A baby born on this day in 1874 was given the name Reinhold Ernst Dietrich Lueders. It is his story I tell today, but it apparently wasn’t long after he was born that he took on the name Richard Lueders. His parents were William and Theresia (Lehner) Lueders, and I have previously written several blog … More Another Lueders Leaves Wittenberg
Today will be a story that illustrates the old saying, “What goes around, comes around.” Quite a while back, I wrote a post about Johann Gruenhagen, one of the few persons that was part of what we call the “St. Louis Additions”. It was a group of Lutherans already living in St. Louis when the … More From Johnny’s Place to Johnny’s Place
Our German Family Tree records that Flora Schoenborn (“schoen” means beautiful in German) was born on July 20, 1897, so today would have been her 121st birthday. However, there is no baptism record for Flora in any church records from Perry County. Yet we do know from all the census records that include her that … More Florida – Born Beautiful
