Today’s story may turn out to be rather short. That is probably a good thing because our museum has a school group visiting us this morning, and I will be involved in giving them their tour. I found a wedding anniversary that took place on this date, and that why I am telling the story … More Friedrich Wichern and His Girls
The highlighted couple in today’s post, because they have 11 children listed in our German Family Tree, has been mentioned on this blog quite often. I have written about several children of this couple, but have yet to write the story of the parents. You will get that tale today. It begins with a special … More Joachim and Gesche – Planting the Acorn for a Large Lohmann Family Tree
Another new surname folder had to be made for today’s post. And that surname belongs to today’s birthday girl. Her name was Maria Mull, and she was born on August 20, 1850. That means today would be her 175th birthday. She was the daughter of Ludolph and Metta (Tamke) Mull. Maria was born in Bergstedt, … More A Mahnken and Mull Match
About two years ago, I wrote a post titled, Henry V’s Angel. In that post, I mentioned the fact that it was the fifth time that the name, Henry Miesner, had been a main character in one of these stories. It was also mentioned that Henry had a wife named Engel, which means angel in … More Henry VI’s Angel
The Sticht surname is one that is still found in East Perry County. I will be looking at some characters in today’s post that may or may not have been the original Stichts to show up in this area. This post is one of those that may pose just as many questions as it offers … More The Sticht surname enters Perry County
Men by the name of Henry Miesner have been mentioned many times in previous posts on this blog. After doing a quick search, I think I have written 3 previous stories that had as one of their main characters a man with that name. So, I will refer to today’s Henry Miesner as Henry IV. … More Henry IV’s 200th
I am once again away from Altenburg for a few days, so I am at the disadvantage of not being able to use the resources we have in our musuem’s library. I’ll have to just use online sources to find information in the meantime. As for today’s story, I think our guest blogger, Wayne Schuessler, … More Just the Two of Them
