I have previously written posts about members of the Anton Meister family. After all, he and his wife, Gabriele Hopfer, had 13 children according to our German Family Tree. One post, Meister Bauer, referred to Anton as “master farmer”, which is what Meister Bauer means in German. After Anton and Gabriele got married in 1866, most of their … More Meister Bauer’s Bachelor Boy
Today’s birthday girl gets into our German Family Tree, not because she was baptized in a local Lutheran church, but because she married a Lutheran man who was. You will eventually learn about her, but I am going to begin this post by looking at the man who became her husband. Joseph Emanuel Brunkhorst was … More Joseph Brunkhorst – Storyteller and Historian
Today’s birthday boy is Paul Hemmann, who was born on August 24, 1880. Paul’s story will lead us to several different locations. You will discover that Paul did get married, but not until he was over 40 years of age, and he had no children. So, this is a branch of the Hemmann family that … More Hemmann, the Kansan
Yesterday’s story was about Anton G. Meister. Today, we start with his father, Anton F. Meister. Anton arrived in America in December of 1860. We find him coming to this country all by himself aboard the Anna Delius. He was 20 years old at the time. He was born on October 22, 1840 in Germany. … More The Senior Meister and His Angel
