Today I will once again spend most of my time on the road. This time it is the road home. I had the time yesterday to put together this little tribute to my great grandma and grandpa who were married on April 22, 1875. The bride and groom at this wedding were Amalia Caroline Theiss … More Happy Anniversary, Great Grandma and Grandpa **Updated
December 8th was the birthday of two brothers in the same family, yet they were not twins. One of them happens to be one of my great grandfathers. The mother of these two brothers was Johanne Christiane Mueller. Her maiden name was Theilig, but by the time she had married Johann Gottlob Mueller, she had … More A Shared Birthday
Anna Dorothea Schuricht was born on this day (July 23) in 1859. Her parents, John and Anna Susanna (Tirmenstein) Schurict were living in St. Louis and members of Old Trinity Lutheran Church. In 1878, Dorothea married Johann Heinrich (John Henry) Thiess. Henry was a Lutheran pastor who had received some of his Lutheran traning in … More California, Here We Come
