We will be celebrating a 168th wedding anniversary today. I think the couple getting married on this day 168 years ago is a pretty unusual duo. First of all, both the bride and the groom were each the firstborn child in their respective families. Add to that the fact that the groom was the first … More 1st of Many Marries 1st of Even More
I have already written a few posts that have included Bernhardt Palisch. Just this past week, I wrote the story, Lichtenegger in Altenburg, which told of one of his daughters marrying a Lichtenegger. That is not the only story on this blog which has mentioned Bernhardt as the father of a story character. Another story … More Two Wives – Two Dozen Children
A while back, I wrote the story of the The Pioneer Lichtenegger, which described the arrival of Joseph Lichtenegger to America. That post also mentioned the several children that Joseph and his wife had in their family. A few other posts have also been written about some of those children. You can find other posts … More Lichtenegger in Altenburg
The story I tell today brings together three surnames that have shown up in this blog on many occasions….Engert, Gerler, and Palisch. And the Palisch surname actually shows up twice in this story. It all starts with the birthday of Gotthilf Engert, who was born on September 30, 1845. He was the son of Friedrich … More Engert-Gerler-Palisch
Anton Schade, if he was still alive, would be celebrating his 130th birthday today. He was born on August 8, 1889. I admit that what I was really looking for today was a person who was born or married on August 8, 1888 (8/8/88), but none could be found in our German Family Tree. I … More Anton Gets Palisch-ed
Today’s birthday girl can be described using so many names, as indicated in the title of this post. That list is not even complete, as you will later read. This girl’s family could trace their ancestry back to the Gesellschaft in 1839, but by the time of her birth, her parents were living across the … More Brewer’s Daughter; Coal Miner’s Wife; Baker; Laundress
Today’s couple reminds me of my aunt and uncle. I had an Aunt Dorothy and an Uncle Rudy Schmidt. As the title suggests, the couple I write about today were a Rudy and Dora, only their surname was Gerhardt. Both Rudy and Dora had Perry County roots, but they managed to marry each other in … More Rudy and Dora
I will attempt to tell the story of Juliane Rabold today. After all, today would have been her 152nd birthday. As her life unfolded, she was always surrounded by almost entirely men and boys. Juliane was born on June 26, 1867 and baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altenburg. I am once again away from … More Juliane’s Men
Before I discuss today’s married couple, I need to backtrack. Today’s couple is not the first marriage between a Schuessler and a Lueders that I have written. A post was previously written about such a couple titled, Forth and Back. It highlighted the couple made up of Gustav Lueders and Clara Schuessler. Gustav Lueders came … More Another Schuessler-Lueders Couple
The story begins in Germany. August Dietrich Fick was born on April 18, 1877. His parents were Hans Peter and Engel (Versemann) Fick who likely lived and died in Germany. August came to America by himself in 1892 when he was just 15 years old. Family stories say that he came to Perry County, Missouri … More Hulda’s Boys & the Loss of Her Buddy
