Theodore Henry Rauh was born on April 6, 1881, making today his 142nd birthday. Theodore was the son of Adam and Margaret (Lang) Rauh and likely baptized at Peace Lutheran Church in Friedenberg. Since he was born after the 1880 census and we cannot view the one taken in 1890, Theodore was almost 20 years … More Theodore and Minnie Rauh and Their Texas Dairy Farm
Today’s pair was first mentioned at the end of a post titled, Meyr or Meyer?. That post stated that Ernst Meyr and his wife, Magdalena, must have decided to change the spelling of their surname from the Austrian spelling, Meyr, to the more common spelling of Meyer. So, today, when we focus on one of … More Ted and Bertha – The Meyr’s (or Meyer’s)
Having been a Lutheran teacher during my career, I am especially partial to writing stories that involve individuals who also entered that profession. The churches in East Perry County have provided plenty of fodder for writing such stories because this area has sent so many people into full time church work. You will be reading … More Teacher Meyr
Prior to my research on this story, I had never heard of the surname, Mutzu. Nor are there many girls found in the German Family Tree who had the first or middle name, Cecilia. I did a search on the name, Cecilia, in our GFT and came up with only 32 results, and many of … More A Little Taste of Hungarian Popp
In the past week or two, I have published (or re-published) a pair of stories that come from the family of Charles and Barbara (Hoehn) Thieret. One was titled, Art and Dora – The Popp’s, and the other was re-posted on Christmas Day. That one was called Noel Nuptials. I found yet another story from that … More Bennetta’s Birthday
Maybe in English communities, you can talk about “Keeping Up with the Jones’s”, but from our German community comes a story of “Kipping Up with the Meyer’s and the Lohmann’s”. We begin with a birthday girl. Augusta Maria Magdalena Meyer was born on October 2, 1897, so she would be celebrating a special 125th birthday … More Kipping Up with the Meyer’s and the Lohmann’s
I do not have a new surname in today’s post. I have a new first name. That name is Pancratius. I did a search in our German Family Tree for this unusual name and discovered that it only occurs within the Muench family. There are sites online that indicate this name means “all powerful”. Pancratius … More P Is for Pancratius
Today’s tale begins with the birth of Ida Amalie Kuntze on June 2, 1893. You will discover that this Kuntze girl gets her surname caught up in a web of Meyer’s and Miesner’s. Ida was the daughter of Wilhelm and Susanna (Grosse) Kuntze. She was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. We can take … More The Meyer-Miesner-Kuntze Web
I began looking at the couple highlighted in this post, and it did not take me long to discover that today’s tale will be connected to the one I wrote yesterday. You will be reading the story of a Hoehn and a Meyer who got married on this date back in the late 1880’s. I … More A Hoehn/Meyer Wedding Anniversary
I quickly discovered when researching the surnames for today’s post that I had to be careful. The main man in the story is Henry Rauh, and he was not the only Henry Rauh in this area’s history. The main woman in the story is Mary Meyer, and she, too, was not the only Mary Meyer. … More Perryville Storekeeper and Treasurer
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