The bride and groom that make up today’s highlighted couple are ones who spent their lives from cradle to grave in Frohna and members of Concordia Lutheran Church. It’s the kind of life story that is not often found in today’s day and age. The birthday girl for today’s tale is Juliane Alma Lueders, who … More Lifelong Frohna Couple – The Hellwege’s
Today’s birthday girl is another one of those life stories that begins in East Perry County, but evidence points to her not living here for very long. Only a baptism record is found in our German Family Tree. A baby girl named Martha Agnes Thekla Ross was born on March 27, 1898, making today her … More How Did Martha Find a Groom from Boonville, Indiana?
Today’s birthday boy is a Schmidt, but as far as I know, is in no way connected to my Schmidt clan. Heinrich Christian Schmidt was born on September 29, 1850, so today would be his 172nd birthday. Since I have already written a post about another Henry Schmidt, I will call today’s character Henry C. … More Henry and Sophia – Frohna Schmidt’s
After beginning to look at a birthday girl with the surname, Hilpert, I eventually discovered that her story would also involve the surnames, Mueller, Gerler, and Hansmeier. That last name is not a “Perry County name”, but by the time that name enters the story, the setting for the story will be in Nebraska, not … More Gerler’s in Nebraska
You will be reading the story of a Schmidt/Scholl marriage today. First of all, let me say that there are so many names in our German Family Tree with the Sch- spelling at the beginning of the surname that it is not that unusual to find a marriage between two individuals that fit that category. … More Schmidt and Scholl – Another “Sch-” Couple
Andreas and Anna were married on this date 143 years ago. You will read their story today. I will begin with the groom. Georg Andreas Dietrich Hilpert was born on December 7, 1852, the son of George and Anna (Popp) Hilpert. He was the 6th child in a family of 7. He was baptized at … More Andreas and Anna – The Hilpert’s
When I began my search through our German Family Tree for an event that took place on this particular date, I didn’t expect that search to land on the same Vogel family that was highlighted in yesterday’s post. As it turns out, not only will you read another Vogel story today, but it contains facts … More Amanda and Audie – Another Vogel Pair
After researching the life of Joseph Jacob, I came to the conclusion that he was a man who was always willing to learn how to succeed in a new business. I think you may come to the same conclusion after I tell you his story. Joseph Emanuel Jacob is today’s birthday boy. He was born … More Joseph Jacob – Man of Many Trades
Early Braeuner’s in East Perry County were found having their records in the Altenburg churches. However, we see a Braeuner family in today’s tale that moved to Frohna sometime in the late 1870’s. We will look at a Frohna Braeuner couple today. Anna Margaretha Ross was born on June 4, 1865, so today would have … More Some Frohna Braeuner’s
In a previous blog post titled, Pocahontas Undertaker, the main character was Christian Reisenbichler. The “Pocahontas Undertaker” was Christian Ernst Reisenbichler, the son of Gottlieb and Anna Marie (Pilz) Reisenbichler who was born in 1874. Today, you will read the story of Christian E. Reisenbichler’s older cousin, Christian Johann Reisenbichler, who is today’s birthday boy. … More The Other Christian Reisenbichler
