Sometimes people refer to the youngest child born to parents as the “baby in the family”. I will tell the story of such a baby girl in the family of the pastor at Peace Lutheran Church in Friedenberg today. That baby is today’s birthday girl. Augusta Marie Guemmer (pronounced Gimmer around here) was born on … More Pastor Guemmer’s Baby Girl
Ed McMahon used to introduce Johnny Carson by using the phrase, “Heeeere’s Johnny.” Today’s birthday boy had the first name, John, and a middle name that began with an “E”. That should explain today’s title. This birthday boy is also a man who could also be described as another “Yount Yamnitz”. Johann Ernst Yamnitz was … More Heeeere’s…John E.
Today is one of those days when I discovered a bicentennial birthday, and it happened to be a woman who has had her story told on this blog before. So, I decided to share that old post. It was written back in the early days of this blog. The bicentennial birthday girl was Felicitas (Lang) … More Happy Birthday to “Happy” Angermann
Today’s birthday boy is August Heinrich Thieret, weho was born on July 10, 1878. That makes today his 146th birthday. There was another August Thieret who was born in Perry County in 1875 who was discussed in the fairly recent post titled, Arnsberg Records Discovery. The parents of today’s birthday boy were Martin and Julia … More August Thieret – St. Louis Bed Maker
In recent months, I have been mentioning in a few blog posts that Ancestry.com now has a collection of records that is described as Missouri Synod, U.S., Lutheran Church records, 1851-1972. I am still discovering that this collection contains documents that I can use for this blog. Just yesterday, I was able to display a marriage record … More Arnsberg Records Discovery
In the past week or two, I have published (or re-published) a pair of stories that come from the family of Charles and Barbara (Hoehn) Thieret. One was titled, Art and Dora – The Popp’s, and the other was re-posted on Christmas Day. That one was called Noel Nuptials. I found yet another story from that … More Bennetta’s Birthday
A little over a year ago, I wrote a post titled, Art and Dora – The Hoehn’s. I found another “Art and Dora” story today. The characters in today’s story lived about a decade prior to the ones in the previous post. It all begins with the birth of Dora. Amalia Dora Thieret was born on … More Art and Dora – The Popp’s
At Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, we have many members who call a woman, Granny. Kathy Schlimpert and her husband, Oliver, had 4 children, and all of them were girls. Those 4 are all married with children (and even some grandchildren), and they are all still members of Trinity. Therefore, we have plenty of Ponder’s, … More Granny’s Granny
On August 13, 1822, 200 years ago, a baby by the name of Maria Lang was born in Krögelstein, Germany. Below is a map showing the location of that town in Bavaria. Maria was the daughter of Peter and Barbara (Schmeuszer) Lang. I located these photos of Maria’s parents. In a previous story on this … More Mary Lang’s 200th Birthday
Oscar C. Hacker was born on August 9, 1878, making today his 144th birthday. It is his story that you will read today. Oscar was the son of Johann and Margaret (Hornberger) Hacker. He was baptized at Peace Lutheran Church in Friedenberg, so I am unable to display an image of his actual baptism record. … More Longtown’s Hoehn-Hacker Couple
