Back during the first year of this blog, a post was written about today’s birthday boy. That post was titled, A Minnesota Connection to the Saxon Immigration. Since today is a very special birthday for this character, I decided to revisit that old post. Ernst Moritz Buerger was born on February 17, 1806 in Arnsfeld, … More Pastor Buerger’s 220th Birthday
Today’s birthday boy is Heinrich Joseph Schlimpert, who was born on February 2, 1866. That makes today Joseph’s 160th birthday. He was the son of Johann Traugott and Johanna Rosine (Schuricht) Schlimpert. Joseph was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, and we can look at his baptism record below. Before I move on with … More Joseph and Bertha – Additional Seelitz Schlimpert’s
I found the story of a man who would be celebrating his bicentennial birthday today, and I love to tell such stories. Christian Gustavus Guenther was born on January 5, 1826, so today would be his 200th birthday. A later marriage record will state that Gustave was from Hohenkirchen, Germany, and if I have identified … More St. Louis Cooper’s Bicentennial Birthday
Back in 2017, I wrote a post titled, Seelitz Soldiers. In that article, I mentioned several young men who served in the military during World War I who were from the local Seelitz community. I am going to go into more detail today about one of those young men, who happens to be today’s birthday … More Hugo – The Schlimpert Seelitz Soldier
My focus today, other than on morning worship, is once again a volleyball tournament. I will unashamably state that our granddaughters will be playing for the Illinois State Lutheran Volleyball Championship later this afternoon. The attached story about Ferdinand Poppitz and Hanna Bollefer has a connection to my family, so that is one of the … More A Late-Blooming Romance in Seelitz
Today’s birthday boy was one of the members of the Gesellschaft who arrived in Perry County in 1839. In fact, he was on the first ship in that group to arrive in America on December 31, 1838, the day before 1839. Johann Christian Kuehnert was born on December 3, 1826. On forms over the years, … More Christian Kuehnert – An Original Immigrant
Julius Gotthilf Poppitz had quite an unusual childhood. His mother died before he was even 3 years old. Right after he turned 3, he got a new stepmother. When he was about 7 years old, his stepmother died. At the age of 8, he got his second stepmother. Then when he was just 9, his … More Gotthilf Poppitz – St. Louis Furniture Dealer
I have previously written stories about some children in the Jacob Schlimpert family. The youngest child in this Schlimpert family was my Uncle Oscar Schlimpert, so I have a special interest in getting to know more about this family. Today, I will be discussing one of Uncle Oscar’s older sisters, Gertrude Schlimpert. Gertrude is today’s … More Gertrude – Oklahoma City Schlimpert
It is not often that I run across a wedding that took place 200 years ago, but that is the case with today’s post. Since the German Lutherans in this area did not arrive in the United States until 1839, that means that such a wedding must have happened in Germany before the immigration. Although this couple’s … More A Poppitz-Schlimpert Wedding 200 Years Ago
A rather notable Jacob Schlimpert has been mentioned on this blog on several occasions. That Jacob Schlimpert was one of a clan of Schlimpert’s that could be called the Seelitz Schlimpert’s. Jacob Schlimpert has plenty of descendants around Altenburg and Frohna. The Seelitz Schlimpert’s had two sons, Jacob and Joseph. Joseph, despite being the oldest … More Jacob Schlimpert’s – The Ones from Jacob, Illinois, That Is
