Today would be the 150th birthday of a lady who was a life-long single. For a portion of her life, one could classify her using the German term, Tante, a single woman who cares for members of her family. In many instances, the family members that received such care were elderly parents. That was the … More Tante Tillie Ruehling
The Point Rest Lutheran Cemetery is not very large, and the church it was associated with is no longer active. Yet, it has a place on Findagrave.com with 68 grave sites which are documented. I went to that site and did a search on the surname, Hadler, which is quite a common name around here. … More Hadler or Hatler?
In German, the word, Tante, means “aunt”, but from what I have been told, it often means more than that. It can refer to a single woman who takes on the role of caregiver for older or younger family members. It might be the case of a single woman assisting in the care of young … More Tante Bergt from Frohna
In the course of my research on the members of the first students at the Log Cabin College, I sometimes refer to the children of those first students as their second generation. On March 8, 1984, the last of the second generation, Marie Brackman, died in Puyallup, Washington. Her story is an amazing one. Here … More Last of the Second Generation: A Story of Two Maries
