Ida Rosina Leimbach is today’s birthday girl. Having been born on November 28, 1898, she would be celebrating her 125th birthday today. There are two large Leimbach clans in this area, one which could be called the Ridge Leimbach’s and one which could be called the Shawnee Township Leimbach’s. A while back, one of our … More A New Wells/Pocahontas Meyr/Leimbach Couple
Arthur Friedrich Meyr’s birthday is the starting point for today’s post. He was born on November 20, 1898, so today would be his 125th birthday. Arthur was the 5th and last child of Gustav and Clara (Scholl) Meyr. He was baptized, like all his siblings, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells. An image of … More Arthur Meyr – New Wells Auto Mechanic
I located a bicentennial birthday for today’s post. Since that takes us back to 1823, when I find such a birthday boy or girl, they almost certainly were born in Germany or Austria. In today’s case, our bicentennial birthday girl was born in Austria. You will discover that this story will detail a couple made … More A Pioneer Meyr Matriarch Celebrates 200th
The family relationships in today’s tale certainly presented a challenge. I think you will understand what I mean as you read it. It begins with a birthday girl in the Vogel family. In fact, it’s one of those special 150th birthdays today. Emma Magdalena Vogel was born on August 20, 1873, the daughter of William … More Starzinger Couple and Their Assorted Households
Two days ago, I published the post, A Pair of Perr’s, and in it, I said that folks around here pronounce the name, Perr, as “pair”. I will be telling the story of another Perr today, and, believe it or not, I found evidence that this name was pronounced as “pair” in this area a long … More An Older Pair of Perr’s
When I see the surnames, Schuppan and Meyr, I immediately think about people from New Wells, Missouri. I was right about today’s couple which was made up of those two names. They indeed each had their start in New Wells, but spent most of their lives elsewhere, only to return to New Wells for their … More Art and Bert – The Schuppan’s
You will be reading another post today that begins with a child who would be celebrating his 125th birthday if he was still alive. Joseph Traugott Martin Kaempfe was born on April 21, 1898, the son of Otto and Magdalena (Mueller) Kaempfe. There were 6 children born to Otto and Magdalena, and Joseph was the … More Joseph Kaempfe’s Tumultuous Young Life
A small group of Austrian immigrants arrived in New Orleans in June of 1852 aboard the ship, Deutschland. Those immigrants would settle in northern Cape Girardeau County near New Wells and were instrumental in the establishment of Immanuel Lutheran Church in that village. On the passenger list below, you will see the families of Matthias … More Yet Another Austria Bicentennial Birthday
I invented a new term for today’s post. I hereby declare that bi-bicentennial means a set of two bicentennial birthdays. Let me say that I come across only a few folks in our German Family Tree who would be celebrating their 200th birthdays, so when I locate a case when there are two people on … More Bi-Bicentennial Birthdays
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)
