Back in 2019, this story of a double wedding that took place in Altenburg in 1873 was published. That story highlighted the fact that 2 Grebing siblings got married at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg on the same day. Now, 4 years later, those two couples would be celebrating their 150th wedding anniversaries. German Lutherans … More Sesquicentennial Anniversary x 2
I will tell a story today that gets into my Schmidt family. One of the main characters in this story is my great-granduncle. The term great-granduncle is defined as “your grandfather’s uncle”. In order to tell this story, I will tell you how my family is tied into the New York Group. That was a … More Great Grandpa Gottwerth’s Godson
At the present time, two Perry County Lutheran congregations, Grace Lutheran Church in Uniontown and Zion Lutheran Church in Longtown, form a dual parish with a shared pastor. That has not always been the case. Grace, Uniontown was one of the congregations to be formed as a result of the Lutheran immigration that took place … More A Uniontown – Longtown Couple
I must have missed the bicentennial birthday of Jacob Conrad Heinrich Seibel back in 2017. Since he was born on December 21, 1817, we will be discussing the 205th birthday of this man who also happens to be one of my great-great grandfathers. As it turns out, this GG grandfather is a connection that I … More An Original Seibel – One of My GG Grandfathers
Roland Julius Gottlob Schuessler is today’s birthday boy. If he was still alive, he would be celebrating one of those special birthdays. He would be 125 years old. Roland was born on November 28, 1897, the son of Ferdinand and Juliane (Rabold) Schuessler. Roland was the first of 2 children born into this Schuessler family, … More A Slew of Schuessler and Steffens Surnames
Julius Arno Koenig was born on September 27, 1897, thus making today his 125th birthday. You will be reading his story today. This tale will take us to several local congregations before ending up in St. Louis. Several Ancestry.com family histories call him Arnold, and even his gravestone uses this name, but his baptism record … More Arno and Agnes – The Koenig’s
In a previous post titled, Brandes the Builder and His Beauties, it was pointed out that August and Ernestine (Thauwald) Brandes had 7 children, and all of them were girls. I branded these girls as the Brandes Beauties, and have since written a few other stories about some of those beauties. Not only were they all … More The Eldest of the Brandes Beauties
Friedrich Florian Petzoldt is a character that folks around here call “The Face”. This is done because of his notorious gravestone found in the cemetery at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altenburg. “The Face” had a grandson named after him, Friedrich Florian Petzoldt, whose story was told in the post, Grandson of “The Face”. Today, you will … More Another Namesake of “The Face” Petzoldt
The birthday boy for today, Valentine’s Day, is Johann Gottlieb Albert Rabold. This boy would go by the name of Gottlieb. Google Translate says gottlieb means “dear”. I’d say that is an appropriate name to discuss on Valentine’s Day. Gottlieb was born on February 14, 1858, the firstborn child of Julius and Wilhelmine (Palisch) Rabold. … More ‘Bold and ‘Zoldt – A Valentine Man and His Mate
Michael Bock was born in Germany and married a Hemmann before coming to the United States. One of his sons, Michael Bock, Jr., married Christiana Hemmann not long after the immigrants arrived in Perry County. Then on February 9, 1856, Michael and Christiana had a son that was also named Michael. I will call that … More Uniontown Harness Maker
