From 1976-1981, there was a popular TV series called Charlie’s Angels. Right now, there is a movie in the theaters by that title which attempts to recreate that show. The show highlighted three ladies who teamed as crime fighters. I have three daughters who have on occasion compared themselves to Charlie’s Angels. They even recreated … More Gottfried’s Angels
I have several errands to run today, and I had no plans to write a blog post. However, I just had to take a quick look to see if any special event might catch my eye that occurred on November 1st. I found one. It also happens to be one of those occurrences that our … More Charlie Boehme Meets Charlie Boehme
Emilie Hecht is today’s birthday girl. She was born on July 28, 1862 and baptized at Grace Lutheran Church in Uniontown, Missouri. Her parents were Wilhelm and Wilhelmine (Weber) Hecht. Just a few days ago, I wrote about a Henry Hecht in the post titled, Fives are Wild. That Henry Hecht would have been Emilie’s … More Hecht/Hoehne Hodgepodge
A birthday girl led me to tell the story of two married couples today. I discovered that two brothers from one family married two sisters from another family. It is their stories that I tell today. The two families involved are the Kaufmann’s and the Boehme’s. First, let’s talk about the parents of the brothers … More A Pair of Kaufmann/Boehme Couples
I took a different approach today. Instead of looking for a story that corresponds with today’s date, I chose to highlight a donation that our museum recently received. And yet, despite that approach, I still managed to find a trivial connection to today’s date. The donations we received are photographs from a Boehme family, so … More Boehme’s in Frames
A baby was born on this day in the Seelitz community in 1860. This baby’s birth will enable me to tell the tale of several very interesting couples that managed to find each other during the early days of East Perry County history. First of all, some of the details of this story have already … More Seelitz Sweethearts
Today would mark the 130 anniversary of Adoph Joseph (A.J.) Doering and Anna Richter. They were married on February 28, 1889 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. Several factors contributed to my selection of this story today. One was their special anniversary. Another factor was the amount of photographs I located of that family and … More Adolph and Anna
Plenty of Perry County projectiles are being launched in Frohna on Tuesday nights this February. That is because the annual Lutheran Dartball Tournament is now taking place in the gymnasium of Concordia Lutheran Church. It is a tournament which lasts for four week, and this year includes teams from 13 different local churches. Around here, … More Dartball Tourney Time
An sad, but interesting, death took place on this date in 1851 in Altenburg, Missouri. This event caused me to do quite a bit of thinking and searching, and the end result is that this post will take quite a few side trips. The death involved a very young boy by the name of Elias … More Elias Estel’s Early End
We will celebrate a wedding anniversary today. Charles Fiehler and Clothilde “Tillie” Boehme were married at Trinity Lutheran Church on October 17, 1897. Thus, today would have been their 121st anniversary. Clothilde was the daughter of two original immigrants that were part of the Gesellschaft. Both of her parents arrived here as relatively young children. … More Charles and Tillie
