Our post begins with our birthday girl today. Emilie Mehner was born on August 6, 1871, making today her 153rd birthday. Emilie was the daughter of Carl and Caroline (Dickmann) Mehner. Her later death certificate says she was born in California, Missouri, but in the census taken the year before Emilie’s birth, we find her … More Friedenberg Groom – Friedheim Bride
Wilhelm “William” Muench was born 138 years ago on November 18, 1885. Today’s tale will look at his life which was spent in the Friedenberg and Crosstown area. William was the son of Conrad and Anna (Lintner) Muench and baptized at Peace Lutheran Church in Friedenberg. That means I cannot display an image of his … More William and Hedwig – Crosstown Muench’s
We celebrate a 175th birthday today. Johanna Reuter was born on August 2, 1847 in Germany. The 1900 census says that Johanna immigrated to this country in 1854. We find the following information for Johanna in the Friedenberg Remembrances book. The first document I was able to find for Johanna is the marriage record for … More Reuter – Popp – Buettner
You will read the story of Oscar Koenig today. He was a twin. However, his twin brother, Joseph, died after just one month of life. That Koenig family was a large one. The twins were children #4 and #5 in a list of 11 in our German Family Tree. There is a rather unusual listing … More Oscar and Bertha – The Koenig’s
The man with today’s birthday ended up with a fairly large family. He had two marriages. The first one ended in a terrible way. The second marriage introduces a new surname to this blog…Yamnitz. Louis Albert Boxdorfer was born on April 5, 1881, so if he was still alive today, he would have to blow … More The Boxdorfer’s – Louis, Sophia, and Anna
Today’s story begins with a birthday girl, but her tale leads us to several other individuals along the way. Hang on for the ride. Kunigunde Rauh would be celebrating a special 175th birthday today because she was born March 2, 1847. She was the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Baer) Rauh. Kunigunde was baptized at … More Brewers, Bartenders, and Dentists
I will tell the tale of Louis Oswald today. Eventually, I will get around to a life event that happened on this day, but not right away. Louis was born on March 18, 1875, the son of Christian and Margaretha (Droege) Oswald. Louis was child #4 in a family of 7. He was baptized at … More Oswald Carpentry
