Before I begin today’s story, I want to encourage you to go back to the last post I wrote 2 days ago about Elizabeth Hecht who married Charles Fricke. It was full of missing pieces that I could not find or explain. Our friend in Germany, Timm Yamnitz went down rabbit holes that are not … More Paul Mehner Eventually Returns to Crosstown
My grandmother’s maiden name was Bertha Mueller. When Bertha married my grandfather, Emanuel Schmidt, she was a widower and named Bertha Loebs. However, that pair could be considered a Schmidt/Mueller couple. Not long ago, I re-posted a story about another Schmidt who married a Mueller which was originally titled, Another Schmidt/Mueller Couple. It told the … More Yet Another Schmidt/Mueller Couple
I think I have already written three different posts that have highlighted a main character whose name was Clara Schmidt. Two of them were born as Clara Schmidt, and one became Clara Schmidt as a result of marriage. In addition to that, I have mentioned my great-aunt, Clara Schmidt, on several occasions, but she has … More Henry Bangert – Gordonville Postmaster
One lonely church record found in the books of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altenburg leads us to today’s couple. That confirmation record was for a young girl who would eventually marry a very prominent character in the history of Jackson, Missouri. I will begin with the bride in today’s couple. Regina Fredericke Rehkopf was born … More Jacob Kneibert – Jackson Pioneer
On May 9th back in 2016, the first year of this blog, I wrote a short post about today’s birthday boy titled, A to Z – Amalia to Zacharias. My first thought was to just re-publish that story for today, but I thought that the story of Zacharias Mueller was too important to have just … More Zach Mueller’s Bicentennial Birthday
Included in the Stephanite immigration that arrived in America in 1839 were two rather large families. The Schuricht family began the vogaye across the Atlantic Ocean with 9 passengers, one of which died at sea. The Tirmenstein family had 10 people on their ship’s passenger list. The Schuricht’s were reportedly from Wallbach in Germany. I … More Traugott Schuricht – St. Louis Merchant
A baby boy was born on June 16, 1876, about 3 weeks before America celebrated their Centennial Fourth of July. That boy’s name was Stephen Ludwig Kasten, the son of Karl and Juliane (Lehner) Kasten. Stephan was child #4 in a family of 8. He was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells. An … More Stephen Kasten – Merchant & Mathilde’s Man
The starting point for today’s post is the birthday of one of the numerous “Miller Weinhold’s” that lived in Frohna. At least, that’s how I located this story. However, I am going to begin by looking at his older Weinhold brother first. Heinrich Gotthilf Weinhold was born on February 26, 1879, the son of Gotthilf and Bertha (Thomas) … More Teacher and Merchant Weinhold and the Kanke Sisters from Carrollton
We have another 125th birthday to celebrate today. Meta Mathilde Bingenheimer was born on August 25, 1897, the daughter of William and Martha (Bodenschatz) Bingenheimer. A previous post was written about Meta’s parents. That post had a similar sounding title to the one for this post, except it had a bunch of “B” words, not … More Merchant Martin Meyr and His Mate, Meta
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
