Today’s story begins with a birthday girl, but her tale leads us to several other individuals along the way. Hang on for the ride. Kunigunde Rauh would be celebrating a special 175th birthday today because she was born March 2, 1847. She was the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Baer) Rauh. Kunigunde was baptized at … More Brewers, Bartenders, and Dentists
Sometimes, I just do not see things that are right in front of my face. Just ask my wife as she finds me staring into the refrigerator with a puzzling look on my face. A while back, I wrote a story about William Frentzel and his bride, Anna Lottes titled Angel’s Annie Becomes Butcher’s Bride. At … More Frentzel Brothers – Lottes Sisters (and a Pastor)
Cornelia Bundenthal was born on October 10, 1909 in Atchison, Kansas. You might immediately wonder how she would be connected to East Perry County. Cornelia was the daughter of Rev. Theodore and Concordia (Weinhold) Bundenthal. Concordia was one of the eight daughters of Joseph and Mary Weinhold of Wittenberg. The story of the Weinhold’s daughters … More The Travels and Travails of Cornelia
Today’s story starts 130 years ago, and we find its origins in a Perry County birth register. It shows two baby girls being born on May 18, 1888 in Altenburg, Missouri. I will have to show you this form in two separate images. Here is the first. The two girls were named Lydia Maria Jacob … More A Whole Lottes Dentists
The surname Schubkegel is not to be found in our German Family Tree. Yet there is a connection to Perry County. I will attempt to tell this story today. Hedwig Schubkegel was born on February 24, 1901 in Blue Hill, Nebraska. Her parents were Rev. Charles and Ottilie (Herold) Schubkegel. Her father was the pastor … More The Saga of Hattie Schubkegel
Happy 102nd Anniversary to Wilhelm and Anna (Lottes) Frentzel. They were married at Trinity Lutheran Church on May 2, 1915. What can be potentially very confusing is the fact that there were two men, both born in Uniontown, Missouri, in 1890 that went by the name of William Frentzel. I wrote about one of these … More Angel’s Annie Becomes Butcher’s Bride
On April 5, 1891, Ernst and Gertrude (Hacker) Obendorfer were blessed with another boy. His name was Leo Michael Oberndorfer. The records of Zion Lutheran Church in Longtown, Missouri indicate that Leo was born in Longtown but baptized at the Friedenberg church. He was confirmed at Zion in 1904. Zion began as a congregation in … More Doc Leo from Longtown
March 22nd was the birthday of Dr. Gotthilf Adolph Palisch. Dr. Palisch was the doctor serving the Frohna community for many years. He was the youngest child of Ernst and Juliane (Hofstetter) Palisch of Frohna. He was born in 1875. A little over a year after Gotthilf was born, his father died. He hadn’t even … More Frohna’s Doc
I start today by showing the 1930 Altenburg census listing the family of Leo and Maria Lottes. Leo and Maria, according to this census, have no children of their own, but they have three children living with them who are part of their extended family. If we backtrack ten years to the 1920 census, we … More Let the Children Come to Us
March 11, 1874 was the birthday of Johann Eberhardt Lottes. His parents were Gabriel and Ann (Doernhoefer) Lottes of Altenburg. Here is the baptism record for John in the Trinity, Altenburg church books. He was Gabriel’s firstborn child. It was not long before Gabriel would left alone with this young child. Ann died in 1874, … More A Whole Lottes Jobs
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