A marriage at Grace Lutheran Church in Uniontown is the starting point for today’s tale. You will be reading about a couple and their family who made their way west across our country during their lives. Their stops along the way happen to be places where other Perry County natives migrated. The story doesn’t end … More From Old Appleton to San Francisco – With Stops in Kansas and Idaho
Two hundred years ago on this date, the territory of Missouri was admitted to the Union as an official state. That event will be the starting point for today’s post. Normally, the posts on this blog tell the stories of German Lutherans who had their roots in Perry County, Missouri. That not will not be … More Happy 200th Birthday, Missouri
I will begin today with an admission that there is some dispute about the birthdate of today’s main character. Our German Family Tree states that Herman Ludwig was born on January 22, 1859. However, his later death certificate not only states that his birthday took place on January 21st, but it also says he was … More Herman the Brewer
Maria Hopfer was born on this day, and I will attempt to tell her story. She was born on March 4, 1841, so today would have been her 178th birthday. She was the daughter of Michael and Justine (Quaas) Hopfer and baptized at Grace Lutheran Church in Uniontown (although neither the church nor the town … More Maria’s Soldier and Merchant from Old Appleton
I guess you could make the argument that the first famous Lutheran braumeister (brewmaster) was Katharina “Katie” (von Bora) Luther, Martin’s wife. Martin Luther loved to have a good beer to drink, but he was much too busy with his profession to brew his own. However, his wife was quite good at producing a good … More Our Newest Braumeister
When Ferdinand Rudolph Schaefer was born on February 13, 1866, his parents would certainly not have predicted that their son and his future wife would be so instrumental in the preservation of Oklahoma history. Heinrich and Maria (Hopfer) Schaefer had their newborn baby baptized at Grace Lutheran Church in Uniontown. Here is the church record … More Schaefers Help Preserve Oklahoma History
I rely pretty heavily upon Google Translate to help me with my German. Today, I had to look up the translation for the word schoen or schön. Google Translate gave me many options. The main one was the word “beautiful”. There were quite a few others. One of the others was “good”. That’s the one … More The Good Doctors from Pocahontas
Today would have been the 91st wedding anniversary of George and Frieda Loebs. [Here in Perry County, this name is pronounced Labes….rhymes with babes] Here is the marriage license for this wedding that took place at Grace Lutheran Church in Uniontown. If you look closely, you will see that it says George Loebs hailed from … More Another Mueller Girl Goes to Wittenberg
Not long after the beginning of the twentieth century, a future pastor was baptized at Grace Lutheran Church in Uniontown, Missouri. Heinrich Herman Schaefer was born on June 12, 1902. His parents were Heinrich Carl and Josephine Tennessee (Telle) Schaefer who lived in the town of Old Appleton, just south of Uniontown. Here are photos … More Pastor Schaefer – Tennessee’s Spirit-maker’s Son
Today’s title is intended to mislead you. To understand why, you must once again understand some more East Perry County pronunciation. Although the name Schade looks like it ought to be a one syllable word that sounds like shades, it is not. This name is pronounced with two syllables and is called Shaw-dee. However, today’s … More Cool Schades
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