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
Not that long ago, I published the story titled, Lixville Klemp’s. The highlighted couple in that post had several children, and one of those will be the main character today. This post begins with the birth of a set of twins. On May 5, 1890, a set of twin boys was born in the Cinque … More August Klemp – The Surviving Twin
You will be reading another story about a child of Ernest Yamnitz today. I find Ernest Yamnitz to be a fascinating character, and his story has previously been told on this blog. He did not get married until he was 28 years old, and still managed to marry twice and father 13 children who lived … More Yet Another Yamnitz from Yount
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
For a number of years, I worked as an election official in Altenburg. On several occasions, I made the trip to Perryville after the polls closed to deliver the results. I know there was some discussion on occasion about which poll location would be the last ones to deliver the results. It was often between … More Yount Yamnitz Youngun’
The man with today’s birthday ended up with a fairly large family. He had two marriages. The first one ended in a terrible way. The second marriage introduces a new surname to this blog…Yamnitz. Louis Albert Boxdorfer was born on April 5, 1881, so if he was still alive today, he would have to blow … More The Boxdorfer’s – Louis, Sophia, and Anna
I suppose I should start today by explaining what a PK is. You may be aware that I was a Lutheran educator for quite a few years. In Lutheran Teacher Lingo (or is that Lutheran Lehrer Lingo?), a PK was a Pastor’s Kid. And over the years I had several PK’s in my classroom. Today’s … More PK Marries PK – They Have More PK’s
The latest addition to our Research Library is the church record book of the Lutheran congregation in a little community known as Lixville, Missouri. This community is located in Bollinger County, not far from the town of Friedheim. Back in August of 2016, we posted a blog about the records from the Friedheim church titled, … More Lixville Records
