It is going to be a busy morning. A bus tour of 45 people from Arnold, Missouri is coming for a tour at our museum. They will arrive when the local annual Vacation Bible School is taking place at Trinity Lutheran Church here in Altenburg. We have to make several unusual accommodations to make this … More A Cemetery Stumper Solution
The main character for today’s post is Maria Amalia Seibel. She was born on June 10, 1860, so today would have been her 159th birthday. In documents, she was recorded as being Amalia, but it is also reported that her nickname was “Mahle”. I assume folks around here would have pronounced that Molly. During the … More Double Stepmother – Never a Birth Mother
Many stories that are written on this blog never reach out beyond the borders of Perry County, Missouri. People are born, live, and die right here. Not so today. Get ready to be transported all over the place. It all starts on The Ridge. This story is also populated with a type of event that … More From the Ridge to the Mountains by Way of the Beach
One might think that a story about a man who spends all his life being a farmer might not be worthy for telling. First of all, if that was true, I would have to eliminate an awful lot of people from our list of East Perry County residents when I’m looking for subjects for this … More The Wichern’s Home on the Hill
Sophia Grass, if she were alive today, would be celebrating her 172nd birthday. She was born in 1846 in St. Louis, Missouri. Here is her baptism record from the Old Trinity Lutheran Church books. We do not have the originals of these records at our museum, but we do have an Excel spreadsheet that shows … More Emanuel Seibel’s Grass Roots
As the Civil War was winding down, two of my great grandparents were married at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, Missouri. The two who were married were Gottwerth Schmidt and Wilhelmine Seibel. The pastor of Trinity at the time was Rev. J.F. Koestering, and the marriage must have taken place in the 1845 church which … More My Greats’ Anniversary
I’m going to start today’s story with a photograph. The above tombstone can be found in my barn. Today I will tell you why several such stones are located in my barn. I will also tell you why this stone would show up in a post written on March 30th. First, let me explain the … More Tales from a Tombstone…in a Barn
This photo of the Gotthold Seibel family showed up in a post not too long ago. I am going to tell a story again today about some members of this family. In today’s tale, I will discuss the four girls who are indicated by the red arrows, all of which remained single during their entire … More Several Single Seibel Sisters
I guess if you want to throw a New Year’s Eve Party, one way to do it is to get married and have a wedding reception on that day. All I know is that when Max and Hulda got married in 1927, they did not wake up as husband and wife for the first time … More Max and Hulda’s New Year’s Eve Party
Normally when I see that a child was born to an original immigrant in December of 1838, I think that the baby must have been born aboard one of the ships coming across the Atlantic Ocean. Today’s birthday girl is an exception. She was born in New York City and her parents were already in … More A Lot of Grass Died
