When I moved to Perry County, I started hearing about a well-known local character by the name of Johnny Fable. It was quite a while before I discovered that “Fable” is the local pronunciation for the name Voepel. I will be writing about two men called John Voepel today. One of them, the father, was born and baptized … More Voepel from Palmyra Enters Perry County
Christian Friedrich Schilling was born on December 10, 1885, making today his 138th birthday. Since he is mostly called Fred on documents, that will be the name I use in this post. Fred was born in Frohna to his parents, August and Maria (Schoenborn) Schilling. He was the 8th of 9 children in his family. … More Fred and Bertha – Frohna Schilling’s
When I hear the surname, Schilling, I immediately think of Schilling’s who lived in Perry County, Missouri. After all, I have Schilling’s in my family tree, and that is where they were born and raised. However, today’s Schilling’s were ones that migrated to Jackson County, Illinois and lived their lives in the vicinity of Jacob. … More The Jacob Schilling’s – The Ones from Jacob, IL, That Is
If you place the German words of today’s title into Google Translate, you will find the English translation to be “master farmer”. A girl’s birthday led me to share the story of her and her husband, whose surname was Meister, a farmer from Frohna. I will begin with the Meister. Emil Meister was born on … More Meister Bauer
Today’s story is packed full of names that had origins in Scheeβel, an area in Hanover in northern Germany. Many immigrants from Scheeβel arrived in Perry County, Missouri and Jackson County, Illinois in the mid-to-late 1800’s. The couple we will focus on today, for example, was made up of a Brunkhorst and a Mahnke. Other … More Several Scheeβel Surnames
Our German Family Tree records that Flora Schoenborn (“schoen” means beautiful in German) was born on July 20, 1897, so today would have been her 121st birthday. However, there is no baptism record for Flora in any church records from Perry County. Yet we do know from all the census records that include her that … More Florida – Born Beautiful
I was attracted to today’s story by a name. I noticed the name a while back, but decided that I would wait to do the story on December 21st. It was the birthday of a girl who was named Christliebe Marie Schoenborn. As near as I can tell, the name “Christliebe” means “dear to Christ”. … More A Nativity Name
