In 2022, a post was written about a Schaefer couple that began in Old Appleton but made their way out west titled, From Old Appleton to San Francisco – With Stops in Kansas and Idaho. I will revisit that family today to tell the tale of a pair of daughters of that couple. One of … More Single Schaefer Sisters in San Francisco
I found both today’s bride and groom in our German Family Tree, but neither of them have a church record in any of the church books that are included in that document. However, each of them have other family members whose church records like baptisms and marriages are included in the GFT. I will begin … More George and Minnie – Jackson and Cape Girardeau Bingenheimer’s
I could call today’s main character Kaspar or Kasper or Casper or Caspar. A variety of spellings show up for this man’s first name. I am going to use the one that is carved on his tombstone…Kasper. He is today’s main character because he is also today’s birthday boy. Kasper Ruppel was born on December … More Kasper and Margaretha – The Original Ruppel’s
A story I wrote two days ago still sticks in my mind. It was about a baby girl who was abandoned on the property of Concordia Seminary in St. Louis and taken in by Jacob and Justine Goenner. Now, two days later, I will write the story of a baby girl who was born two … More Gottfried and Mary – Pocahontas Putz’s
I thought I had one of those stories for today that would celebrate a 150th birthday, but there is also a definite possibility that the birthday girl would be celebrating her 151st birthday. In the course of telling this story, I will give evidence why our German Family Tree includes the possibility that today would … More Henry and Rosie – Perryville Schrumpf’s
The birthday boy for today is Friedrich Eduard Koch, who was born on February 17, 1860. That means today would be his 165th birthday. Edward was the son of Gottfried and Maria (Haertling) Koch. In several previous posts, I have referred to a location near New Wells that could be called the Koch-Koenig-Haertling Neighborhood. Over … More Some Koch-Koenig-Haertling Neigborhood Residents
I had this story “teed-up” to do yesterday, but things did not work out. The tale had an inherent problem anyway. After gathering all kinds of documents for the couple involved who were supposed to be married on May 19th according to our German Family Tree, I discovered that they were married on March 19th. … More Louis Bingenheimer – Jackson Farmer/Street Commissioner
The Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum recently received a wonderful donation. We now have a magnificent square grand piano which is on display. I am going to call it the Loebs/Schmidt piano. I will attempt to describe this piano’s provenance today. For museum’s, it is especially important to know history of an artifact. At our … More Pretty Piano’s Provenance
Pauline Ruth Schaefer will be one of the highlighted characters today because she was born on April 4, 1899. Ruth would be celebrating her 125th birthday today. She would become another one of those characters who would be born and raised here in Perry County, but would spend most of her life elsewhere. Her future … More Ruth and William Make Hake Wedding Cake
Salome Elizabeth Christine Wallmann was born on February 7, 1867. That makes today Elizabeth’s 157th birthday. She was the daughter of Charles and Rebecca (Steierwald) Wallmann. Elizabeth was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells. An image of her baptism record from that congregation’s books can be seen below. Her birthday is mistakenly given as January 7th on this … More Edward and Elizabeth – New Wells Grosz’s
