Ken Craft, the creator of our ZionRoots Project, is an amazing genealogist. He has contributed so many resources that we have in our museum’s research library. Ken also married a Noennig, and today’s story will lead us into that family. We begin in a different family in which we find today’s birthday girl. Amanda Clara … More Arthur and Amanda – The Noennig’s
Lydia Mathilde Pilz has a special birthday today. Since she was born on June 6, 1897, she would be 125 years old if she was still alive. Lydia was the daughter of Henry and Maria (Stueve) Pilz. According to our German Family Tree, she was the 4th of 7 children born into that Pilz family. … More Rudy and Lydia and Their Fruit
Bruno and Maria were married on this day 122 years ago in Farrar. This couple was made up of some typical Farrar names. Quite a few posts have told stories of other siblings in these two families, but today we get to tell the tale of a bride and groom that bring these two families … More Bruno’s Winesaps
One of the common first names for Germans from the Hanover area that settled in Perry County is Claus. Also, there are two churches in this area that had several men included in their membership with the name, Claus. Those two churches are Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altenburg and Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar. Today’s … More Claus’s Wives – Two Thurm’s and a Koenig
I do not usually look for stories that are associated with a death, but I was attracted to today’s situation anyway. A girl who was originally named Hannah Bollefer happened to die on this day in 1974. The tale of that girl entering the Perry County community is the starting point to tell several other … More It Started with an Apple
Many, many people drive past this tree on a daily basis around here. It is a tree that has obviously been around here for a very long time. If it had eyes, it would have seen many interesting events over the years. If it had ears, it would have heard countless stories. It stand on … More If a Tree Could Talk
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