I am traveling today, and it did not take me long to decide what old post to once again share with our readers today. That is because yesterday was the funeral of Clarence Schirmer, a longtime local resident who will be dearly missed in East Perry County. I know there are at least 3 characteristics … More Farewell to a Great Local Historian
I republished an old post about some Schirmer’s a few days ago. I did not expect to find another Schirmer so soon after that post. Carl Theodore Schirmer was born on December 7, 1885, so today would be his 138th birthday. Carl, mostly called Charles during his life, was the son of Adolph and Clara … More Charles Schirmer – Howe Scale Expert
When I began to look for a story to tell for today’s post, I was surprised to find another person from our German Family Tree who made her way to Oregon. After all, yesterday’s story about an Eggers family recounted the story of that clan making their way to Corvallis, Oregon. Today’s Perry County character … More Another Perry County Resident Makes Her Way to Oregon
After researching the characters in today’s story, I finally looked at the baptism record of the man who I identified as today’s birthday boy, only to realize that today likely was not his birthday. Our German Family Tree says that Friedrich Wilhelm Oehlert was born on November 7, 1864, the son of Gottlieb and Wilhelmine … More The William Oehlert Saga
I may or may not be discussing a birthday girl today. That is because I ran across another one of those situations in which the month of a person’s birth is in question. A church baptism record says this girl was born on July 30th, but her gravestone says she was born on June 30th. … More Holschen – Schirmer – Pincksten
I am going to tell the story of a man by the name of August Schirmer today because he is a birthday boy, but in the course of researching his story, I discovered that his mother had the same date of birth. Hermine Ida Petzoldt was born on January 20, 1839 in Germany. Then, after … More Schirmer’s Share Birthday
After writing a story focusing on several members of the New York Group yesterday, I found another story for today that involves a family from that group of immigrants. In the case of the characters highlighted today, they were one of a small number from that group that remained in this area. There have been … More Pioneer Schirmer Matriarch
Whenever considering doing a story on Holschen’s, I automatically think that the story will focus on Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altenburg. I think almost all the local Holschen stories I have told have been ones in which the characters were born, baptized, and buried there. That will not be the case today, even though the … More Wittenberg Holschen’s
Wilhelm Traugott Schirmer was born on November 28, 1860, so today he would have been 160 years old. Wilhelm was the son of Conrad and Hermine (Petzoldt) Schirmer. His baptism record can be found in the books of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altenburg, Missouri. I am unable to display any church records today. Let me … More Maria’s Schirmer Men
Back in the days right before the turn of the 20th century, a boy was born in Pocahontas, Missouri, just south of the Apple Creek in north Cape Girardeau County. Ferdinand Friedrick (Fred) Schirmer was born on May 24, 1896. He was the son of Wilhelm and Anna Marie (Putz) Schirmer. Fred was baptized and … More Apple Creek to Dry Creek
