There is an isolated baptism record found for a baby boy in the books of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Pocahontas. That boy and his future wife will lead us on a winding tour through the Midwest until these two manage to meet and marry near Tulsa, Oklahoma. On June 7, 1898, Herbert Joseph Putz … More Herbert Putz – Tulsa Truckdriver
A marriage took place on this date 150 years ago. Just yesterday, I composed a post that had connections to a recently-published story titled, Pocahontas Mueller’s. The couple celebrating a special anniversary today once again is connected to that story…from two different directions. It is another story which links together a couple in which the … More From Shawnee Township, MO to Shawnee County, KS
A Mueller couple would be celebrating their 143rd anniversary today if they were still alive. The couple was made up of a German descendant of an original immigrant from the Gesellschaft and a later Austrian immigrant. I will begin with the German groom. Heinrich Furchtegott Mueller was born on May 7, 1855, the son of … More Pocahontas Mueller’s
I may or may not be discussing a birthday girl today. That is because I ran across another one of those situations in which the month of a person’s birth is in question. A church baptism record says this girl was born on July 30th, but her gravestone says she was born on June 30th. … More Holschen – Schirmer – Pincksten
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
Oscar and Alvina would have been celebrating their 142nd anniversary on this day if they were still alive. I will attempt to tell their story today. It is a story that has a few similarities to the one told yesterday about the Meyr and Mirly couple. One similarity is that today’s couple is another one … More Oscar and Alvina Jahn plus Junior
Elmer Putz would have been celebrating his 125th birthday today. He was born on January 20, 1896, the son of Henry and Christiane (Ruehling) Putz. Elmer was baptized at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Pocahontas, Missouri. We have transcriptions of the records from that congregation, but I cannot display actual church records. Below is the … More Elmer and Ada Putz
Alois Gottlieb Reisenbichler was born on the day after Christmas in 1869, so if he was still alive today, he would be celebrating his 151st birthday. This boy would be called Louis during his life. He was the son of Gottlieb and Anna (Putz) Reisenbichler. One interesting fact we find in this Reisenbichler family is … More Louis and Nettie
Wilhelm Traugott Schirmer was born on November 28, 1860, so today he would have been 160 years old. Wilhelm was the son of Conrad and Hermine (Petzoldt) Schirmer. His baptism record can be found in the books of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altenburg, Missouri. I am unable to display any church records today. Let me … More Maria’s Schirmer Men
I’m going to begin with a little mathematics today. Today is September 2nd, or as is shown with just numbers, 9/2. 9 x 2 = 18. Also, 9 “squared” is 81. So, for my crazy mathematical brain, 9/2/1881 carries with it a special mathematical significance. And 9/2/1881 is the birthday for one of the main … More Pocahontas Undertaker
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