We have a 150th birthday to celebrate today. Juliane Magdalena Ernestine Militzer was born on February 1, 1875, the daughter of Christian and Maria (Grebing) Militzer. A previous post about Julia’s parents can be found at Double Wedding in the Hole. Julia was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. We can take a look … More Gotthilf and Julia – The Altenburg Schilling’s
Today, you will read the story of two sisters who were lifelong singles. Until the time near their death, these two are found on the same census page. And most of their time, they lived in or near Frohna. One of the sisters has a birthday today. Ernestine Sophia Militzer was born on December 1, … More Ernestine and Lina – Militzer Maidens
I guess I am showing my age when I say that when I hear the names Paul and Mary, I automatically think of the folk singers, Peter, Paul, and Mary. Today’s tale involves a bride and groom named Paul and Mary, and a man named William enters the story at the end, so thus the … More William, Paul, and Mary
Back in 2019, this story of a double wedding that took place in Altenburg in 1873 was published. That story highlighted the fact that 2 Grebing siblings got married at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg on the same day. Now, 4 years later, those two couples would be celebrating their 150th wedding anniversaries. German Lutherans … More Sesquicentennial Anniversary x 2
We begin today by looking at a birthday girl by the name of Ella Maria Theresa Schilling. Ella was born on April 30, 1898, so today would be her 125th birthday. She was the daughter of Gotthilf and Juliana (Militzer) Schilling. Ella’s baptism record is found in the books of Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. … More The Seemann’s – To Potter, Nebraska and Back
The story for today’s post begins for both its characters in Perry County, Missouri, but later, this couple skips across the river to spend most of their lives near Jacob, Illinois. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you already know that this is not the first time I have written about such … More Jacob Moeckels
A wedding took place on this day 140 years ago at Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna, Missouri. The story of that couple will be told today. It is yet another tale about a family that begins in Perry County, Missouri, but ends up across the Mississippi River in Jackson County, Illinois. It is a story … More Moeckel and His Mathilde
I found one of those bicentennial birthdays today. Christian Gottfried Moeckel was born on September 23, 1820 in Germany. In the Jacob Family Book, it states that Gottfried was born in Kreis Ziegenrueck Regierungsbezirk Erfurt. A location known as Ziegenruck can be found on this map of present-day Germany. It is only about 20 miles … More Gottfried’s 200th Birthday
In 2017, I wrote a story titled, Charles Weber x 2. That post highlighted not one Charles Weber, but two of them. Today, I will tell the tale of yet another Charles (Carl) Weber. The one you will read about today involves a Carl Weber who came from what we call the “Ridge Webers”. I can … More The Ridge Charles Weber
I ran across a marriage that took place on this day back in 1901 that involved two characters that show up occasionally in my Wittenberg ’03 book, so I decided to tell the story of that couple in today’s post. The marriage was between Theodore Militzer and Theodora Lueders. I am still away from Altenburg … More Theodore and Theodora
