Today you will read about a husband and wife that passed through East Perry County early in their lives before spending their later days in St. Louis. I guess you could say that it is in opposition to my own personal story which has me beginning my life in St. Louis and will likely end … More Herman and Maria – A Meyer-Rogalski Pair
One of the places where quite a few German Lutherans who were born and raised in Perry County ended up living much of their lives is the area around Potter, Nebraska. I have written several of those stories on this blog. You will read another one of those stories today. I will begin by looking … More Mueller Becomes Miller in Potter, NE
There is a bit of mystery, along with some potential confusion, that we encounter when we begin to look at today’s birthday boy. First of all, I am going to show you the record of a baptism for a man named William Friedrich Loos that is found in our German Family Tree. [FriedheimMO]: Wilhelm Friedrich … More A Loos-Ludwig Link-up
One of my reasons for choosing today’s birthday girl is that an unexpected guest walked through the doors of our museum a few days ago. His surname was Winter, and his father and I taught in nearby schools in Memphis several years ago. His Winter family tree includes some Winter’s who have appeared on this … More Another Branch of the Winter Tree
A baby girl was baptized in the pastor’s house in Perryville about 150 years ago. That baby was born on February 20, 1874, so today would be her 150th birthday. The big mystery in this story has to do with where this baby was born, and why was she was baptized in Perryville. As it … More Adolphus Scott – Decatur Train Engineer
I often check whether I have written a previous post about a character I am considering for a story. That’s because my memory is not so good. I have a few techniques for checking. One is to do a search on the blog for the exact name of the person. In today’s case in which … More Wittenberg Schade’s and Thurm’s
The birthday girl for today’s post is Wilhelmine Magdalena Arbeiter, who was born on October 10, 1896. Almost all of her life, she went by the name of Minnie, and even has that name engraved on her tombstone. Minnie was the daughter of Henry and Caroline (Rowold) Arbeiter. She was born in the Fountain Bluff … More Clarence and Minnie – The Goldstein’s
It would be Edna Klaus’s 130th birthday today. She was born August 16, 1893 in Friedheim, Missouri. Edna was the daughter of Henry and Anna (Arning) Klaus. She was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim. Her baptism record gives her complete name as Edna Theresa Friedericke Klaus. An image of her baptism record from … More Edna’s Next Door Romance
Children that were part of the Adoph Aurich family have been featured in this blog before. The photo below of that large family has been displayed here previously. Our German Family Tree lists 10 children born to Adolph and Josephine (Antonier) Aurich, and we see 10 children in the above photo. Today’s story will feature … More Waldemar – The Baby of the Aurich Family
Like the story that was published on this blog yesterday, this one contains a disputable date of birth. I will eventually get to that debatable date later, but I will begin with a man by the name, Friedrich Christian Ahrens. Fred was born on October 13, 1883, the son of Friedrich and Clara (Burfeind) Ahrens. … More Fred Ahrens, His Tillie, and His Telegraph
