One of the characters in today’s story is a pastor’s kid. Many times, the children of pastors just “pass through” an area when their father is a minister of the local church. Those children are often born somewhere else and then future records show them living elsewhere later in their lives. To a certain extent, … More The Hellmuth’s in Mokena, Illinois
Today’s Wehmueller birthday boy will take us on a trip away from his birthplace. He is not the first one in his family to take us elsewhere. Not long ago, his sister married a man who ran a hardware store in Staunton, Illinois. Another sister married a man named Henry Ponti, who took her to … More Louis Wehmueller – From Friedheim to Perryville to St. Louis
You will be reading a story today that is a bit different than usual. Instead of beginning with a date of birth or a wedding anniversary, this post had its beginning in a date that had to do with a fairly familiar building in this area. The sentences shown below refers to an event that … More The Loebs House – Wittenberg, MO
You will be reading the story of a man who would be celebrating a special bicentennial birthday today. He was also one of the original immigrants who was part of the Gesellschaft that arrived in America in 1839. According to our German Family Tree, Carl August Barthel was born on October 5, 1826 in Frankenberg, … More Bicentennial Barthel Birthday
Today’s birthday girl is Hilda Margaretha Elisabeth Angermann. Hilda was the daughter of George and Margaret (Sandler) Angermann. Below is a photo of Hilda’s parents that has shown up in a previous blog post. Hilda was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville. We can view her baptism record below. Hilda is found in the … More Angermann and the Fireman
Several posts have already been written about the Immanuel and Martha (Soehl) Lorenz family and their children. One of the Lorenz children who has not had his story told yet is that of their firstborn child. You will read his story today. August Theodor Gottfried Lorenz was born on September 28, 1886, so today would … More Gottfried Lorenz Takes the Mound for the Farrar Reds
Yesterday’s character, Lulu Fassel, would have called today’s main character, Uncle Ed. Edward Fassel was born on September 22, 1861, so today would be his 165th birthday. Edward was the son of Edward and Maria (Friedewald) Fassel. He was often called Edward, Jr. Although his later death certificate would say that he was born in … More Edward and Josephine – Wittenberg and St. Louis Fassel’s
We have a birthday girl for today’s post by the name of Ida Lena Holschen, who was born on September 10, 1891. That makes today her 135th birthday. Ida was the daughter of Herman and Augusta (Leimbach) Holschen. She was the firstborn child in her family. Ida was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altenburg. … More Not a Home Wrecker – A Recker Home
I just could not ignore the special birthday of a character that has shown up on this blog on several occasions and is also a character who shows up in my Wittenberg books. Not only that, if she was alive today and living where she once did, she would also be my neighbor. I have … More Happy 175th Birthday, Magadalena Mueller Midwife!
The main character in today’s story is Johannes Traugott Kluegel, who was born on October 30, 1848. He was alternately called Johannes or John in some documents and Traugott in others. His gravestone calls him T.J. I am going to use the name, Traugott, mainly because that name means “trust God” in German, and I … More Traugott Kluegel – St. Louis Carriage Maker
