Christoph Heinrich Loeber was born on October 11, 1828 in Germany. During those really formative years before becoming a teenager, the times around his birthday were times of great transition. In 1838, when Christoph was turning ten years old, his family was about to go through the most drastic change to occur in his lifetime. … More Growing Up in the Midst of Change
On September 10, 1847, Ernst Theodore Buenger, son of Dr. Ernst Eduard and Amalia (Weber) Buenger, was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Two days later, on a Sunday, little Ernst became a member of God’s family through baptism. It was the first surviving son of the Buengers. At the end of Ernst Theodore’s life, he … More Buengers Back and Forth
On this day, (August 13) in 1839 the following advertisement appeared in a St. Louis German newspaper called the Anzeiger des Westens. This is the English translation of that advertisement. We, the undersigned, intend to establish an instruction and training institution which differs from the common elementary schools principally in that it will embrace, … More Advertising a New School
August 11th in 1839 became a very significant day in the lives of the new immigrants in East Perry County. On that day, Johann Georg Gube died. That fact may not seem important, but because of the circumstances, it was. Johann Georg Gube is described as being a rather wealthy farmer in Germany. He was … More A Consequential Death
Today would have been the 206th birthday of Ottomar Fuerbringer. He was born June 30, 1810 in an area of Germany called Reuss. Ottomar’s chief claim to fame here in Perry County is the fact that he was one of the builders and also one of the first teachers of the Log Cabin College. He, … More Happy Birthday, Ottomar
Ninety years ago today, Concordia Seminary dedicated its new campus located in Clayton, Missouri. The dedication event was attended by a reported 75,000 people. It was an amazing gathering of people who were excited about this new seminary campus which they prayed would continue to train young men to become pastors in the Lutheran Church-Missouri … More A New Seminary Home – 90 Years Ago
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
May 27, 1873, was the wedding date for a couple whose parents spent some of their early time after the immigration in Perry County. Both of the groom’s parents and both of the bride’s parents spent those early years in and around Altenburg. The groom was Ferdinand Gerhard Walther and the bride was Bertha Emilie … More A Special Wedding with Perry County Roots
Earlier this week, a discovery was made in Altenburg which our director, Carla Jordan, has described as finding the Holy Grail. The items discovered are a set of hand-drawn maps which show locations of some of the important historical sites in the Altenburg area. The photo below shows a small portion of one of the … More Altenburg’s Holy Grail
The Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum played host today to a group of students from St. Paul’s Lutheran School in Des Peres, Missouri. It was a unique opportunity for us to inform these students that there are plenty of connections between the Log Cabin College here in Perry County and their school in the St. … More Log Cabin College Connections
