This photo of the Gotthold Seibel family showed up in a post not too long ago. I am going to tell a story again today about some members of this family. In today’s tale, I will discuss the four girls who are indicated by the red arrows, all of which remained single during their entire … More Several Single Seibel Sisters
It was July 12th. The year was 1904. It took place in Wittenberg, Missouri, along the banks of the Mississippi River. It was probably very hot and steamy. It usually is at this time of the year. There was no air conditioning. There was no electricity, so even electric fans were out of the question. … More Mayhew, the Wittenberg Barkeep
This will be another story of some Perry County characters who made the decision to move away from here. This became a fairly common occurrence in a time when families were rather large, and the prospect of getting land in this area was getting harder. The story starts with the birth of Friedrich Wilhelm Gerler … More Same Birthday–Same Anniversary
June of 1849 was a tragic month in the life of Jacob Kalbfleisch, who lived in St. Louis and was a member of Rev. C.F.W. Walther’s congregation. This is how this tragedy is described from a family tree on Ancestry.com. “Tragically, very shortly after their arrival in St. Louis the cholera epidemic swept through St. … More Maria Boettcher – An Answer to Jacob’s Prayers
In the course of my research on the members of the first students at the Log Cabin College, I sometimes refer to the children of those first students as their second generation. On March 8, 1984, the last of the second generation, Marie Brackman, died in Puyallup, Washington. Her story is an amazing one. Here … More Last of the Second Generation: A Story of Two Maries
