Yesterday’s post focused on a portion of the passenger list of the Republik showing people from the German city of Cahla (Kahla). I will show that image again. It was mentioned yesterday that Mary Susanne Koeppel’s second husband was Johann Gottlieb Shau. He was also a widower when that marriage took place. His first wife … More GG Grandma’s Other Friends
Two days ago, I wrote a story which started with the death of Clara Mueller, who died as an infant in Altenburg. I found another Clara Mueller who was born on this date, so I decided to tell her story. Before beginning, I chose to do a search on this blog for “Clara Mueller”. I … More Yet Another Clara Mueller
Thousands of people died in St. Louis during the summer of 1849. The cause of death was the disease known as cholera. It has been estimated that one out of every eleven people in that major city died from that disease primarily in the summer months of June and July. Many people who had the … More Summer of Death – 170 Years Ago
One of the characters in my book, Mama Buenger: Mother of a Synod is Clementine Buenger. She is today’s birthday girl. She was born on June 15, 1823 in Etzdorf, Germany. She was the daughter of Rev. Jakob and Christiane (Reiz) Buenger. Her father died in 1836, so her widowed mother decided to become a … More My Darling, Clementine
Today would have been the 162nd anniversary of Paul Martin and Anna (Lange) Estel. They were married at Old Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Louis on June 7, 1857. We have this marriage record, although it is just an entry in an Excel worksheet. I chose to write this story for a variety of reasons. … More Estel & Lange
I am going to attempt to tell the story about a woman who has definite roots in Perry County, Missouri, and a man that may have had his origins in the 1839 German immigration led by Rev. Martin Stephan. One thing we do know is that there was some movement by these two up and … More Up and Down
Christian Gottlieb Augustin was one of the original immigrants who was part of the Gesellschaft in 1839. When he arrived in America, he was just 19 years old, and he came by himself. We see him on this passenger list from the ship, Olbers. Christian joined the immigrants who came to Perry County, and he … More An Original Cartwright
Our story today centers around the birth of Frederick Hoffmann in 1842. He was born in St. Louis, and his baptism took place at Old Trinity Lutheran Church in that city. His family’s story, however, takes a path through New York City and Perry County (and likely northern Cape Girardeau County) before they finally settled … More Frederick the Stone Cutter
Two hundred fifteen years ago, Ferdinand Boehlau was born in Leipzig, Germany. His birthday was September 16, 1803, just a few months after the official announcement of the Louisiana Purchase. Ferdinand would end up living in a portion of that land acquisition because he became part of the Gesellschaft that arrived in Missouri in 1839. … More Lutheran Hall of Fame Sponsors
July 23, 1859 was the day a set of twins, one boy and one girl, were born in St. Louis, Missouri. The parents of this set of twins were both part of the 1839 German Lutheran immigration, so that is how their story makes this blog. Both of the parents came to America aboard the … More California is Calling
