I am sure that I am not the only one who has roots in Perry County who can call today’s birthday boy as one of their ancestors. I know there are 5 pages of his descendants in our German Family Tree. As for me, I can call him my great great grandfather. The way I … More Happy Birthday, Great Great Grandpa Theiss
The name of Justine Grebing has appeared in quite a few posts on this blog. In fact, back in 2016, the first year of this blog’s existence, I wrote a post titled, Grebing/Göthe, which highlighted Justine’s marriage. That post was written back in the days when I was a rookie in the blog game, and … More Justine’s Bicentennial Jubilee
Our German Family Tree has just a few records for the surname, Kaeding. You can see what is included in the GFT below. What you do see in the above image is the fact that Rev. Christian Kaeding came to Altenburg in 1864 and found himself a bride by the name of Jacobine Seibel. The … More Rev. Christian Kaeding Finds Altenburg Bride
Whenever the Perry County Lutheran Historical Society welcomes new members to its organization, the old book shown below is brought out so that they can add their names to the historical list of people who have been members of that organization over the years. If you open this book to the beginning, you will find … More The Original Members of the Perry County Lutheran Historical Society
Today’s tale begins with the birth of a set of twin girls on November 29, 1851. Pauline and Clara Hopfer were the daughters of Michael and Justine (Quaas) Hopfer. We have photos of these parents. These girls were baptized at Grace Lutheran Church in Uniontown, Missouri. Below are their baptism records. Clara Hopfer did not … More Pauline and Her Henry’s
Our story today begins with the birthday of Maria Catherine Seibel, who was born on November 9, 1841. She was the daughter of Johann and Elizabeth (Theiss) Seibel and baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church. Maria’s father was part of the New York Group that arrived in Perry County at about the same time as the … More An Engert/Seibel Duo
A few posts have already been written on this blog about marriages that have taken place in which both the bride and groom were relative neighbors of each other on The Ridge. You will be told another one of these stories today. First, let’s review the location of that spot that we call The Ridge. … More Yet Another Ridge Romance
Friedrich Carl Gottwerth Seibel was born on June 22, 1869, making today his 151st birthday. He was the oldest child in his parents’ family, and he went on to follow in his father’s footsteps to become a blacksmith. In a previous post that I wrote about Frederick’s parents, Emanuel Seibel’s Grass Roots, it was stated … More Marie and the Frohna Blacksmith
I am going to tell the story of Charles Leimbach today, but I know I will not have any Leimbach descendants from Charles who will read this post. Charles had two wives during his lifetime, but there were no children born to either of them. However, that does not mean they had no part in … More Childless Couple Adopts
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
