I will share a story today which I consider amazingly unique. It will tell the tale of a man whose occupations during his life took an amazing turn as he became older. Since it involves flowers, I find it to be an appropriate story to tell on this Mother’s Day. Add to that the fact … More A Flower Story for Mother’s Day
Two male first names that I so often see when I look in our German Family Tree are Heinrich and Herman. Although I did not refer to his full name yesterday, the main character in that post was Heinrich Herman Rauss. Today, it just so happens that I found another Heinrich Herman who was born … More Another Heinrich Herman
I actually wrote this post yesterday. That’s because I will be on the road almost all day today without a chance to write a story for January 23rd. Actually, my wife and I will be sort of replicating the trip made by my Schmidt ancestors 180 years ago aboard the Knickerbocker. We will be traveling … More Schmidts Traveling Upriver
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
On November 12, 1889, Ernest Friedrich Karl Groh was born in Altenburg, Missouri. I have learned that you have to be careful when looking at the Groh family. There are plenty of men named Ernest and Friedrich and Karl (Carl) in that family. This one had all those names, but he would later mostly be … More Groh West, Young Man
I do not usually look for stories that are associated with a death, but I was attracted to today’s situation anyway. A girl who was originally named Hannah Bollefer happened to die on this day in 1974. The tale of that girl entering the Perry County community is the starting point to tell several other … More It Started with an Apple
A pastor was born on this day in 1889. It may have taken some time before he discovered that calling, but he had his start in Wittenberg, Missouri. After his birth on October 8th, he was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. The Trinity books say that he was baptized by Rev. Zschoche, who … More The Travels of Adolph and Amanda
You normally would not think that a Perry County native would spend much of her lifetime in Minnesota and end up in Mexico, but that is what happened with the main character of today’s story. The story starts on August 3rd in 1889 when Agnes Tabia Albrecht was born in Farrar, Missouri. She is what … More Missouri to Minnesota to Mexico
Reinhold John Imanuel Mueller was born on April 26, 1879. Now if you are familiar with this area, you know that Muelller (spelled this way) is definitely a Perry County name. In fact, there are days when I am muttering to myself that there are too many Muellers in our German Family Tree. However, Reinhold … More Duplicate Muellers – Domestic and Foreign
Teacher Asche accepted a call to Trinity Lutheran School in Altenburg in 1884. His daughter, Marie Caroline, tells the tale of her family taking a train ride from Brooklyn, New York, where her father had been a teacher, to Grand Tower, Illinois. There they had to travel across the Mississippi River in a little skiff … More Lehrer Asche
