Selma Antonie Rudert was born on November 23, 1882, thus qualifying her to be today’s birthday girl. She would be celebrating her 142nd birthday today. Antonia was the daughter of Ernst and Ernestine (Schneider) Rudert. Her baptism record is found in the books of Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells. We can view that record … More Antonia and Her Reisenbichler and Woehlke Husbands
Back in 1913, a man named Peter Eckert from Lenzburg, Illinois married Anna Mahnken at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar. That couple ended up remaining in Perry County for a number of years. It is a mystery to me how Peter and Anna got to know one another. However, I do know that Peter Eckert’s … More Another Mahnken Marries an Eckert
One of the big questions I came away with while researching the story of today’s birthday girl is how to spell her first name. I challenge you to look at the various documents I will display to see how it is spelled. You will find several different variations. And then, when all is said and … More Oswald and Otillie – Longtown Funke’s
I will eventually get around to today’s birthday boy, but I choose to begin with a girl named Louise Frey, who was born on August 20, 1882. According to her later death certificate, Louise was born in Hermann, Missouri. She was the daughter of Philip and Sophie (Bauer) Frey. By the time we can view … More Louise’s Final Danz
Ervin Julius Schneider was born on July 8, 1899, making today his 125th birthday. Ervin was the youngest child of Emil and Theresia (Meyr) Schneider. The Schneider’s had been members of Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells, but when the new congregation, Zion Lutheran Church, was established in Pocahontas, they became members of that church. … More Grand Tower Power Pair
I find it really hard to NOT write the story of a person who is included in our German Family Tree who is celebrating their 200th birthday. I have one of those stories to write today. It has a lot of holes in it, so I am guessing that this will be a shorter article … More Sophia Schneider’s Bicentennial Birthday?
The birthday girl for today is Cora Wilhelmine Thauwald, who was born on March 15, 1894. That makes today her 130th birthday. Cora was the daughter of Carl and Caroline (Schneider) Thauwald. Cora was baptized at Grace Lutheran Church in Uniontown. Her baptism record shown below illustrates a trend in the change of spelling of … More Cora and Sam – Chicago Katz’s
I found that a person who has been a character on a post in the past would be celebrating her 200th birthday today, so I am going to revisit her story. Since I wrote the story of Annae Schneider, I have now discovered another significant document that can be added to that tale. I have now … More Poehner Pair Travels to America to Get Married
Otto Richard Thauwald is today’s birthday boy. He was born on November 8, 1883, so today would be his 140th birthday. Otto was the son of Carl and Caroline (Schneider) Thauwald. Otto was the 2nd of 7 children in this Thauwald family. All of those children were baptized at Grace Lutheran Church in Uniontown. Otto’s … More Brazeau and Shawneetown Blacksmith
Two days ago, I published the post, A Pair of Perr’s, and in it, I said that folks around here pronounce the name, Perr, as “pair”. I will be telling the story of another Perr today, and, believe it or not, I found evidence that this name was pronounced as “pair” in this area a long … More An Older Pair of Perr’s
