Instead of getting a January 11th story today, I will be writing about a second Longtown storekeeper who was born on January 10th. His name was Martin Moeckel. Martin was born exactly 7 years after yesterday’s birthday boy, Gottwerth Telle. Delving into this man’s story is probably going to lead to some other future stories, … More Longtown Shopkeepers – Part 2
This post will not be about a person, a family, or a place. It will be about a photograph and an event. The photo that will be discussed is this one. I am not sure who has the original photograph, but a copy of it can be found in Mary Dillon’s Wittenberg book. By the … More A Band of Bands
August John Oberndorfer was born on March 15, 1880. March 15th has gone down in history as the Ides of March, the day on which Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC. That tragedy was supposedly predicted by a soothsayer who proclaimed, “Beware the Ides of March.” It is now remembered as being an “ominous” … More Born and Died on Ides of March
You may have done business with a company called Hardware Hank. It’s a company based in Minnesota and is a co-op of hardware store owners similar to Ace Hardware, True Value, or Do It Best. In days gone by, you might have done business with a hardware store that very well could have been called … More Hardware Rudy’s
Today we say, “Happy Birthday” to Theodore Heinrich Kassel who was born on June 5th 128 years ago in 1889. His most notable accomplishment in Perry County was as the owner and operator of the Frohna Machine Shop. I wish I was at home to get some local input for this story because there are … More Frohna Machine Shop
I am going to backtrack to a post I wrote at the end of March titled, One of the Ridge Gerlers. In that post, I said I would have to tell the story of the Gerler family immigrating to America in another post. Today, I will tell that story. The family of Christian Frederich Gerler … More The Genesis of the Gerler Genealogy
On April 5, 1891, Ernst and Gertrude (Hacker) Obendorfer were blessed with another boy. His name was Leo Michael Oberndorfer. The records of Zion Lutheran Church in Longtown, Missouri indicate that Leo was born in Longtown but baptized at the Friedenberg church. He was confirmed at Zion in 1904. Zion began as a congregation in … More Doc Leo from Longtown
