On this Christmas morning, I witnessed a trio of grandchildren waiting in eager anticipation to open some presents. They had to wait for their parents to awaken before they could unwrap their gifts. A similar feeling must have existed for a lot of couples who had to wait until after Christmas came before they could get married. It … More Numerous Noel Nuptials
While I was looking for a birthday, a death or an anniversary that happened on this day in the past, I really had several stories from which to choose. However, one of them is a story that I just cannot resist, even though it may be the one with which I am the least familiar. … More 2 Bergmanns + 2 Hoehns = Valentine’s Anniversary
On this day, October 13th, in 1878, Susanna Johanna Palisch, the daughter of a farmer in Frohna, married Charles Georg Leopold Lueders, the son of a merchant in the same town. They were married at Concordia Lutheran Church. If you have been reading this blog in the past, these two family names may ring a … More Lueders/Palisch: Marriage or Competition?
Meyer, Meier, and Meyr are three different family names common in East Perry County’s history. Today we discuss the marriage between two of these familiies….a marriage of a Meyer and a Meier. Joachim Meyer was the groom. His birthday occurred on this day, July 17 in 1863. At that time, America was in the midst … More Meyer-Meier Marriage
Today’s discussion will be about solving a genealogical problem. We noticed this issue when one of our sources indicated that the marriage of Justine Hopfer and Johann George Hesse took place on this day, July 12, in 1843. Then we noticed that a birth was recorded to this couple at the end of September. This … More Translator’s Blunder
On June 19, 1866, Richard Petzoldt and Johanna Lindner were united in marriage at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altenburg. Rev. Theo. Koeberle performed the ceremony. Today would have been their 150th wedding anniversary. It appears to be only the second marriage performed by Rev. Koeberle after he replaced Rev. Schieferdecker in 1866. Richard arrived in … More 150th Wedding Anniversary
May 27, 1873, was the wedding date for a couple whose parents spent some of their early time after the immigration in Perry County. Both of the groom’s parents and both of the bride’s parents spent those early years in and around Altenburg. The groom was Ferdinand Gerhard Walther and the bride was Bertha Emilie … More A Special Wedding with Perry County Roots
The Jahn family certainly seemed to love to have their weddings in the month of May. We may have another one today, although the date of the wedding is a topic for debate. The first of the Jahn weddings took place in 1846 in St. Louis, with Justine Jahn marrying Carl Eduard Roschke, but a … More Tailor to Teacher
It was a Tuesday. May 23, 1848 was going to be a special day in Altenburg. Their pastor’s daughter was going to get married. Not only that, she was going to marry another child of a pastor who had become a Lutheran teacher. The groom was Theodore Ernst Buenger. The bride was Martha Loeber. ***If … More A Loeber-Buenger Wedding
Yesterday, our blog post mentioned that Maria Jahn married Johann Gottfried Schuessler on May 19, 1859. Maria was not the only Jahn to be married on that day. Her brother, Friedrich Jahn married Magdalena Kaufmann on the same day. It was a double wedding, and it might have occurred in the 1845 church. Back in … More Another Multiple Wedding in Altenburg
