Lydia Bertha Meyer was born on November 11, 1898, so today would be her 125th birthday. Lydia was the daughter of Joachim and Engel (Meier) Meyer. Her parents were a couple made up of two different spellings of names pronounced the same way. Lydia was baptized at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar. We can take … More Oscar, Lydia, and Ella – Farrar Mueller’s
This post will be the third one in a row that will tell of a man who spent a short time in Perry County before living the rest of his life elsewhere. A boy named Ernst Friedrich Johannes Meier was born on December 8, 1895, the son of Johann and Marie (Eggers) Meier. He was … More 3 Sons Go Off to War – Only 1 Returns Alive
Much of today’s story will take place in Germany. It is the tale of a Stueve woman who married a Wichern man. In earlier posts, I have told of a Wichern woman who marries a Stueve man, but today you will read one that results in some more Wichern’s living in Perry County. I will … More Another Stueve-Wichern Story
Rotenburg, Germany is the setting for two baptisms today. The two who were baptized would travel to America and get married in Perry County, Missouri. Then when the wife becomes a widow, she moves with some family to Oklahoma where she spends the rest of her life. I will begin this story with a special … More Widow Cordes in Alva, Oklahoma
Martha Katharine Mahnken is today’s birthday girl, being born on March 21, 1889. She would have to blow out 133 candles on her birthday cake if she was still alive today. Katharine was the daughter of Johann and Maria (Versemann) Mahnken, the 6th of 9 children in this family. She was baptized at Salem Lutheran … More A Meier-Mahnken Match
A baby boy was born in Perry County 150 years ago. Sadly, this baby was born after his father had died previously during November of that year. That baby was given the name August Johann Peter Meier, born on November 27, 1871. August’s parents were Heinrich and Anna (Beckmann) Meier. August was baptized at Salem … More Longtown Blacksmith Gets Funke
There are four main characters in today’s tale. These four first made up two pairs, but when death came to their doorsteps, the two that remained became a pair. All four had their origins in the Hanover area of Germany. We have to travel across the Mississippi River to Jackson County, Illinois to find this … More Widowed in Winter – Joined during June in Jacob
Today would be the 147th wedding anniversary of a Uniontown couple. I’ll get to the marriage later. We will start by looking at the groom. His name was Ernst August Alvin Frentzel who was born on June 4, 1857. During his lifetime, he was called Alvin. His parents were Charles and Emily Frentzel. I can … More Frentzel – Not Just a Farmer
We begin today with the birth of Anna Maria Miesner on September 16, 1869, making today her 152nd birthday. She was the daughter of Johann and Maria (Meier) Miesner. Anna was baptized at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar. An image of her baptism record is displayed here. Anna was only one year old when the … More Miesner/Meier to Meyer/Miesner
I did a search on this blog for the term “Twin Falls” and got 4 results, so today’s story that begins in Perry County and ends up in Twin Falls, Idaho is not the first such post on this blog fitting that pattern. The story begins with the birthday of Martin Peter Johann Meier which … More Another Twin Falls, Idaho Resident
