In order to understand the Bienlein story that I will tell today, I had to discover a few facts that are not found in our German Family Tree. When I finally had it figured out, I think I know why the groom in today’s story is not tied in with his parents, who are found … More A Neighborhood Lutheran/Catholic Marriage
A German Lutheran surname appeared in Perry County in the 1840’s and became a rather prominent one. That surname is Wirth. I will attempt to tell the story of the Wirth man who I believe was the first one to show up here, and will also discuss his two wives. I have already written several … More The Original Wirth’s
The surname, Schubert, has shown up on my radar several times lately. A few days ago, it was mentioned that a Schubert family that was part of the 1839 immigration included a girl whose surname was actually Rothe. Also, recently I almost wrote again about the Schubert orphans, relatives of Rev. C.F.W. Walther, who were … More Max and Irma – Longtown Schubert’s
I have written a few posts that have told the story of how a woman by the name of Barbara Schmeuszer, the daughter of Count Schmeuszer, was disinherited by her father because she married below her social standing. She married a man by the name of Peter Lang. Barbara and Peter are pictured below. Today’s … More Christina and Her Baby Bee
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 managed to find another bicentennial birthday for today’s post. The person born 200 years ago was Albert Fassold. Albert was born on March 6, 1821 in the Bavarian region in Germany. He was the son of John and Mary (Sitter) Fassold. When Albert was 19 years old, he came with his parents and several … More Bergmann Boyfriend’s Bicentennial
The story today begins with a birthday in Switzerland that took place 200 years ago. Barbara Adler was born on December 1, 1820, the daughter of Johann and Elizabeth (Peters) Adler. The Adler family made the voyage to America aboard the ship, Salem, that arrived in New Orleans in December of 1840. We see this … More Bicentennial Barbara Bergmann Birthday
The story you will read today is another one that tells of a couple that was childless, but chose to take in some children who needed a home, so I titled it Let the Children Come to Us – Part 3. It is a story that took me down some very interesting rabbit holes. George … More Let the Children Come to Us – Part 3
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
Many of the stories on this blog include an event that is especially unusual and interesting. It may be a double wedding, a death on a Leap Day, a wedding on the day after Easter, etc. Today, the story has such an unusual occurrence, but it doesn’t show up until the very end. Adolph Weinrich … More Two Succumb to the Flu
