The highlighted couple for today’s post would be celebrating their 125th anniversary today. If I have it figured correctly, this marriage brought together a German Lutheran from Zion Lutheran Church in Longtown and a Methodist from York Chapel located just outside of Longtown. I will begin with the groom. August Frederick Mehner was born on … More August and Lettie – Longtown Mehner’s
Friedrich Ernst Yamnitz was born in Germany on December 31, 1839, making today his 184th birthday. Ernst was the son of Johann and Johanna (Lindner) Yamnitz. A note on his father’s Findagrave.com site is shown below. “Along with the family of his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Johann Gottlob Mehner and Juliana Lindner, his family set sail from Hamburg … More Yamnitz’s in Yount
With today being the Third Week in Advent, three candles will be lighted on Advent wreaths in lots of Lutheran churches. The birthday girl for today’s post is Louise Marie Mehner, who was born on December 17, 1880. If she was still alive today, she would have to blow out 143 candles on her birthday cake. Louise was … More Louise and Eberhardt – Perry County Popp’s
One of the dilemmas I faced today was how to spell the main character’s surname. I found at least 3 different spellings…Gierenger, Gerringer, and Geringer. In a Gierenger family book that we have in our research library, it says that the change from Gierenger to Geringer took place in about 1935. Today’s character apparently used … More Ferd and Julia – The Geringer’s
One of the charter members of Zion Lutheran Church in Longtown was born on this day. George Wirth was born on June 21, 1861, making today his 162nd birthday. George was the son of Peter and Anna (Adler) Wirth. He was baptized at Peace Lutheran Church in Friedenberg, so we cannot view an actual image … More The Wirth-y and Schade-y Founders of Zion, Longtown
Elsa Barbara Wirth, today’s birthday girl, will be the highlighted character in today’s tale. Elsa was born on May 27, 1893, making today her 130th birthday. Elsa was the daughter of George and Paulina (Schade) Wirth. Her father was one of the charter members of Zion Lutheran Church in Longtown, but that congregation was not … More Brief Wife – Lengthy Widow
About 5 years ago, I wrote the amazing story of Henry Hellwege who got married 4 times. That post was titled, The Fourth Marriage. Henry got married in 1837, 1847, 1851, and 1856. Henry had at least one child with each of his 4 wives. Today, you will read the story of one of Henry’s … More Carl Hellwege Finds Friedheim Frau
I know it’s Mother’s Day, but the German Family Tree led me to a story about fathers. However, the birthday girl becomes an important mother in this tale, so I suppose we could say both “Happy Birthday” and “Happy Mother’s Day” to her. Emilie Mehner was born on May 14, 1883, so today would be … More A Mehner Mother Amongst a Passel of Pastors
Today’s main character was born in California. It’s not often that I write the story of a person born in California. Of course, it is somewhat more believable when I tell you that he was born in California, Missouri. That town is located not far from Jefferson City as is shown in the map below. … More Teacher Griebel
The surname, Sittner, has appeared in some posts on this blog before, but I think all of those with that surname have been women. I know that I had to make a new folder for the Sittner name to store the images I found for this story. I don’t have to make new folders very … More A Sittner/Mehner Pair
