Walter “Junior” Doering is one of our museum’s faithful supporters. He lives in Kentucky, but he and his wife often stop by the museum when they are in the neighborhood. Once a year, he shows up in town for the annual Boehme reunion. Today’s post will give the reason that he comes for that event. … More Junior’s Mom and Dad
Toenjes Martin Jacob Schlichting would have been 131 years old today. Almost all the documents I have seen indicate he went by the name Martin. He was born on September 25, 1887 and baptized at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar, Misssouri. His parents were John and Mary (Stueve) Schlichting. This is his baptism record. A … More Wittenberg Schlichtings
Selma Gemeinhardt must have been a pretty amazing woman. During her life, she gave birth to 14 children. Two of them died as infants. Her home in Wittenberg must have been quite the active place, with the likelihood of having a dozen children all living in that house at the same time. She gave birth … More Selma’s Last
The story today begins with the birth of Stella Bates on June 12, 1872 in Grafton, Illinois…or does it. Our German Family Tree says that she was born on June 12th, but after doing plenty of research on this story, I discovered that her gravestone and death certificate indicate that her birthday was on July … More Roy’s Ties to Stella’s Hotel
A marriage took place on this day, May 9th, in 1882. I suppose it could be argued that the wedding took place in either Altenburg or Wittenberg, but my best guess would be Wittenberg. A new school/church building had been constructed in Wittenberg on property which is said to have been donated by Joseph Weinhold … More Estel Marries the Eldest
A marriage took place on this day 103 years ago in Pocahontas, Missouri. A farmer’s daughter would marry a railroad man, and this marriage would lead to this couple living near a railroad for most of their lives. The bride getting married on that day was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Pocahontas, and … More Messenger for a Thundering Giant
Today would have been the 85th anniversary of Oscar and Lorna (Schmidt) Schlimpert. I called them Uncle Ossie and Aunt Lorna. Here is the marriage license for this couple. Several posts have been written about people in this Schlimpert family. Oscar was the son of Jacob and Caroline (Boeger) Schlimpert. In fact, Oscar was the … More Uncle Ossie – Aunt Lorna
Many folks from East Perry County remember Dixie Degenhardt cruising the roads of Altenburg in his pick-up truck. Dixie lived to almost 100 years old and died a few years back. Today would have been the 104th wedding anniversary of Dixie’s Uncle Paul and Aunt Sophia Degenhardt. We will start with Paul. He was the … More Dixie’s Uncle Paul & Aunt Sophia
The birthday boy for today is Alfred Jacob Gottfried Mueller. He was born on April 8, 1891. I am of the opinion that this boy was born in Wittenberg, Missouri, and I have a few different reasons for thinking this. Let me get started by telling you that Alfred Jacob Gottfried was the son of … More They Died Young
There are 31 pages in our German Family Tree dedicated to the surname Schuessler. Just last month, Wayne Schuessler contributed a post to this blog that told the story of the original Schesslers who came to Perry County. It was titled, The Bowl Makers of Perry County. Today’s story will focus on just one of … More Just One of the Schuessler Swarm
