I am still away from Altenburg, but I got some help for today’s post. Fred Eggers was working at the museum yesterday, and he was able to send me a few images from the church records. He also sent me a few bonus items I am able to share with you today. We begin with … More Cheap Bob the Banker
We are going to be celebrating a special wedding anniversary today. On March 3, 1870, Johann Peter Mangels married Engel Mahnken at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar, Missouri. That makes today their 150th wedding anniversary. Their church marriage record is shown below. It is just the 2nd marriage in the Salem church records on this … More Angel Becomes Mangels
One of my search strategies when looking for a blog story is to see if anyone was born on a particular day 200 years ago. This year, those special birthdays would have occurred in 1820. I don’t often find such a special birthday, but I occasionally take a look in our German Family Tree to … More Happy 200th Birthday, Anna Gerken Meier!
Today I will write the story involving characters about which I have documented the children in a family, but not so much about their parents. For example, today I will write about Joseph and Emilie Bachmann, and I have previously told the tale of at least one of their children, and in the process have … More Bachmann and Schmidt
Maria Sarah Koenig was born on this date 146 years ago. Apparently, she went by the name Sarah during her lifetime. There was no “h” at the end of her first name when she was baptized, but on almost all documents in her lifetime, her name was spelled Sarah. Her mate for life was a … More The Detjen-Koenig Duo
Fred Eggers sent me this post several days ago when I was out of town. I will try not to bore you with all the details, but I found it difficult to format this story to place it on our website, and I did not have the time to get it done where I was. … More From Jeersdorf to Missouri
Silly me. I just published this post without telling you that I did not write it. This article was written by our friend, Fred Eggers. He is an incredible researcher and happens to also be working at our museum today as a docent. As I have told you on several occasions, Fred is our “go … More A Christmas Birth in the Pfarrhaus in Farrar
I once again feel that God is poking me to write today’s story. I say that because this tale is impacting my life this week. I will get to that later. First, let’s discuss today’s birthday boy. August Bohnert was born on December 21, 1882. He was the son of Ludwig (Louis) and Maria (Amschler) … More August, Edward, Charles, and a Few Martha’s
Martin Peter Bachmann was born on October 15, 1870. A year from today, he will be celebrating his 150th birthday, but I don’t feel like waiting till next year to write his story. You get it today. According to a family book we have that was put together by Wayne Schuessler, it indicates that Martin … More Martin and Martha
I will be discussing a Miesner/Heins couple today. To begin with, let me say that these two names can easily cause research issues. There were Miesner’s and Heins’s who were found on both sides of the river, both here in Perry County, Missouri and across the river in Jackson County in Illinois. Just this morning, … More Getting Used to Girls
