One of my reasons for choosing today’s birthday girl is that an unexpected guest walked through the doors of our museum a few days ago. His surname was Winter, and his father and I taught in nearby schools in Memphis several years ago. His Winter family tree includes some Winter’s who have appeared on this … More Another Branch of the Winter Tree
The starting point for today’s post is the birthday of one of the numerous “Miller Weinhold’s” that lived in Frohna. At least, that’s how I located this story. However, I am going to begin by looking at his older Weinhold brother first. Heinrich Gotthilf Weinhold was born on February 26, 1879, the son of Gotthilf and Bertha (Thomas) … More Teacher and Merchant Weinhold and the Kanke Sisters from Carrollton
The 11th of 13 children in her family was born on this date back in 1892, making her today’s birthday girl. There were two Weinhold families found in Frohna living next to the Frohna Mill which the fathers of those two families operated. Both of these families had numbers of children in the double digits. … More Single Sarah – Daughter of Frohna Miller
I chose today’s story for a different reason than most posts that I write. I rarely find a story based on a baptism date. However, the girl I will highlight in this post got my attention anyway. First of all, she had the same name as another woman in a post I wrote recently titled, … More Another Emma Thomas
Today is the birthday of Joseph Bock. Like several other Bock babies that have appeared in this blog, Joseph was born and baptized in Uniontown. Joseph was born on November 18, 1843, the son of Michael and Christiane (Hemmann) Bock. Joseph’s mother was the 2nd child of J.G. Hemmann, who has been mentioned in quite … More Joseph and Emma – A Few More Bock’s in Uniontown
I have written several stories over the years that begin with a rather lonely church record and then proceed to take place beyond the confines of our German Family Tree. Today, you will read another one of those tales. The only record in our GFT for a man by the name of Ernst Andrew Diefenbach … More A Diefenbach Duo
Ernest Rudolph Mueller was born on May 25, 1891, making today his 131st birthday. Ernest (or Ernst) was the son of Theodore and Emma (Thomas) Mueller, making him a member of what we call the “Frohna Mueller’s”. And, as you would expect, he was baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna. Below is an image … More Mueller’s in Willow Springs
One of today’s main characters is the son of one of the proprietors of the Frohna Flour Mill. This son went on to be involved in the operation of the Frohna Feed Store. I have to wonder how these two businesses were related to each other. However, I am temporarily located near Chicago, Illinois and … More Frohna Feed Store
Two rather well-known surnames will form the married couple in today’s story. Both of the surnames are found in the “W” portion of our German Family Tree. Those two names are Weinhold and Walther. You will discover that a Walther man and a Weinhold woman married quite late in their lives and had no children. … More Another Carl Walther
There were four children born into the John and Johanna (Walther) Weinhold’s family. I think once I finish today’s post, I will have written stories about all four of them. Here are photos of the parents and children in this Weinhold family. Today, I tell the story of the baby in the family. Gotthilf Weinhold … More Flour Maker and His Baker’s Dozen
