Quite a few posts on this blog have been written about people who had the surname, Kassel. You will read another one today. It will tell the tale of one of the Kassel’s who originally entered the United States back in 1845. This Kassel man is also today’s birthday boy. George Kassel was born on … More One of the Original Kassel’s – George
I really do not understand why Lynn Degenhardt included several pages of a Kurre family in our German Family Tree. There are not many local church records to be found among these Kurre’s. Yet, the beginning of this Kurre family in the GFT goes all the way back to the 1600’s. It is among these … More August and Mary – Cape Girardeau Kurre’s
I recently mentioned that our German Family Tree now includes the records of Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim. Today’s story will include some families that showed up in that congregation’s books during their early years. After the German Lutherans arrived in Perry County in 1839, one of the first pastors, Rev. Carl Gruber, who was … More Dissen to Friedheim – Sudheim to Lixville
Today’s tale begins with the birth of a set of twin girls on November 29, 1851. Pauline and Clara Hopfer were the daughters of Michael and Justine (Quaas) Hopfer. We have photos of these parents. These girls were baptized at Grace Lutheran Church in Uniontown, Missouri. Below are their baptism records. Clara Hopfer did not … More Pauline and Her Henry’s
One hundred forty-six years ago today, two weddings took place at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. That event included a brother and a sister in the Grebing family. One sibling married a Rabold; the other married a Militzer. Back in those days, you didn’t always find weddings taking place on weekends like most of them … More Double Wedding in the Hole
