Plenty of stories on this blog have been told about people with the Ross name. Today, I will attempt to tell the story of the first Ross’s to be found in Perry County. I certainly will not be able to definitively explain all of the facts in this tale, and I will not have many … More ‘Riginal Ross’s
You will read the life story of a man by the name of Simon Shuford today. It will be a rather tragic story about the son of a lawman who lived in Perryville almost all of his life. His surname is a new one on this blog, and he made his way into our German … More Simon Shuford – Perryville Stock Trader
I will begin this post by recognizing today’s birthday girl. Her name was Bertha Anna Catherine Popp, who was born on May 3, 1876. That means today would be her special 150th birthday. Bertha was the daughter of John and Margaret (Gerstacker) Popp. She was born in Cape Girardeau and was baptized at Trinity Lutheran … More Theodore Ochs – Pioneer Orchards Pioneer
I know that the most notable photographer in East Perry County’s history was a man named Paul Lueders. Paul had a studio in Frohna, and I am sure that he is the one who took quite a few photographs that have been displayed on this blog. In another post written back in 2018, Paul Lueders … More Another Lueders Photographer
Today’s birthday boy is Ludwig Herman Koenig, who was born on March 29, 1897. That makes today his 129th birthday. Throughout his life, documents called him Ludwig or Louis or even L.W. I will use Ludwig, mainly because that is what is on his gravestone. He was the son of Theodore and Louise (Popp) Koenig. … More Ludwig and Bertha – Koenig’s Go to St. Louis and Come Back
I will be telling a Farrar story today, but it will not be about the village of Farrar. It will be about the surname, Farrar. Actually, if you read about the history of the village of Farrar, you will discover that the village was named after someone with the surname, Farrar. However, this tale begins … More Faraway Florida Farrar’s
In order to understand the title to this post, you have to know that around here, the surname Popp is pronounced more like the word, “pup”. Also, since this is the second consecutive post that has told about Popp’s, I must tell you that these two Popp’s were not part of the same Popp clan. … More The Veterinarian and His Precious Pup
Today’s couple brought back memories of watching the old Batman TV show. When Batman and Robin would fight the henchmen of their enemies like the Penguin and the Joker, exclamations would show up on the screen to describe the sounds of the fight. The bride in today’s story was a Zapf, and the groom was … More Kapow! Boff! Thwack! — Zapf! Popp!
Now that this blog is nearing its 10th anniversary, and over 3000 posts have been published, I run across some stories that were written during the early years of this blog that can be embellished. So, instead of researching and writing a brand new story, I rewrite an old one with some additional documentation. The … More Trinity, Altenburg’s Double Popp Wedding 150 Years Ago
The event that led me to today’s tale was a wedding anniversary. The husband in this story ended up marrying 2 women, and it will be his first wedding that took place on today’s date, August 7th. I will begin with the husband. Johann Heinrich Bergmann was born on November 1, 1869. I will call … More John Henry Bergmann and His 2 Louise’s
