When I saw the name Herbert Heinrich Hoff in our German Family Tree, I first noticed that his initials were H.H.H. When I see those initials, it brings to my mind the name of Hubert H. Humphrey, once a candidate to become the President of the United States. By the time I was done researching … More Herbert H. Hoff – Perryville Public Servant & WWI Hero
Today’s birthday girl is Irene Rosa Hoff, who was born on July 8, 1890. That means today would be her 135th birthday. Irene was the firstborn child of John and Ida Mae (Sanders) Hoff. I located this photo of Irene’s parents. Irene was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville. An image of her baptism … More Joseph and Irene – McBride Yeager’s
The main characters in today’s story are not of the variety that are normally highlighted on this blog. Because the history of East Perry County, Missouri is almost exclusively the history of a German Lutheran settlement in this area, almost all of the stories on the blog are about people of German origin. Not so … More Welcoming Non-Germans
