Our birthday boy for today is Edmund Werre. Edmund is out of the ordinary for this blog because he was not born in Perry County and therefore not found in any of our church records. It is actually to my advantage today to discuss someone from elsewhere because once again I am not in Altenburg. … More Martha Ends Up Werre?
Mary and Joseph had a baby around Christmas time. But it’s not the one you may think. This one was a daughter, and her name was Martha. Her parents were Joseph and Mary (Bretscher) Weinhold of Wittenberg. Mary and Joseph not only had this daughter, but all eight of their children were girls. I have … More Mary and Joseph’s Daughter
A few days ago, as a result of the post, The Beginning of the Frohna Muellers, I received a request to find the origin of the Muellers who lived in the Farrar area over the years. Today just so happens to be the birthday of Martha Koenig, and her life story may give us at … More Some Farrar Muellers
Martha Marie Telle was born on June 30, 1870. When she later married Gottfried Heinrich Mueller, she became Martha Marie Mueller. Thus, the reason for the reference to 3M in the title. Today’s story is about this Martha’s family. I say “this” Martha because she is not the only Martha Telle who lived in the … More The 3M Company
Altheda Adelaide (Littge) Schmelig died this past Sunday. That may not sound like breaking news, but it is not every day that you commemorate the life of someone who spent 107 years of life on this earth. And because of her faith in Jesus, we can now celebrate her entry into heaven. I feel very … More She Survived All Those Brothers
Yesterday’s article included a man whose first name was Jacob and a town in Illinois called Jacob. Today’s story is about a family with the surname of Jacob. On Sunday, March 10th in 1901, Rev. Paul Roesener had the privilege of welcoming three young children into God’s family through Holy Baptism. They were not triplets. … More Triple Trinity Baptisms
Here is our birthday girl for today. Her name was Louise Wilhelmina Kaempfe, and she was born on February 8, 1866. She is just a starting point for a story that involves several other members of the Kaempfe family. In 1885, she married Claus Stueve, Jr. We will get back to her. Louise’s younger brother, … More Kaempfe Tragedy….and a Tornado Too
Today, I will use the fact that the steamboat, Knickerbocker, arrived in St. Louis, Missouri, on January 30, 1839, carrying a load of Saxon immigrants who were part of the Gesellschaft, as a springboard for another story. On the PBS website, there is a page which includes a timeline corresponding to one of their productions … More Mud Clerk on the Knickerbocker
January 11th was both a day of joy and a day of grief in the Telle and Bultmann families from Uniontown, Missouri. First, this date was the birthday of Martha Telle in 1862. Later, this date would also become the day when her husband, Ernst Bultmann, died in 1897. However, by that time, Martha had … More From Tragedy Comes Blessing
The first thing I want to accomplish today is establish the way a name is pronounced in East Perry County. Loeber. When Rev. Gotthold Loeber arrived in 1839, the passenger list showed his name spelled with an umlaut…..Löber. We also have a display of Loeber artifacts in our museum, and we have this picture … More Another Löber Day
