In November of 2017, a post was published titled, Sandler the Smithy, that told the story of the couple made up of Peter Sandler and Margaretha Boxdorfer. That was not the first couple made up of a Sandler man and a Boxdorfer woman. Today, you will be told the story of the first Sandler/Boxdorfer marriage. … More Another Sand-Box Couple
I am taking a little bit of liberty with the German language today. The name Oster could refer to “Easter”, and the name Muench could mean “monk”. Today I tell the story of a marriage between an Oster and a Muench, and thus, the title, Easter Monk. One thing that attracted me to this story … More Easter Monk
A marriage took place in Perry County on this date 150 years ago. The Perry County marriage record for this wedding is shown here. As you can see, it was Henry Boxdorfer who married Elisabeth Rauh on that day. The pastor who is listed, Rev. F.C. Besel, was serving Peace Lutheran Church in Friedenberg at … More Baltimore Boxdorfer
There are 15 pages in our German Family Tree that come from today’s birthday boy. His name was Gottlieb Boxdorfer. Gottlieb was born on February 7, 1820 in Weidnitz, a small village in Bavaria, a region of Germany. This is a map showing the location of Weidnitz. It also indicates the city of Dresden, where … More Burgeoning Boxdorfers
Today would have been the 117th anniversary for Theodore and Magdalena Catherina Hoffstetter. Now, if I have my German right, the word, “hof”, means farm or farmyard. Lena’s maiden name was Ochs, which I believe means ox, although around here, this name is pronounced with a long “o” sound. Thus the title. One thing that is … More An Ox Enters the Farmyard
I have written about one of today’s characters before. Twice, in fact. I wrote a story about his parents……Watching So Many Children Die, and I wrote a story about one of his sons……..Finding a Job and a Wife in the Big City. Today would be the 139th anniversary of his marriage, so I chose to … More Sandler the Smithy
