My Aunt Dorothy, who married Rudy Schmidt, my dad’s brother, had the maiden name, Schaupert. I started looking into today’s story because Ludwig Michael Schaupert was born on November 2, 1876, making today his 147th birthday. Quickly, I discovered that Ludwig, most often called Louis, never married. I gave thought to not doing his story … More Aunt Dorothy’s Unmarried Uncles
When I write a story about a person born in the 1880’s or 1890’s, I sometimes think about the fact that such a person would have been in the same generation of my grandparents. I will be writing another such story today. I also will be entering the Hoehn family again. That surname occupies quite … More Joseph and Irma – The Tucker’s
George Jacob Mecker was born on April 10, 1882, making today his 140th birthday. George was the son of Henry and Catherine (Bangert) Mecker. George has some information included in the Friedenberg Remembrances book, but I am not confident that he was baptized there. Since we cannot view the 1890 census, the first census in … More Unusual Census Entries
In a previous post, I wrote about a Bergmann who married a Weinrich. I did not realize it at the time that when that couple got married in 1856, their wedding was part of a double wedding. The other wedding that took place on the same day also was a Weinrich who married a Bergmann. … More A Weinrich-Bergmann Pair
I’m afraid that today’s tale will not be a long one. I do not have any original church records to display, and not even many civil records. The main characters did not live very long lives…each dying in their 50’s. Yet the couple that will be highlighted today ends up with 11 pages of descendants … More Bicentennial Birthday for Bergmann’s Beau
I am going to return to a theme that has been discussed on this blog before. In fact, the featured couple has been used as an example of this theme in a previous post. However, the couple and their family was not discussed in much detail in that article. That story was also written back … More Married in America
I will eventually get around to pointing out a bicentennial birthday for today, but not right away. I will begin instead with the husband of the bicentennial birthday girl. In his case, his name is even a matter of debate. Even though our German Family Tree spells the surname as Buettner, I am going to … More A Boettner Blacksmith
Teacher Popp, who once taught at Trinity Lutheran School in Altenburg, has been mentioned in several earlier blog posts. He has even been mentioned in several titles. One such title was Teacher Popp’s Pop. Another one, written by John Popp, was titled, Teacher Popp – My Pop. Today, we have another post that goes even … More Teacher Popp’s Grand-Pop
Today, we celebrate a bicentennial birthday. That means someone had to be born on April 3, 1820. If you are finding such a person with ties to the German Lutheran residents of East Perry County, Missouri, you are going to have to find a person who was born in Germany. Indeed, that is what we … More George Goes to America for a Popp
In the past, I have told the story of a marriage between a Schaefer and a Hopfer. That tale was recounted in the post, Maria’s Soldier and Merchant from Old Appleton. In that episode, Heinrich Schaefer married Maria Hopfer. We see these two below. Today, I will attempt to tell the story of Maria’s cousin, … More Another Schaefer-Hopfer Couple
