I just could not resist. After writing the story about Charles Hoffmann yesterday, I found a connection to another Charles Hoffmann for today’s post. Then, I realized that I had already written a story highlighting this other Charles Hoffmann back in 2020. So, since I have plans for attending church this morning, and I also … More Another Charles Hoffmann in Collinsville
Today’s birthday boy was born in Germany, but did not live there very long. He came to this country when he was just 2 years old, so he must have had no memory of his days in Germany. I will attempt to share his story with our readers today. Heinrich Meier was born on June … More A Meier/Martin Match in Brazeau
I recently mentioned that our German Family Tree now includes the records of Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim. Today’s story will include some families that showed up in that congregation’s books during their early years. After the German Lutherans arrived in Perry County in 1839, one of the first pastors, Rev. Carl Gruber, who was … More Dissen to Friedheim – Sudheim to Lixville
Whenever I attempt to write the story of a Stueve, I know I will be presented with a challenge. The Stueve family tree is indeed a daunting one to navigate. Our research library has several large binders that include so many different members of that family tree. We are in the midst of an ice … More One of the Claus Stueve, Jr.’s
Yesterday’s blog post told the story of a man who made numerous moves during his life. Today’s tale will include a move, but only one of them. A whole family eventually made the same move, thus causing the family surname to disappear from this area. I will highlight 2 members of the family of Friedrich … More Fred Frede – Father of Ft. Wayne Females
I consider the highlight of today’s post will be noted at the very end of this article. I made one of those occasional trips to the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery here in Altenburg this morning in hopes of locating a gravestone that is not included on the Findagrave.com site for this cemetery. Often on such excursions, … More A Walther and Weseloh Wedding
The birthday boy for today’s post is Alwin Herman Valentin Leine who was born on June 19, 1882. Yesterday’s story highlighted the life of Gustav Schilling, who was born in Frohna on June 18, 1882, so Alwin was born the next day. Alwin was born in the northern part of Cape Girardeau County near New … More Daisy Blacksmith
Today, you will be reading the story of a woman who was part of the original Stephanite immigration in 1839 that was called the Gesellschaft. She would be celebrating her 200th birthday because she was born on February 24, 1823. The man who would become her husband was also part of the Gesellschaft. However, neither … More Gesellschaft Gal Celebrates Bicentennial Birthday
The information shown below from our German Family Tree is the starting point for today’s post. As you can see, there is not much there. It contains only a baptism record and a marriage record from Grace Lutheran Church. As of the time of this writing, the German Family Tree does not contain records for … More Kurreville Store
Herman Gottfried August Braeuner was born on February 7, 1872, making him today’s birthday boy. He would have been 149 years old today. I will attempt to tell his story in this post. Herman was the son of Herman and Caroline (Winter) Braeuner. We have this photo of Herman and Caroline. A post was written … More Ridge Braeuner’s
