Friedrich Carl Best is today’s birthday boy. He was born on February 13, 1880, the son of Charles and Annette Caroline (Wilke) Best. His father, Charles Best, was once a member of the Lutheran Church that existed in Arnsberg. I found this record of his father’s membership in that congregation which also includes information about his birth and … More The Best & the Beautiful
My wife is a fan of the TV show, The Good Doctor. After I did a quick internet search, it looks like that show will be continuing again this fall for season #7. Today, you will read the story of a different good doctor. Actually, today’s main character was a minor character in a previous … More The Good E.R. Doctor
The month of June has a reputation for wedding bells, but I seem to be finding a lot of stories these days about people who never married. I have another one to tell today. I just couldn’t resist today’s lifelong bachelor because this would have been his 150th birthday. Wilhelm Theodore Gratz was born on … More William Gratz – Another Lifelong Bachelor
The name of Friedrich Florian Petzoldt has been mentioned on this blog many times. He has been tagged with the nickname, The Face. In addition, several stories have been written about descendants of The Face, and some of them even carried his name in future generations. Today, you will read a short story of yet … More Yet Another Friedrich Petzoldt
r Henry Pilz was born on February 9, 1893, so today would be his 130th birthday. This boy would take the name, Arthur, during his life. Arthur was the son of Henry and Maria (Stueve) Pilz. A previous story on this blog told the story of Arthur’s parents, Pilz/Stueve: Another Ridge Couple. Arthur was the 2nd … More Arthur and Erna – A Pilz Pair
Lydia Mathilde Pilz has a special birthday today. Since she was born on June 6, 1897, she would be 125 years old if she was still alive. Lydia was the daughter of Henry and Maria (Stueve) Pilz. According to our German Family Tree, she was the 4th of 7 children born into that Pilz family. … More Rudy and Lydia and Their Fruit
Today’s birthday girl is one of those people whose birthday only comes from calculating a date of birth from a death record that states how old a person was when they died in numbers of years, months, and days that they lived. If that calculation is correct, then this woman would be celebrating that special … More Reisenbichler’s Two Anna Marie’s – Putz and Pilz
We are going to celebrate a 175th birthday today. Johann Franz Leimer was born in Austria on April 2, 1847, the son of Johann Michael and Anna Maria (Pilz) Leimer. Sometime before 1867, the Leimer family came to America and settled in the area around Pocahontas, Missouri. Both Franz and his father became two of … More Frank Leimer/Pauline Petzoldt
It all starts with a Bicentennial Birthday today. Anna Maria Pilz was born on December 8, 1821. About the only place I get that date of birth is on Findagrave.com. However, that data was placed on that website by Diane Anderson, and she’s one of the best family researchers I know. I have every reason … More The Pilz-Petzoldt Glue
Today’s tale will tell of a family that has produced many characters that have shown up on this blog before. I have written several posts about the children in this family, and I have made brief mention to the parents, but today I will highlight those parents. The couple was made up of a Schoen … More A Nice Fungus…or a Beautiful Mushroom
