Eugene Emanuel Oberndorfer is today’s birthday boy. He was born on July 2, 1897, the last of 7 children born to Ernst and Gertrude (Hacker) Oberndorfer. Eugene was baptized at the brand new congregation in Longtown, Zion Lutheran Church. I am out of town for a while, so I cannot display church records. However, because … More Eugene and Madge – Longtown Salesman and Teacher
A little over a year ago, I wrote a post titled, Art and Dora – The Hoehn’s. I found another “Art and Dora” story today. The characters in today’s story lived about a decade prior to the ones in the previous post. It all begins with the birth of Dora. Amalia Dora Thieret was born on … More Art and Dora – The Popp’s
Today’s story takes us all over the place. We will be in Kansas, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and California. Martin Henry Mueller was born on this day, August 30, in 1883. Martin came from what we call the Frohna Muellers. His parents were Rev. Friedrich Wilhelm and Clara (Schuppan) Mueller. A previous blog post told a … More Mr. Mueller, the Salesman
