The story you will read today has plenty of unanswered questions and a fact that just makes you scratch your head. Let me start with the head scratcher. According to our German Family Tree, a man named Henry Emde married a woman named Mary Isenberg in 1855. That couple had a son named Freidrich Heinrich … More Henry and Aurelia – Lixville Emde’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
Arno Max Schubert was born on August 25, 1890 in Schweickershain, Germany. That makes today Arno’s 135th birthday. He was the son of Gustav and Augusta (Lehmann) Schubert. When Arno was just 3 years old, his family relocated to the United States. The Schubert’s made the voyage to America aboard the ship, Augusta Victoria, in … More Private Arno Schubert – KIA in WWI
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
Johann Friedrich Kaiser was born on April 14, 1874, thus making today his 151st birthday. I went back to look at last year’s blog posts to see what I wrote on this day in 2024 when Friedrich would have been celebrating his 150th birthday. I discovered that we did not post a blog on that … More Fritz and Minnie – Friedheim/Lixville Kaiser’s
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
The information shown below from our German Family Tree is the starting point for today’s story. It is what we find for a woman named Carolina Lix. As you can see, there is not much to work with. The birth date for Caroline Lix is quite debatable. Her gravestone is engraved with the birthday of November 5, 1866. Her … More Lixville Klemp’s
