The birthday of a girl who would have been a century and a half old today is the starting point for this tale. Mathilda F. Kaufmann was born on March 20, 1873, making this her 150th birthday. Mathilda was the daughter of George and Emilie (Penzel) Kaufmann. There are 14 pages in our German Family … More Art and Mathilda – Fruitland Petzoldt’s
Every once in a while, toward the end of a post, I mention that I might have to tell the story of someone else in that post. Today, you will read one of those stories that I more or less promised to tell. It happens to be about a member of a family that has … More The Baby of “The Face” Family
Frieda Ida Mathilde Jungclaus, if she was still alive, would be celebrating a special birthday today. She was born on February 25, 1898, making today her 125th birthday. Frieda was the daughter of Herman and Elizabeth (Weber) Jungclaus. A post was written about Frieda’s parents called Ridge Romance Repeat. Frieda’s baptism took place at Immanuel … More Adolph and Frieda – The Palisch’s
Johanne Petzoldt was born on the last day of 1889, so today would have been her 133rd birthday. Three days ago, I highlighted the story of Otillie Petzoldt in the story, Tillie and Theo – Shawnee Scholl’s, and mentioned that Otillie was one of several grandchildren of the man who many call “The Face”. It has … More She Called “The Face”, Grandpa
I lost track of how many grandchildren of Friedrich Florian “The Face” Petzoldt have been highlighted in stories on this blog. Whatever that number is, today’s post will add one more. Eventually, I will get around to discussing a marriage that took place on this date, but first, let’s take a look at the granddaughter … More Tillie and Theo – Shawnee Scholl’s
All aboard for a wild ride that will take us through Southeast Missouri and Texas, only to end up in St. Louis. It begins with a birthday boy by the name of Moritz Friedrich Zorn. Moritz, who is also called Morris and Maurice during his life, was born on December 3, 1878, the son of … More Conductor and Conductress
Ida Aloysia (Louise) Koeberl would possibly be celebrating her 125th birthday today. I have to say “possibly” because our German Family Tree says she was born on either November 29th or November 30th in 1897. I have learned that it is more difficult to confirm a woman’s birth date than it is for men. That’s … More Koeberl – Leimer – Starzinger
After researching the characters in today’s story, I finally looked at the baptism record of the man who I identified as today’s birthday boy, only to realize that today likely was not his birthday. Our German Family Tree says that Friedrich Wilhelm Oehlert was born on November 7, 1864, the son of Gottlieb and Wilhelmine … More The William Oehlert Saga
Julius Arno Koenig was born on September 27, 1897, thus making today his 125th birthday. You will be reading his story today. This tale will take us to several local congregations before ending up in St. Louis. Several Ancestry.com family histories call him Arnold, and even his gravestone uses this name, but his baptism record … More Arno and Agnes – The Koenig’s
After writing a post about a Koenig family that lived in the Farrar area yesterday, I found another Koenig story for today. This tale will focus on a Koenig family that lived in the New Wells vicinity. This is also another one in which there is some debate about a date of birth. Our German … More Martin and Ella – The New Wells Koenig’s
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