Alfred Benjamin Johannes Theiss was born on this day, December 4, 1887, so he would have been 132 years old if he was still alive. Back in October, I wrote a story about Alfred’s older brother, Paul Theiss, in a story titled, It’s Pronounced Tice – Rhymes with Mice. The history of these two brothers … More Courting Cordy by Horse-and-Buggy
Esther Kieninger would have been 134 years old today. She was born as Esther Mueller on November 8, 1885. She was the daughter of Joseph and Mathilda (Buenger) Mueller and her baptism record can be found in the church books of Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. However, she may have been baptized in the church/school … More Mama Kieninger
The surnames of Pfau, Blanken, and Wedig have previously led me to Wentzville, Missouri. Today we add the surnames of Koenig and Stelling to this list. In previous posts, we have mentioned the Koenig Lutheran Cemetery in Wentzville. The fact that these names which are connected to Perry County are also connected to this area … More Tornado Casualty Dies with Baby in Arms
Paul Joseph Ehregott Theiss (pronouced Tice) was born on October 27, 1882. Paul was the son of Henry and Ernestine (Mueller) Theiss. This Theiss family lived near Wittenberg right along the Mississippi River. They owned property both on the hill near the river as well as some land in the bottoms. Here is a present-day … More It’s Pronounced Tice – Rhymes with Mice
I can describe George Loebs in two different ways. First, he could be called the husband of my 2nd great aunt (great great aunt). Secondly, he could also be called the father-in-law of my paternal grandmother. A few other posts have already been written about George Loebs. So Close, Yet So Far The Loebs-Schmidt Connection … More Three Generations of George Loebs
When I was a boy growing up in St. Louis, I drank quite a bit of Pevely milk. If my memory serves me, the milk we drank out of the small milk cartons at school were from Pevely Dairy. I was unable to find a photo of one of the Pevely milk cartons from my … More Pevely Dairyman’s Six E’s
Today’s story had so many twists and turns. For a while, I even considered not telling it. However, as you can see, I did end up writing and sharing it. And now that I have finished researching it, I conclude that it is an amazing tale. Emma Christiana Maria Lueders was born on August 1, … More Emma’s Heartbreaking End
I wrote yesterday that I do not often use an early death as the starting point for a blog post. Now I am about to write my second post in a row that starts that way. What attracted me to an early death today is the likelihood that this death led to the first burial … More First Burial
I will attempt to tell yet another story about a Lutheran pastor who came out of a Grosse family. Since grosse means “large”, I guess you could say it was a large family. And it was. This Grosse family had a whole bunch of children. This pastor I will highlight today was a half-brother … More Another Grosse Preacher
You will discover that today’s post is not normal. Normally, I find an event, such as a birthday or wedding, that took place on the date when the post is written. You might expect an article today about some occasion which took place on June 12th. That is not the case today. This post is … More Uncle Herb & My Granddaughter
