hilderbrand Wilke’s
About a month ago, I wrote a post titled, Friedheim/Lixville Bangert’s. Today, you will read a post about one of the children of those Bangert’s. One of their sons is today’s birthday boy. Robert Johann Bangert was born on July 14, 1895, so today would be his 130th birthday. Robert was the son of Frederick … More Lixville Bangert’s
Today’s story begins in St. Louis, but ends up in Bollinger County, and the highlighted couple is buried in Friedheim. We will begin with the birthday girl. Marie Louise Mathilde Moeller was born on June 9, 1860, thus making today her 165th birthday. Mathilda was the daughter of Christian and Louise (Sewing) Moeller. She was … More Friedheim/Lixville Bangert’s
I recently mentioned that our German Family Tree now includes the records of Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim. Today’s story will include some families that showed up in that congregation’s books during their early years. After the German Lutherans arrived in Perry County in 1839, one of the first pastors, Rev. Carl Gruber, who was … More Dissen to Friedheim – Sudheim to Lixville
Yesterday, millions of people watched Super Bowl LIX….or Super Bowl #59. In the midst of researching for this story of a man named Louis Lix, I had one of those “smack my head” moments. I realized the Super Bowl included the name Lix. That got my crazy brain moving in another direction. First, I wondered … More Judge Louis LIX
When you look at some family trees on Ancestry.com, you will see that they describe a marriage that took place on this day included a bride by the name of Cook and a groom by the name of Diamond. I know better. A more accurate description of this marriage would be a Koch who married … More A Cook and Her Diamond
