I find it really hard to NOT write the story of a person who is included in our German Family Tree who is celebrating their 200th birthday. I have one of those stories to write today. It has a lot of holes in it, so I am guessing that this will be a shorter article … More Sophia Schneider’s Bicentennial Birthday?
A young man named Ernst Rudert arrived in America as the Civil War was coming to an end in 1864. He was just a teenager and made the voyage by himself aboard the ship, America. The passenger list displayed here for that ship says Ernst was from Gefell. I find it interesting that the person … More Ernst and Ernestine – The Rudert’s
I will present you with a name that has not appeared on this blog before today. It is not a German name. It is an English name…Miles. On a very detailed Ancestry.com family history, this Miles name can be tracked all the way back to an arrival in Maryland back in the 1600’s. That is … More A Miles-Sandler Family
I was attracted to today’s story because it involves a Metzner, and that surname is fresh in my mind because I published a story a few days ago, Destination Wedding – 150 Years Ago, that included a Metzner. In that post, I questioned whether Friedrich Metzner was correctly included in a family with several other Metzner … More The First Wedding at Immanuel, Altenburg
In a previous post, I wrote about a Bergmann who married a Weinrich. I did not realize it at the time that when that couple got married in 1856, their wedding was part of a double wedding. The other wedding that took place on the same day also was a Weinrich who married a Bergmann. … More A Weinrich-Bergmann Pair
As you can see on the passenger list for the ship, Minerva, the John Weinrich family arrived in America in 1853. There is some confusion about the arrival of the Weinrich”s because the Friedenberg Remembrances books says this family came to America in 1852 aboard the ship, Leonidas. However, this family is not found on … More John and Emilie – A Pair of Longtown Weinrich’s
The story you will read today is another one that tells of a couple that was childless, but chose to take in some children who needed a home, so I titled it Let the Children Come to Us – Part 3. It is a story that took me down some very interesting rabbit holes. George … More Let the Children Come to Us – Part 3
Many of the stories on this blog include an event that is especially unusual and interesting. It may be a double wedding, a death on a Leap Day, a wedding on the day after Easter, etc. Today, the story has such an unusual occurrence, but it doesn’t show up until the very end. Adolph Weinrich … More Two Succumb to the Flu
A boy was born on this day in 1829 in Germany. His name was John Militzer. His birthday was December 19, 1829, the son of Johann Christoph and Maria Justine (Lambern) Militzer. Before I go on, let me say that in this case, our German Family Tree does not indicate who John’s mother was. Also, … More Militzer the Millwright
Today I will share the story of W.W……..Wilhelm Wachter. His story is not without its puzzles. I hope I get it right. I tell his story today because December 29th was the date of his second marriage in 1870. But before I get to that, let me go back. Wilhelm came to America when he … More Double Double-U
