Herman and Bertha would be celebrating their 126th wedding anniversary today if they were still alive. You will be reading the story of their lives in this post. As I researched the lives of the two that made up this couple, I discovered that these two would have been celebrating not only their anniversary, but … More Herman, Bertha, and the Teacher Wunderlich’s
Arthur Friedrich Pott was born on November 18, 1886 in St. Louis. He was the son of William and Elizabeth (Roth) Pott. His father was a Lutheran school teacher in St. Louis when he was born. If he was called Art Pott, then you could say he would be another person who could claim to … More Pott Heads
Selma Gemeinhardt must have been a pretty amazing woman. During her life, she gave birth to 14 children. Two of them died as infants. Her home in Wittenberg must have been quite the active place, with the likelihood of having a dozen children all living in that house at the same time. She gave birth … More Selma’s Last
Two marriages are recorded in the Trinity Lutheran Church records for July 26, 1891. I will focus most of this post’s attention on one of them, but the other one brings up some interesting questions. That marriage is the one between Herman Foelber and Ida Bischoff. The church record and the Missouri marriage license that … More Teacher Foelber
August Vogel was born on this day, July 17th, in 1875. He was born just across the Apple Creek in Cape Girardeau County. He was the son of Wilhelm and Marie (Meyr) Vogel. He was actually not the first August Vogel born to this couple. Another August Vogel was born in 1872, but that child … More Wagon to Buggy to Auto–All the Way to Disneyland
Jesus says in Matthew 9:37-38, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” Well, that is certainly true, but the Theodor Gottlob Kramer family of Frohna, Missouri, was an exception to the rule. The laborers were not few. … More The Laborers are Plentiful
There were ten children born into the Edward Fischer family between 1893 and 1913. Nine of them were boys. Sadly, the mother of this family, Katie (Kuennel) Fischer, witnessed the funerals of seven of her children before her own death. The reason this story hit my radar today is that one of those sons, Rudolph … More Fischer Heartbreak
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