To begin with today, I have to confess that this post should be written on July 21st, not July 13th. I trusted a birth date that we have in our German Family Tree, but it is likely not correct. By the time I discovered this error, I had invested way too much time into researching … More Spanish Flu Orphans
A baby born on this day in 1874 was given the name Reinhold Ernst Dietrich Lueders. It is his story I tell today, but it apparently wasn’t long after he was born that he took on the name Richard Lueders. His parents were William and Theresia (Lehner) Lueders, and I have previously written several blog … More Another Lueders Leaves Wittenberg
I ran across a marriage that took place on this day back in 1901 that involved two characters that show up occasionally in my Wittenberg ’03 book, so I decided to tell the story of that couple in today’s post. The marriage was between Theodore Militzer and Theodora Lueders. I am still away from Altenburg … More Theodore and Theodora
Henry and Wilhelmine (Naeser) Schmidt (no relation to me) had a dozen children according to our German Family Tree, and two of them became Lutheran ministers. The two pastors spent most of their careers in the state of Missouri. Those two preachers will be the subjects of today’s saga. This may take a while. I’m … More A Pair of Preacher Schmidts
I am sure most people can point to some aspect of their own childhood that helped prepare them for their future livelihood. I think one of today’s main characters was such a person whose childhood prepared her for her future as a housekeeper. Here is why. Selma Nennert grew up in a hotel/boarding house. She … More Selma’s Own Boarding House
Today, you are going to read the story of an amazing woman who gave birth to 13 children. Yet she came short of outdoing her own mother, who had 15 children. That mother may have to be a story for another day, but today we will tell the tale of Julia Kasten who is also … More Mama Wunderlich
There are times when I think that God gets involved in the process of my blog-writing. In this case, the story you are getting today was first intended to be written yesterday. I did a bunch of research on it before finding out that the birthday that inspired it was not December 15, but it … More The Lueders/Lehner Link
Today’s story had so many twists and turns. For a while, I even considered not telling it. However, as you can see, I did end up writing and sharing it. And now that I have finished researching it, I conclude that it is an amazing tale. Emma Christiana Maria Lueders was born on August 1, … More Emma’s Heartbreaking End
A little over a year ago, I wrote the story of the couple made up of Martin Lueders and Agnes Fiehler. That story was titled, Lehrer Lueders. Just a reminder that Lehrer is the German term for “teacher”. Martin Lueders spent much of his Lutheran teaching career in Kansas, although he was teaching in Fremont, … More Later Lehrer Lueders
Before I discuss today’s married couple, I need to backtrack. Today’s couple is not the first marriage between a Schuessler and a Lueders that I have written. A post was previously written about such a couple titled, Forth and Back. It highlighted the couple made up of Gustav Lueders and Clara Schuessler. Gustav Lueders came … More Another Schuessler-Lueders Couple
