If you read the story yesterday, you know it was one in which a boy born in Perry County spent most of his life in St. Louis. Those stories are not so unusual on this blog. In fact, my father’s story fit that category. Today, you will read yet another one. Bernard Albert Schieferdecker was … More Bernard Schieferdecker – St. Louis Bookkeeper
Miriam Brauer married Rev. Roy Guelzow on April 12, 1942. As described in yesterday’s post, Rev. Guelzow was an associate pastor at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Columbus, Indiana. The senior pastor at that congregation was Miriam’s father, August Ernst Brauer. A transcription of an Indiana marriage record for Roy and Miriam is shown here. … More Acts of God – Part 2
Hang on tight! You’re going on a voyage across the Atlantic Ocean and then spend some time on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers back in the days of steamboats. Along the way, a couple of brothers spend part of their lives in East Perry County. The next generation moves up the river to St. Louis … More Schieferdecker Single Sisters
A marriage took place between two prominent German Lutheran families in St. Louis on this date in 1854. One has to be careful to identify the correct individuals participating in this wedding because this was not the first marriage between members of these two families. In this case, the groom was Johann Fuerchtegott Schuricht and … More Saxony Mills
