I am going to start today’s post by displaying a 1910 census entry from near Wittenberg, Missouri. It shows a Heins couple, John and Hulda (Richter) Heins, along with two teenagers, Irene and Edwin, who are called adopted children. You can also see that they were the same age, indicating that they were twins. In … More The McCourt Twins – Or the Heins Twins?
Since I have become more familiar with Perry County names since writing for this blog, I have realized something about the surname, Lorenz. There are two major clans of Lorenz’s who ended up more or less in different areas of this county. One of the Lorenz clans is what I call the “Altenburg Lorenz’s”, and … More The Original Altenburg Lorenz’s
You have come to expect a Friday blog post written by our museum director, Denise Hellwege, called Museum Musings. Today, she is not able to make her normal Friday contribution to our blog because her father-in-law has died, and she is attending to family business. So, I am filling in for her today. In the … More Museum Musings: Magnified Mueller Millers
Martin Paul Theodore Lorenz is today’s birthday boy. Paul was born on November 3, 1895, so today would be his 130th birthday. Paul was the son of John and Caroline (Mueller) Lorenz. Caroline Mueller was my Grandma Mueller’s cousin, so, if you extend out my family tree far enough, I suppose I would be related … More Paul and Josephine – Wittenberg Lorenz’s
Today’s post is one that I would put in the category of irresistible. Not only is today this highlighted man’s 200th birthday, but he was the first graduate of the Log Cabin College. I have already written a post about him, but it was back in the first year of this blog, and I was … More Alphabet’s 200th
The birthday boy for today’s post is Johann Kester, who was born on October 11, 1850. That means today would be his special 175th birthday. Johann was the son of Heinrich and Wilhelmine (Grossheider) Kester. Johann was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim. An image of his baptism record from that congregation’s records is … More Johann and Elvina – More Friedheim Kester’s
Today is a travel day for my wife and me. We head back to Altenburg after a wild weekend just outside Chicago that gave us the opportunity to watch some grandkids play sports. Grandma and Grumps have their buttons popping with pride because all three games we watched ended up in victories, with the grandkids … More Two Familiar Names Unite in Marriage
When I went to my Kindergarten class at St. Jacobi Lutheran School in Jennings, Missouri, my first principal was a man named Kenneth Markworth. Today, I will tell the story of Mr. Markworth’s grandparents. His grandfather is today’s birthday boy, and he was born in Perry County. Being a Perry County boy himself, I wonder … More Rev. Gottfried Markworth – Midwest Pastor
For a variety of reasons, today’s post may end up to be a relatively short one. The biggest reason is that today’s main character was a life-long single person. Most posts have two main characters, a husband and a wife, so there are automatically two sets of documents like baptism and census records and usually … More Tante Sarah Maria Martha Mueller
Johann August Dambach was born on May 31, 1875, which means that he would be celebrating his 150th birthday today. John was the son of Friedrich and Ernestine (Mehner) Dambach. He was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim. An image of his baptism record from that congregation’s books is pictured here. John is found … More John and Martha – The Dambach’s
