Today would have been the 126th birthday of Theobald Wukasch. His father, Matthias Wukasch, is pretty famous in East Perry County. He and a colleague, Henry Welp, had a combined 101 years of teaching at Concordia Lutheran School in Frohna, Missouri. Teacher Wukasch had a total of 10 children by way of two wives, Anna … More Wukasch and Wampner
Today would have been the 134th wedding anniversary of an Emmanuel and an Emma. Emmanuel is an interesting first name. My experience with it is that this name which means “God with us” in the Bible, is spelled two different ways. Sometimes it is spelled beginning with an “I” and is followed by a double … More Emma-nuel and Emma Wallmann
Today is another one of those landmark days. It was four years ago today that the very first post was written on the blog of our brand new museum website. If you look back at that post, you will find only two paragraphs amounting to 126 words. There were also no photographs or images attached … More Another Pocahontas Merchant
The story I found today has a birthday boy with a surname that has shown up on this blog on several occasions. However, this man’s birthday leads us to a surname that has shown up here only once, Schattauer, and another surname that is brand new, Haberfellner. Those two surnames are ones that come out … More Another Kutscher Couple
A while back, I wrote the story of the The Pioneer Lichtenegger, which described the arrival of Joseph Lichtenegger to America. That post also mentioned the several children that Joseph and his wife had in their family. A few other posts have also been written about some of those children. You can find other posts … More Lichtenegger in Altenburg
I have a fascinating tale to tell today. Most of the story does not take place around here. It takes place in Nebraska. In several previous posts, I have written about several local characters who moved to an area of northeast Nebraska that included the several adjacent counties shown in the map below. I began … More Doughboys Find Splittgerbers in Nebraska
The photo below has been shown in a few previous posts. It shows a town band that called themselves the Jolley Boys. The band was made up of men who lived in the vicinity of Pocahontas, Missouri. The gentleman kneeling in the front on the right is today’s birthday boy. His name was Henry Lichtenegger, … More One of the Jolley Boys
The wedding day for August Theodore Lichtenegger and Ottilie Meyr was March 28, 1910. Their wedding photo is shown here. Before I get any farther, let me describe the beginnings of the bride and the groom. Ottilie Meyr was the first to be born. She was born on March 7, 1888 in the New Wells … More Lichtenegger Market
Today would have been the 169th birthday of the first person with the surname, Lichtenegger, to settle in the Cape Girardeau/Perry County area. Joseph Lichtenegger was born on March 2, 1850 in Goisern, Austria. At the age of 16, he boarded a ship all by himself to come to America in 1866. He may have … More The Pioneer Lichtenegger
When I got in our car this morning and turned on the radio, the lyrics of the old Beatles song came on that said, “They say it’s your birthday. It’s my birthday too, yeah.” Those lyrics fit today’s story pretty well. You will discover the reason as you read on. Richard Schade was born on … More Schade’s Short-lived Schöne
