I have not written may posts about people who have surnames that begin with a “Q”. For the record, our German Family Tree contains only 4 pages of information on surnames beginning with “Q”. I remember doing a post about a Michael Quast, and I vaguely remember someone married to a Quaas, but that’s all … More Pastor Q
A 150th birthday begins a journey to a family in which a man eventually marries a pair of sisters. Not at the same time, of course. We will start with the birthday girl. Wilhelmine Mirly was born on August 22, 1870, the daughter of Joseph and Wilhelmine (Schimmelpfennig) Mirly. She was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran … More Marrying Multiple Mirly’s
I am going to begin today’s post by once again showing the photo including several members of the August Ude family. The members of this family that will be the subject of today’s post are the ones indicated by the red arrows. The 3 brothers highlighted yesterday were all involved in running grocery stores. The … More Postlude to Ude’s Food
The Gospel of Luke tells the story of Zacharias (King James Version spelling of his name) and his wife, Elizabeth who had a son named John. We often refer to him as John the Baptist. In the case of John the Baptist, he was the only son of Zacharias and Elizabeth. Today, I will tell … More The Son of Zacharias
The saga you will be told today begins with a girl’s birthday on this date in St. Louis, Missouri, but it certainly does not end there. The girl’s name was Anna Marie Schuricht. She was born on June 15, 1856, the daughter of Johann Fuerchtegott and Anna Susanna (Tirmenstein) Schuricht. The story of Anna Marie’s … More Kinder’s Freund (Children’s Friend)
On a lark, when I started yesterday looking for a story for today, I decided to not just look for an event that took place on September 14th, but I went after an event that took place 100 years ago today on September 14, 1919. I was amazed that a search for that date in … More Perplexing Pair of Poppitz Partners
It may be Cinco de Mayo elsewhere in the world, but we Germans would say it is the fünfter Mai. And on the fifth of May in 1886, Clara Vogel was born in Jacob, Illinois. I knew that after looking in our German Family Tree, I was quite sure that I was not going to … More Clara Finds Justus in Jacob – Or Did Justus Find Clara?
The person whose story will be told today did not spend much of his life in Perry County. In fact, he did not spend most of his life in Missouri. Heinrich (Henry) Schuessler became a Lutheran pastor and spent almost all his life in the state of Michigan. We tell his story today because he … More Rev. Schuessler from Michigan
Cornelia Bundenthal was born on October 10, 1909 in Atchison, Kansas. You might immediately wonder how she would be connected to East Perry County. Cornelia was the daughter of Rev. Theodore and Concordia (Weinhold) Bundenthal. Concordia was one of the eight daughters of Joseph and Mary Weinhold of Wittenberg. The story of the Weinhold’s daughters … More The Travels and Travails of Cornelia
My last post highlighted a brother and sister who both remained unmarried during their lives. Another story materialized for today which will highlight another unmarried person. The story will also take us from Mecklenburg to Minnesota to Michigan to Missouri. We will begin this story by looking at the passenger list of the ship, Gessner, … More Maid from Michigan
