Today, I will tell the tale of Herman Heeszel (pronounced Hazel), whose life began in Jacob, Illinois but he did not live there for long. Most of his life was spent in the Northwest region of the United States. Herman Johann Martin Heeszel was born on July 7, 1895, thus qualifying him to be called … More Herman Heeszel – Great Northern Casket Company
Back in 2019, a post was published about a Poppitz bride and a Lueders groom. That couple was married in 1917 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, the church of the bride. A photo of the wedding party of Arthur Lueders and Hulda Poppitz is shown here. A year after the above wedding took place, … More Another Lueders/Poppitz Pair
Today’s birthday girl begins her life in Jacob, Illinois, but her parents moved their family all the way to Oregon shortly after she was confirmed. She would find her spouse and spend the rest of her life there. Her husband was another person whose family made moves across the country before he ended up in … More Mary Heeszel’s Corvallis County Commissioner
The main character in today’s post, as near as I can tell, may have never set foot in Perry County, possibly not even the state of Missouri. However, when you have the surname, Hopfer, the chances of having connections to Grace Lutheran Church in Uniontown are pretty high. For some background information that leads up … More Minden, NE to Medford, OR
Today’s tale was instigated by a baby girl’s birth in Pocahontas on January 12th, but you will discover that this story mostly takes place elsewhere. It is also a story that presented me with a real research headache. So, make sure you have plenty of gas in your tank because we are going on a trip, with only … More William’s Whereabouts? Gales Creek, OR or Dry Creek, NE?
When I began to look for a story to tell for today’s post, I was surprised to find another person from our German Family Tree who made her way to Oregon. After all, yesterday’s story about an Eggers family recounted the story of that clan making their way to Corvallis, Oregon. Today’s Perry County character … More Another Perry County Resident Makes Her Way to Oregon
The birthday boy for today is another person who spent his childhood in Perry County, Missouri, only to live most of his life elsewhere. In the story for today, we find that this man ends up not far from the Pacific Ocean. Paul Ernst Martin Eggers was born on May 24, 1894, so today would … More Eggers in Corvallis
Benjamin Hopfer and Emma Vogel were married on this date 114 years ago. Although Emma lived to the ripe, old age of 92, her husband, Ole’ Ben Hopfer, oulived her, making it into three-digit territory. We will take a look at this couple today. Benjamin Hopfer was born on November 10, 1882, the son of … More Ole’ Ben Hopfer
Yesterday’s post was about Henry Oetjen’s life story. As Paul Harvey often said, “This is the rest of the story.” Today, you get the story of Henry’s Oetjen cousins. I am going to start with Friedrich (Fred) Oetjen today. Friedrich Oetjen was born on April 7, 1887, one year after the birth of Henry. Fred … More Oregon’s Oetjen Cousins – Part 2
I began looking at a February 24th birthday today, thinking it might be worth a post. For a while, I was not convinced I could find enough for a story. However, as time went by, I eventually decided it was not worth a story; it was worth two stories. So today you will get the … More Oregon’s Oetjen Cousins – Part 1
