By Faron Bartons It’s been a while since I’ve done a blog post for Warren, but I won’t be doing a full one today. This will be an update to a post Warren did a few years ago on Leonard Fischer. Warren was able to cover extensively most of the details of Leonard’s early life … More Herr Fischer – Jeff City Principal (Extended Version)
I will be telling yet another story about a Perry County native who became a full-time Lutheran church worker in this post. The main character is also is today’s birthday boy. Immanuel Johann Martin Lorenz was born on August 4, 1891, thus making today his 135th birthday. Martin was the son of Immanuel and Martha … More Lehrer Lorenz from Farrar
I am going to be telling the story a man who is today’s baptismal birthday boy. By the time you are done reading this post, you will know the story of another man who went on to become a Lutheran educator that had his beginnings in East Perry County. August Otto Eduard Schroeter was born … More Teacher Schroeter – Indianapolis Superintendant of Schools
The tale I tell today is another one of those that has its beginnings in this area, but it ends up in St. Louis. It is also a narrative that documents how a local girl marries a Lutheran teacher at one of our schools. I found this couple because today would be their wedding anniversary. … More Teacher Kroehnke and His Friedheim Bride
I got caught today. I was at least halfway through writing a different post, including gathering a bunch of new documents pertaining to it, before I realized that I had already written the story in a previous post. I am going to place the blame on my poor, deteriorating memory. So, I switched gears and … More Not a Casino Dealer
The last post that I authored was about a man who was born in 1895 and was named Rudolph. I have another story today about a Rudolph that was born that same year. Rudolph Heinrich Roth was born on January 18, 1895, thus making today his 130th birthday. Rudolph was the son of Christian and … More Rudolph Roth and the Cigar Dealer’s Daughter
A lonely confirmation record found in our German Family Tree has led me to write today’s story. I did not have much hope for writing his story to begin with, but when I found that he had a special birthday, was the son of a Lutheran teacher, married the daughter of a saloon operator, who … More Arthur and Margaret – Davenport Weise’s
You will be reading a story today that takes place in St. Louis, but it has quite a few connections to people in East Perry County. This post will also end up with Lynn Degenhardt editing our German Family Tree to include a man who managed to escape being found in that document. Marie Sophia … More Bretscher the Bookkeeper
The starting point for today’s post is the birthday of one of the numerous “Miller Weinhold’s” that lived in Frohna. At least, that’s how I located this story. However, I am going to begin by looking at his older Weinhold brother first. Heinrich Gotthilf Weinhold was born on February 26, 1879, the son of Gotthilf and Bertha (Thomas) … More Teacher and Merchant Weinhold and the Kanke Sisters from Carrollton
Every once in a while, I run across a story about a Lutheran teacher who comes from some other state to serve at one of our local Lutheran schools, and then while here, he finds himself a Perry County bride. I found another one of those stories today. Henry August Krahn was born on October … More Teacher Krahn and His Farrar Frau
