I will highlight a couple with Perry County roots that would be celebrating a special wedding anniversary today. This pair spent a considerable portion of their lives in Perry County, but then spent their later lives in St. Louis. Both the bride and the groom, Anna Rauh and Adam Knoll, have names which have been … More Adam Knoll – St. Louis Blacksmith
Mary Caroline Hoehn was born on October 3, 1882, so she qualifies to be today’s birthday girl. Mary would be celebrating her 142nd birthday today. Mary was the daughter of Ferdinand and Dorothea (Rauh) Hoehn. She was baptized at Peace Lutheran Church in Friedenberg, so we are unable to view her baptism record. Also, because … More Carl and Mary – Longtown Weinrich’s
The bride in today’s couple is the only one who has a baptism record that we find in a local congregation’s books and is included in our German Family Tree. I am going to begin with her in this post despite the fact that she was born about 9 years after her future husband. Esther … More Shanghai Sailor
Today, I will tell the tale of a baby girl who was born a day after yesterday’s birthday girl. Yesterday, a man ended up having 2 wives. Today’s birthday girl would end up having 2 husbands. We begin with the birthday girl. Emma Barbara Boxdorfer was born on June 15, 1874, thus making today her … More Emma Boxdorfer’s Two Friedenberg Grooms
The birthday boy for today would be celebrating his 130th birthday if he was still alive. Gustav Friedrich Ferdinand Ochs was born on May 28, 1894, the 4th of 9 children of Henry and Josephine (Rauh) Ochs. His father was a prominent figure in Perry County history, who was a local judge as well as … More Gustav Ochs – Farming, Community, and Church Leader
Anna Margareta Rauh was born on March 9, 1884, so if she was still alive, she would have to blow out 140 candles on her birthday cake today. Anna was the daughter of John and Maria (Lang) Rauh. There are 12 Rauh children listed in our German Family Tree for this family, and Anna was … More Lauer’s Labor with Leather
On February 15, 1872, a baby boy was born to Heinrich and Margaretha (Bergmann) Weinrich. They named this baby, Wilhelm Gotthold Weinrich, but he mostly went by the name William. He was baptized at Peace Lutheran Church in Friedenberg, so I am unable to display an image of his baptism record. William shows up in the 1880 census … More Longtown’s William Weinrich and His Wife
Four years ago, I wrote a post on Valentine’s Day titled Valentines Day Story: Flowers, Jewelry, and Her Mountain Man. That post told the story of Flora Ochs, who was born on Valentine’s Day. Flora had a twin brother, and in that post I suggested that I might write the story of her twin brother, Ernst, the … More Valentine Twin
This past Sunday, I had the opportunity to talk with Chuck (Charles) Groh at our church. The name, Charles Groh is a fairly common one to be found in the Groh family tree. The first Charles Groh in Altenburg was instrumental in the building of our present-day sanctuary at Trinity Lutheran Church. That Charles Groh had a son … More More Alva, Oklahoma Groh’s
Although there is some disagreement about her date of birth, I will be writing a story that begins with a bride who will marry a Perry County boy. Wilhelmine Marie Wenninger was either born on November 13th or November 14th in 1884. Marie was born in Germany, the daughter of Gottlieb and Wilhlemine (Mauser) Wenninger. … More Alvin in Alva
