The next two days, we will be publishing two parts of a post written by one of our guest bloggers, Cal Eggers. Cal is an outstanding researcher and has contributed to our blog in the past. His blog posts for the next two days come at a very convenient time. The next two days, our … More Two Men Sent from Perry County for a Purpose – Part 1
Around these here parts, you sometimes hear about a marriage between someone from Altenburg and someone from Frohna jokingly being referred to as a mixed marriage. Today’s story includes one of those. It was the marriage of Arthur Lueders from Frohna and Hulda Poppitz from Altenburg. It was also a marriage between Arthur, a member … More A Lueders/Poppitz Marriage
I have been receiving some very interesting input on the last few posts about photographs and photography. You are getting another installment today. This post will discuss Paul Lueders, the photographer….all four of them! First, there was the Paul Lueders from Frohna, Missouri, the youngest son of August and Mary Lueders, who was born in … More Paul Lueders – Time Lapse Photography
The story I ran across for today just so happens to cross paths with the post we published yesterday about the Lueders photographs. In fact, today’s story centers around another photograph taken at a Lueders family event. This story starts with the birthday of Paula Lueders, who was a granddaughter of the August Lueders discussed … More Yet Another Photograph Story
A while back, after we received a wonderful donation at our museum, I wrote a blog post titled, Celebrating an Anniversary in Style. That post told the story of the 50th wedding anniversary of August and Maria (Roth) Lueders of Frohna, and included a photo that was taken on that occasion. Here is that photo … More A Tale of Two Photos
I am going to be a little selfish today. I am doing some research for a book I am writing. The book includes some romance, believe it or not, and one of those romances involves Otto Lueders and Lydia Weinhold of Wittenberg. I am wondering especially about engagement and wedding traditions with regard to jewelry. … More German Wedding Tradition
This post will not be about a person, a family, or a place. It will be about a photograph and an event. The photo that will be discussed is this one. I am not sure who has the original photograph, but a copy of it can be found in Mary Dillon’s Wittenberg book. By the … More A Band of Bands
A certain genealogy problem has been plaguing me for a while. There are two “clans” of Lueders families in our German Family Tree. (By the way, Lueders is pronounced Lee-ders around here). One Lueders clan centers around Frohna, Missouri, and the other in Wittenberg. There are some indications that the two Lueders clans are related, … More The Lueders Brothers
Today’s story begins in Frohna. The birthday girl marries a Lutheran teacher. Agnes Fiehler was born on February 28, 1876 and baptized at the relatively new Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna. Her parents were Benjamin and Bertha (Doberenz) Fiehler. Benjamin was a farmer, and Agnes was the third of eleven children born into this family. … More Lehrer Lueders
An 87 year old bridge will soon be closed and be replaced by a new one. It happens to be on a very vital artery that serves our community and enables many of our patrons to visit our museum. When folks are heading west out of Frohna these days, they are seeing these two alternating … More The Indian Creek Bridge
