Today would have been the 176th birthday of Sarah Elizabeth Kramer. She was born on February 9, 1844 in Altenburg, Missouri. Her parents were Johann Gottlob and Rosine (Sittner) Kramer, but Sarah never got to know her father. When she was just 7 months old, he died. The next year, her mother married again. Her … More Sarah Kramer Marries the Teacher
“Let me take you down ‘Cause I’m going to Strawberry Fields” The next line of this Beatles song goes, “Nothing is real”. But today I’m going to take you to Strawberry Fields for real. “Strawberry Fields forever” Our story starts out in Altenburg, Missouri, but eventually takes us to the fields of Strawberry. I do … More Strawberry Fields Forever
Today was Ida Mina Hooss’s birthday. Ida was born in Perryville, Missouri on June 24, 1877, making today her 142nd birthday. She was the daughter of Thomas and Catherine (Cadenbach) Hooss. Her father, over the years, was a hotel keeper and merchant in Perryville. Ida was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Perryville. Below are … More Miss Hooss – Schoolmarm
The blog post today was written by John Popp. He tells the story of his mother. Previously, John has shared a story about his father, Richard Popp, who was a teacher at Trinity, Altenburg for many years. Today, you will read the story of the other teacher in John’s family. I am so grateful for … More Another Teacher Popp
A name, Frederick Hoeck, sneaks into our German Family Tree in just two official records, one a church record and the other a civil record. No other Hoecks can be found in any records. First, there is a marriage record which is found in the church books of Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna, Missouri. Here … More How the Hoeck, He Met the Militzer
Today’s story once again comes out of Farrar, but before I tell the story, I want to plug an event that is taking place in Farrar this weekend. Tonight and tomorrow are the final performances of a play that a group of folks mostly from Salem and Zion Lutheran Churches are putting on. Here is … More Teacher, Soldier, Postmaster
Today’s story begins in Frohna. The birthday girl marries a Lutheran teacher. Agnes Fiehler was born on February 28, 1876 and baptized at the relatively new Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna. Her parents were Benjamin and Bertha (Doberenz) Fiehler. Benjamin was a farmer, and Agnes was the third of eleven children born into this family. … More Lehrer Lueders
Right now, Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna, and Grace Lutheran Church in Uniontown are all being served by pastors who first had been Lutheran teachers before entering the ministry. This is not a new phenomenon in the Lutheran church. Back when the Log Cabin College was built, its three main … More Teacher to Pastor
I was attracted to today’s story because of the names involved. One is very short; the other is not. The short name is Ude, a surname that could be found in the New Wells area for a short time in the late 1800’s. The name that is not so short is Schaumloeffel. This name also … More A Bucket of Beer with Minnie, Music, and Math
In our museum, we have this wonderful account of the family history of John Christian Mueller, a tiler who brought his family to America as part of the Gesellschaft in 1838-1839. Much of the information in today’s post comes from this binder. On Saturday, September 7, 1839, during the first year that the German Lutheran … More Tailor, Tiler, Teacher, Preachers
