In the previous post, Elmer Stueve had made his way to California, and in 1937, he was working for the Foothill Dairy in Azusa. Elmer had the job of feeding the cattle and building corrals. He was happy enough with his situation that he got out paper and pencil and wrote to his younger brother, … More Got California Milk? – Part 3
If you are a member of a church like the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod that uses a traditional church year, then you probably know that today was Transfiguration Sunday. The story for the day was the one where Jesus, along with Peter, James, and John, went to the top of a mountain where Moses and Elijah … More Stephan’s Hill
Today, I must embellish a story that has already been told….a couple times…on this blog. However, I simply cannot resist discussing a record that I found in the church books of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Wittenberg. Here is that record: On this day in 1920, Maria Weinhold died, and yes, it does say that … More She Died of a Broken Heart
Today is the birthday of Bertha Loebs, who was born in St. Louis on February 5, 1878. Here is a photo of her baptismal certificate. This certificate causes us to ask some questions. Three other children had previously been born to the George and Magdalena (Schmidt) Loebs family, and they were baptized at Holy Cross … More Old Lutherans Near Old Baptists
The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod has declared this week to be National Lutheran Schools Week. This celebration until fairly recently has been celebrated during one of the first weeks in March. As a result, a lot of Lutheran schools are celebrating this week, while still others continue to celebrate this event in March. Regardless, around here … More A Tribute to Lutheran Schools
Rev. William Zschoche became a pastor in 1866 after graduating from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis. His first call was to a church in Paola, Kansas. Not long after graduating, he married Emily Richter. After serving there, he took his next call to Atchison, Kansas. Finally, Rev. Zschoche’s last congregation was Concordia Lutheran Church in … More A Zschoch-ing Wedding
Recently, Trinity Lutheran Church in the Soulard neighborhood of St. Louis installed their new pastor, Rev. Joshua Hatcher. I do not know how many pastors have served this congregation over the years, but today I would like to focus on the first two. Yesterday, our blog post discussed the arrival of the Olbers in New … More Soulard Spiritual Shepherds
Our blog post today was authored by Fred Eggers, one of the members of our Research Crew at the Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum. On January 13, 1912 Carl Christian Peter Bracher died in Bates County, Missouri and was buried at the Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery in Prairie City. He had immigrated to the United … More An Early Out-Migration of Original Immigrants
The latest addition to our Research Library is the church record book of the Lutheran congregation in a little community known as Lixville, Missouri. This community is located in Bollinger County, not far from the town of Friedheim. Back in August of 2016, we posted a blog about the records from the Friedheim church titled, … More Lixville Records
Today’s story is not really connected to Perry County, Missouri, but it is one which tells an interesting story about an LCMS church and an LCMS President. And it’s about Christmas. I am going to let the story be told by other people today. I will do that by providing links to other sites on … More The Church Christmas Tree
