On today’s date back in 1885, a baby boy was born in Shawneetown, Missouri. Ferdinand Ernst Martin Rudert would call September 29, 1885 his date of birth. That means today would be his 140th birthday. Martin was the son of Ernst and Ernestine (Schneider) Rudert. The Lutheran Church in Shawneetown had not yet been established … More Martin and Lena – Shawneetown Rudert’s
Otto Heinrich Dost was born on July 21, 1890, so today would be his 135th birthday. I will display several documents that will confirm this date of birth, but his later death record and his gravestone say that he was born on July 28, 1890. Otto was the son of Otto and Elizabeth (Steiner) Dost. … More Shawneetown Dost’s – Otto and Clara
Selma Antonie Rudert was born on November 23, 1882, thus qualifying her to be today’s birthday girl. She would be celebrating her 142nd birthday today. Antonia was the daughter of Ernst and Ernestine (Schneider) Rudert. Her baptism record is found in the books of Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells. We can view that record … More Antonia and Her Reisenbichler and Woehlke Husbands
I find it really hard to NOT write the story of a person who is included in our German Family Tree who is celebrating their 200th birthday. I have one of those stories to write today. It has a lot of holes in it, so I am guessing that this will be a shorter article … More Sophia Schneider’s Bicentennial Birthday?
I briefly mentioned cows in yesterday’s blog post, so I guess it’s only right to begin today’s tale with a C.O.W. (Is that a cow’s tale?) Charles Oscar Weinhold was born on September 13, 1898, so he would be celebrating a special birthday today…his 125th. This morning we had a beautiful foggy beginning here in … More Charlie and Mary – The Weinhold’s
A young man named Ernst Rudert arrived in America as the Civil War was coming to an end in 1864. He was just a teenager and made the voyage by himself aboard the ship, America. The passenger list displayed here for that ship says Ernst was from Gefell. I find it interesting that the person … More Ernst and Ernestine – The Rudert’s
Erna Leonora Roth has a special birthday today. She was born on November 16, 1897, so if she was still alive today, she would have to blow out 125 candles on her cake. Erna was the daughter of Martin and Marie (Rudert) Roth. As near as I can tell, Erna was their only child. She … More Murphysboro Saupe’s
The tale today has little documentation to be found in the German Lutheran records from area churches. Those few documents are the starting point for this story that takes us off into some interesting directions, but I think it’s a few photographs that I located on Ancestry that convinced me to compose this article. Benjamin … More Benjamin’s Spanish-American War Band
Adolph Robert Rudert was born on June 19, 1880, so if he was still farming in Shawnee Township, and his wife could still bake a cake for him, he would have to blow our 141 birthday candles today. Adolph was the son of a pair of parents named Ernst and Ernestine. Ernestine’s maiden name was … More Trinity, Shawneetown Originals
According to my reckoning, today’s birthday boy was the 17th child born to his father and the 8th to his mother. All together, his father had 21 children. Also, if I have it figured correctly, the father was almost 60 years old when today’s main character was born. That prolific father was Johann Gottfried Hemmann, … More A Hemmann-Fiehler Pair
