Yesterday’s post was about a baby boy who was born on March 5, 1900. Today’s story will be about a baby girl who was born on the next day, March 6, 1900. Yesterday’s story began on the other side of the Mississippi in Illinois. Today’s baby girl was born in Perry County, Missouri. Thekla Olga … More Thekla and Christian – St. Louis Mecker’s
Yesterday’s post took us to the state of Wisconsin. Today’s will do the same thing. However, you will discover that the situations that contributed to the two different migrations to that state are dramatically different. We begin with a special birthday. Arthur Heinrich Markwort was born on March 4, 1875, thus making today his 150th … More Arthur and Ida – Bethesda Lutheran Home Residents
I found that researching today’s individuals was more of a challenge than I anticipated. I knew from the entries for the two main characters in this story in our German Family Tree indicate that both of them were baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville, and that usually means that I would find plenty of … More Mathilda and Her Hooss Husband
The story you will read today is another one in which we find both the husband and wife in our German Family Tree, but there is no evidence that these two were connected by marriage. The husband has just one church record in local congregation’s books. As you might guess, this man moved away from … More Adolph Hooss – Weather Strip Salesman
Mina Markwort’s name can be seen on this gravestone in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Perryville, Missouri. You can see that she was born on today’s date in 1843, making her today’s birthday girl. Some quick math will tell you that today would have also been her 175th birthday. I will attempt to tell her … More Wife of Soldier and Saloon Keeper
