The birthday boy for today is a man named Johann August Cornehlsen, who was born on September 4, 1884. If you do the math, you come up with this being his 140th birthday. John was the son of Henry and Martha (Holschen) Cornehlsen. A few years back, Faron Bartens wrote two articles about this family … More John Cornehlsen – To Logan, NM and Back
Back in 2021, I wrote the story of a man and woman who were celebrating their 150th wedding anniversary. Today, I will share that post on another special day…the 175th birthday of the groom. Michael Heinrich Schuessler was born on August 31, 1849, the son of Michael and Rosina (Hoppe) Schuessler. Henry was baptized at … More The Youngest Schuessler’s 175th Birthday
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
The tale for today begins with a baby girl being born on this date 125 years ago. Hetwig Susanna Groh was born on June 8, 1899 in Jacob, Illinois. Susanna was the daughter of Ernst and Anna (Schuessler) Groh. Both of Susanna’s parents grew up in East Perry County, Missouri, but then after her father … More Groh Girl Becomes Pastor’s Wife
I just do not have the energy to write a new story today, so here’s the oldest one found on this blog that was written on May 19th. Back in 2016, I was not as long-winded as I am now.
A Wirth baby girl was born on this day to a farmer and his wife in Perry County. You will discover that this girl and her mother would witness the deaths of 3 men in her family who succumbed to the dreaded disease, tuberculosis. Martina Kunagunda Christiana Wirth was born on February 26, 1882, making … More A Family Devastated by Tuberculosis
In a previous post, Double Stepmother – Never a Birth Mother, the story was told of a woman who was the stepmother of William Schuessler. William was briefly mentioned in that post. Today, I will spend some time focusing on William, who is today’s birthday boy. William is the grandfather of one of our museum’s docents, … More William and Mathilda – The Schuessler’s
Today would be the 170th birthday of Gotthold Ferdinand Kuehnert, who was born on June 3, 1853. Gotthold was the son of Johanna and Anna (Leim) Kuehnert. He was the first of 6 children born to this Kuehnert couple. Gotthold’s baptism record is found in the books of Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, but that … More The Kuehnert’s – Neighbors of the Schuessler’s
I am going to return to a person who was a character in a previous post, Twins…..Only One Survives. I am revisiting this story for 2 main reasons. First, that post was written in 2016, the first year of this blog, and did not contain many details about today’s character. Second, today would be her … More A Pair of Wittenberg Schuessler’s
I normally do not use a baptism birthday for a starting point on this blog, but that is the case today. It actually is a case of me making a mistake, but I found the story interesting and worthy off telling, so I made the choice of writing it anyway. A baby girl was born … More Collinsville Coal Miner
