I almost decided not to write today’s story. I ran into a roadblock that usually gets me to look for someone else to become the main character. The two main characters in the story I tell today, as far as I could tell, are not found in any family tree currently on Ancestry.com, and that … More From Leipzig with Love
Earlier this month, I wrote a post about a Noennig couple…Arthur and Amanda. That post was titled, Arthur and Amanda – The Noennig’s. Today, I will tell the story of another Noennig…Martin Noennig. Arthur Noennig would have called today’s character, Uncle Martin. Martin Gottfried Noennig was born on June 28, 1850, the son of Gottfried and … More Martin and Pauline – Another Pair of Noennig’s
My father’s sister, Lorna Schmidt, married Oscar Schlimpert. Thus, I always called them Uncle Ossie and Aunt Lorna. I wrote a previous post about that couple titled, Uncle Ossie – Aunt Lorna. That marriage began the Schlimpert branch of my personal family tree. Today, I will discuss the marriage of another Schlimpert who married a Schmidt … More Another Schlimpert-Schmidt Duo
In today’s story, you will read about how one of the original immigrants who was part of the Gruber Group in 1839 married a girl who was the child of one of the first Perry County Lutheran marriages. I will then follow one branch of this couple’s family tree all the way out to California … More Lutheran Teacher’s Perry County Parents
You will read another one of those stories today about the parents of children who have been the subjects of previous posts on this blog. However, the story of the mother and father has yet to be told. Also, among the other names that I would call Seelitz names like Schlimpert, Kuehnert, and Degenhardt, you … More Seelitz Sweethearts
Our birthday girl today is Pauline Justine Christiane Poppitz, who was born on November 18, 1847. Next year, on this date, Pauline will be celebrating her 175th birthday. Pauline was the daughter of August and Justina (Schmidt) Poppitz. Her father had 3 wives during his lifetime, and Pauline’s mother, Justina, was the first one. Pauline … More Pauline Poppitz’s Partner
Very early in the history of this blog, a post was written titled, A Seelitz Wedding. That post was a mere 3 paragraphs long and included just one image of a church record. I am returning to that story today because much more can be said about the couple that resulted from that very early … More More on “A Seelitz Wedding”
I will once again enter the Grebing family today to discuss the very first Grebing child to be born and baptized in Perry County, Missouri. After Hartmann Grebing married Justine Goethe on July 9, 1843, their first child, a boy named Johann Friedrich Grebing, was born on August 6, 1844. That would make today his … More Firstborn Grebing in Perry County
Johanne Caroline Christiana Metzner was not born on this day, but her birthday is pretty close. She was born on May 6, 1837 in Germany. Her parents were Johann Michael and Christiane Auguste Henriette (Aloe) Metzner. According to later census records, the Metzner family came to America in 1844. The first possible document in which … More Metzner Maze
Today’s tale does not spend much time in Perry County, Missouri, but it has its beginning here. You will be viewing only one church record and two census records for the main character in today’s story that come from Missouri. This tale gives me the opportunity to discuss two themes that come out of the … More Rev. Professor Schmidt
