A birthday took place on this day 175 years ago that I consider very special. Perhaps it is because there is a chapter in my book Mama Buenger: Mother of a Synod that tells the tale of this child’s baptism. Perhaps it is because this child was likely named after one of the Buenger children … More Liddy’s Namesake
I found a story today that I am going to enjoy telling. It’s not one of my typical tales. The story only has one small connection to this area, but what I find interesting is what takes place before that connection and what takes place after. I found the story of Elise Eberhardt led me … More Bendel-Eberhardt-Langewisch
The surnames, Lochner and Loeber, have found their place in several posts on this blog in the past. Notably, a recent post told the story of a painting done by Rev. Friedrich Lochner on the occasion of the marriage of Theodore Ernst Buenger and Martha Loeber. That post was titled, Stories in a Painting. Today, … More Lochner-Loeber
An old painting that is part of Lutheran history in America fascinates me. This painting is definitely connected to the history that we attempt to preserve at our museum. It is a painting that has been displayed in at least one previous post, but I am going to spend more time with it today. That … More Stories in a Painting
Today’s article is the result of starting out looking for information on one story and ending up telling a different story. It all started with the birthday of Friedrich Ferdinand Grosse on May 27, 1811. Ferdinand was one of the original immigrants whose family decided to stay in St. Louis and not move to Perry … More A Census Hall of Fame
Lately, my story ideas begin with a search for an event that took place on a certain day, and morph into a different story. Today will be another of those. We have a birthday boy by the name of Friedrich Wilhelm Schuricht, who was one of the original immigrants arriving in St. Louis in early … More Mama Lochner
I remember that there were times when my mother would sign her name as Mrs. Richard H. Schmidt. I’m sure that in this day and age, women would really frown on such a signature in which a woman basically takes on the identity of her husband. Today, I ran across a tombstone which does the … More An Entertaining Tombstone
Today, June 10th, is Christiane Friedericke (Reiz) Buenger’s birthday. I usually refer to her as Mama Buenger, and she is a main character in my book, “Mama Buenger: Mother of a Synod”. She was born in 1788 so she would have been 228 years old today. She was married to Jakob Friedrich Buenger in Germany … More Happy Birthday, Mama Buenger
The marriage record above can be found in an Excel spreadsheet which is part of the church records of Old Trinity Lutheran Church in downtown St. Louis. It was produced in order to provide another format for their church records. However, the record shown above has a glaring error. Carl Eduard Roschke did NOT marry … More A Tainted Wedding Record with a Wonderful Story
In my opinion, Christiane Buenger was an amazing mother. She was a widow who brought eight of her children to America in the 1838-1839 immigration. All of her children were single when they arrived in America. The stories of the lives of Christiane and her children are quite amazing. Once I discovered these stories, I … More A Mother’s Day Tribute to Mama Buenger
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