Henry and Wilhelmine (Naeser) Schmidt (no relation to me) had a dozen children according to our German Family Tree, and two of them became Lutheran ministers. The two pastors spent most of their careers in the state of Missouri. Those two preachers will be the subjects of today’s saga. This may take a while. I’m … More A Pair of Preacher Schmidts
Today would have been my Grandma Schmidt’s 142nd birthday. On June 7th three years ago, I wrote a post about my grandmother titled, The Loebs-Schmidt Connection. I will try to avoid repeating a lot of the information that was found in that story, but I have located a few more photos and documents relating to … More Happy Birthday, Grandma Schmidt
On May 20th, I wrote the story of Ole’ Ben Hopfer, who married Emma Vogel on that date back in 1906. Today, you will read an account of the life of Ole’ Ben’s little sister, Martha Hopfer. And it turns out that Martha married Emma’s older brother, John Vogel about 4 months after the other … More Ole’ Ben’s Younger Sister
I do not have much time for research today because I will be headed back to Altenburg. So, you are getting another quick post. May 23rd happens to be the anniversary date for two marriages that are special to me personally. They are not new stories. If you do a search on past posts on … More Two Special Anniversaries
Benjamin Hopfer and Emma Vogel were married on this date 114 years ago. Although Emma lived to the ripe, old age of 92, her husband, Ole’ Ben Hopfer, oulived her, making it into three-digit territory. We will take a look at this couple today. Benjamin Hopfer was born on November 10, 1882, the son of … More Ole’ Ben Hopfer
A brand new surname shows up on this blog today. Panning. This surname does show up in our German Family Tree somehow, even though there are no local entries for this name in any local church records. Mary Panning is today’s birthday girl. She was born on April 27, 1869, the daughter of Henry and … More Bergt & Panning Store – Altona, NE
You will discover today that the life of Elizabeth Amalie Burroughs was a struggle from the beginning to the end. During her life, she could have been called an orphan (or an abandoned child), a foster child, a divorcee, a mother of two sets of twins, and a widow. There is also some indication that … More Lisette’s Labored Life
The situation that I especially found interesting in today’s story is that two cousins with origins in East Perry County, Missouri managed to marry a pair of siblings with their origins near Ogallala, Nebraska. One couple spent their married life in Missouri; the other spent their married life in Nebraska. I began by wondering how … More Missouri Cousins – Nebraska Siblings
Today’s post once again sent me off on some more tangential research (down some extra rabbit holes). This time, I was off on a journey to learn the history of refrigeration and tractor trailers. I had actually done some of this research a while back on refrigeration when I was writing my Wittenberg ’03 book. … More George Gerhardt – From Blacksmith to Selling Refrigerators
When I found today’s birthday girl and began researching her, I made this observation and asked this question. “Another Anna Marie. How many Anna Marie’s are there in our German Family Tree?” So, I did a search. When I placed the term “Anna Marie” in the search box, Microsoft Word came up with 302 results. … More Another Anna Marie
