Since I started writing for this blog a little over a year ago, I have learned some valuable lessons. I have discovered resources of which I was previously unaware. I will share one of those resources today. I have always had our Starzinger Family Research Library here at the Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum as … More Useful MO Genealogical Resources
I have spent way too much time researching today’s story. And after all is said and done, I still have questions. Johann Martin Quest was one of the original immigrants. He came to America aboard the Johann Georg and up the Mississippi River aboard the Clyde. Here we see him listed on the Johann Georg … More My Quast Quest
Rev. Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther was one of the original immigrants who was part of the Gesellschaft. In fact, after the removal of Rev. Martin Stephan, Rev. Walther became probably the most prominent leader of this group. He went on to become the first President of what would later be called the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. … More Maybe They Should Have Been Named Law and Gospel
Today, I must embellish a story that has already been told….a couple times…on this blog. However, I simply cannot resist discussing a record that I found in the church books of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Wittenberg. Here is that record: On this day in 1920, Maria Weinhold died, and yes, it does say that … More She Died of a Broken Heart
Our story begins today with this baptism record for Auguste Amalie Elizabeth Weise on February 2, 1840. It is the first church record, along with the marriage record of J.G. Hemmann, in the books of Grace Lutheran Church in Paitzdorf (Uniontown). Rev. C.F. Gruber indicates that this baptism took place on February 2nd, but he … More Perplexing Paitzdorf Record
Rev. William Zschoche became a pastor in 1866 after graduating from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis. His first call was to a church in Paola, Kansas. Not long after graduating, he married Emily Richter. After serving there, he took his next call to Atchison, Kansas. Finally, Rev. Zschoche’s last congregation was Concordia Lutheran Church in … More A Zschoch-ing Wedding
January 11th was both a day of joy and a day of grief in the Telle and Bultmann families from Uniontown, Missouri. First, this date was the birthday of Martha Telle in 1862. Later, this date would also become the day when her husband, Ernst Bultmann, died in 1897. However, by that time, Martha had … More From Tragedy Comes Blessing
Alpha is the beginning letter of the Greek alphabet and Omega is the last. Normally, we think of Alpha coming before Omega, but we Christians can actually look at the end as being a new beginning. When we get to Omega, the alphabet just starts over, only it lasts for an eternity. When we die, … More The End of the Alphabet
Like so many of you, I’m sure, I just had a wonderful time celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday with members of my family. Now that it is over, I have a few thoughts to share. It occurred to me that there are quite a few similarities between the story of the Pilgrims coming to America and … More Reflections on Thanksgiving
One of the ways you can tell the date of the above photo is by noting that the railroad tracks are there. The Frisco railroad began operating in July of 1904. The building of the rails began a year or two earlier. One of things I find intriguing is the fact that while the railroad … More A Church and a Railroad Come to Wittenberg
