I have never heard of the name, Willibald until I looked into the main character for today’s post. Willibald Robert Schweizer was born on August 23, 1898, so today would be his special 125th birthday. Willibald was the son of Lorenz and Ida (Boehme) Schweizer. The post, Lorenz and Ida – The Schweizer’s, told the … More Willibald the Chester Wood Man
According to the 2020 census data, the little village of Thayer, Nebraska now has a population of 44, and most of them are of German heritage. A short article on Wikipedia says the most notable person from Thayer was Steve Henson, the inventor of ranch dressing. Today, you will read the story of some other … More Holz-Schmidt in Thayer, Nebraska
Previous posts have mentioned characters who had their beginnings in the Shawnee Township, but later migrated south to Cape Girardeau where they established a business known as the Landgraf Lumber Company. You will be reading another post today that is connected to that Landgraf family. However, this tale begins with the birth of a Schuppan. … More Another Landgraf Lumberman Link
One and a half centuries ago, Carl Rudolph Landgraf was born. He ended up living almost a century. You will be reading his story today. If you already did your calculations, you know that Rudolph was born on September 2, 1872. He was the son of Herman and Mathilda (Naeser) Landgraf. Rudolph was one of … More Lumberman Landgraf Linked with Lina and Lena
The surname, Schweizer, pokes its head into East Perry County a few times over the years, but eventually it disappears from this area. One of the Schweizer’s has a birthday today, and I will attempt to tell his story in this post. His name was Lorenz Schweizer, who was born on February 27, 1872 in … More Lorenz and Ida – The Schweizer’s
In a previous blog post titled, Pocahontas Undertaker, the main character was Christian Reisenbichler. The “Pocahontas Undertaker” was Christian Ernst Reisenbichler, the son of Gottlieb and Anna Marie (Pilz) Reisenbichler who was born in 1874. Today, you will read the story of Christian E. Reisenbichler’s older cousin, Christian Johann Reisenbichler, who is today’s birthday boy. … More The Other Christian Reisenbichler
I started looking for a story to write today by looking for an event that took place not only on October 30th, but on October 30, 1867. I did that because I wanted to find an event that took place the day before Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg was going to dedicate their new church. … More Silent Partner
It was a time for building. East Perry County was booming. Its population was growing. And with growth came the need for the supplies necessary for building. The area was rich with timber, so wood would be the product of choice for most of the buildings in the area. There were sawmills around to provide … More Supplying a Building Boom
Otto Hemmann died on October 20, 1952. The first thing about Otto’s death that caught my eye was the fact that he died in Hannibal, Missouri. Facts like that always make me wonder how someone who I know started out in Perry County ended up in such a unique location. In Otto’s case, he was … More Woodwork by the River
