We have a tour at the museum this morning, and I am going to be a guest at our local Lutheran school this afternoon, so it’s another day for sharing an old post. And with it being March 14th (3/14), crazy people with Math minds call it Pi Day. Being such a crazy Math mind … More Schimmelpfennig/Mirly Twin Pi’s
Folks around here pronounce the surname, Doering, as Daring. So today’s post title should be read as, A Daring Pi Day Birthday. After reading today’s story, perhaps you might say that today’s main character could be called a daring man because he was bold enough to go where others “dared not go” in order to … More A Doering Pi Day Birthday
Today’s birthday girl, Clara Julie Estel, does not show up in our German Family Tree, but maybe someday, more records from Old Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Louis will be included. Five of her older siblings are found in the GFT, but several others who were born later, including Clara, are not. Since Clara’s father … More Prairie Pastor and His Pi Partner
Yesterday’s story highlighted Juliane (Popp) Bruhl. It just so happened that I ran across another story that includes a Juliane Bruhl for today’s post. Today, Juliane’s maiden name was Juliane Bruhl, not her married name. And she married today’s birthday boy, Christian Schaefer. Let’s begin with Christian. He was born on July 17, 1835 in … More Another Juliane Bruhl
I know you are quite familiar with Angel Food Cake. Today, I will tell you about Angeline Pi. Forgive me. It’s the Math teacher that’s still in me. I cannot get rid of it. Today is Pi Day (3.14), and I just have to sneak a little Pi (π) into today’s post. Angeline Hopfer was … More Angeline Pi
For old Math teachers like me, March 14 (3.14) is Pi Day or π Day. So I was hoping to find some sort of evidence of Pi in the German Family Tree. I think I have found the ingredients for baking up the almost perfect Pi, except for the fact that I had to cross … More Baking Up a Good German Lutheran Pi
