Rudolph Oswald would have been expected to remember that today was the birthday of his wife. Margaretha Mangels was born on December 6, 1872 and baptized at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar, Missouri. Her parents were Johann and Engel (Mahnken) Mangels. Rudolph Oswald was also born in 1872, but he was born across the Mississippi … More Frohna Butcher
I have written about one of today’s characters before. Twice, in fact. I wrote a story about his parents……Watching So Many Children Die, and I wrote a story about one of his sons……..Finding a Job and a Wife in the Big City. Today would be the 139th anniversary of his marriage, so I chose to … More Sandler the Smithy
On several occasions, I have written about Perry County personalities who crossed the river and became members of Christ Lutheran Church in Jacob, Illinois. Today I will highlight a family name that shows up quite often in the Christ Lutheran church records, but it is a family that settled around Jacob after arriving in America … More The Original Gueterslohs
A while back we posted an article titled, Twin Twins. Today, amazingly, we have a story of triple twins. I started thinking that I might do a story about two sets of twins that were born on December 13th twenty-eight years apart from one another. That was until I found out about how a woman … More Triple Twins
