Georgia Neubeck Estel was born on January 10, 1906 in Altenburg, Missouri. The doctor who assisted in this child’s delivery was almost certainly her father, Dr. Theodore Friedrich Estel. Four years before the birth of Georgia, Dr. Estel had married Louisa Neubeck at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. His Missouri marriage license indicates that the … More Mom’s Namesake
Today, our story begins with the birth of Arthur Kuehnert on January 7, 1888, but we will take that story back farther. Arthur was the great grandson of the Johann Christlieb Kuehnert, who brought his family to America in the 1839 immigration. Johann’s son, Johann Christian Kuehnert, is shown in the middle of the front … More Church Builders
Today would have been the 115th birthday of Nora Schmidt who was born on October 9, 1901. Unfortunately, Nora lived only a short 24 years. Cause of death: pulmonary tuberculosis. For a while, this disease was called White Death. Nora was the daughter of Martin Wilhelm and Elisabeth (Roth) Schmidt. This Schmidt family had seven … More Cause of Death – Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Gottfried and Anna (Kuehnert) Noennig and their family were quite the entrepreneurs in Altenburg after the turn of the century. The family purchased several pieces of property in the Altenburg area and began growing fruit trees. Their orchards became very productive, and they became well-known for the quality of their apples and peaches. In addition … More Apples and Appliances
Albert Buenger died on July 5, 1969 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Albert has connections to two of the original immigrants to Perry County, Missouri. First of all, we can trace his ancestry back to Theodore Ernst Buenger and Martha Loeber. Their marriage was described in a previous post: A Loeber-Buenger Wedding. This puts Albert in the … More A Deep Mind
Theodore Heinrich Carl Buenger was born on April 29, 1860 in Chicago, Illinois. His parents, Theodore Ernst and Martha (Loeber) Buenger, were married twelve years earlier in Altenburg, with Martha’s father, Rev. Gotthold Loeber, officiating the wedding. Theodore Ernst was a teacher and principal at Immanuel First Lutheran School in Chicago. Young Theodore became a … More President Buenger (1893-1927)
Our Research Crew had no idea what to write about today. And then Ted Mueller walked in the door. Ted was here from Chester, Illinois to do the job of touching up the paint job on the interior of Trinity Lutheran Church here in Altenburg. Ted had painted the entire interior of the church about … More Another Mueller Mystery Solved
We hear much about Obamacare in our country. There was a long time in Altenburg when you could say the people experienced Fischercare. Theodore Fischer was the doctor for this area from 1933 to 1979. He graduated from Washington University School of Medicine in 1927, finishing at the top of his class. That is about … More Fischercare
You’ve heard of “Where is Waldo?” Today we ask the question, “Where is Theodore?” We are looking for Theodore Fischer. One source that we have indicates the in the photo on the left above, that Theodore Fischer is the boy on the left. This is a segment of the photo we posted a few days … More Where is Theodore?
