A search for today’s date in our German Family Tree led me to a woman who was born on March 30, 1876. If that is correct, she would be celebrating her 150th birthday today. However, the image below shows everything that is found there about Eleonora Angermann. That entry says that Eleonora was born on … More Nora and Edgar Farrar Advance to Junction City
Today’s birthday girl was a Berkbigler. That is a name that is not found much in our German Family Tree. That is because, for the most part, that surname is primarily one found in the Catholic parish books around here. However, today you will read about a Berkbigler who found her way into the Lutheran … More Emanuel and Mary – From Friedheim to Uniontown
The birthday boy for today’s post is Johann Kester, who was born on October 11, 1850. That means today would be his special 175th birthday. Johann was the son of Heinrich and Wilhelmine (Grossheider) Kester. Johann was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim. An image of his baptism record from that congregation’s records is … More Johann and Elvina – More Friedheim Kester’s
Rudy Knoll gets his start in Perry County, Missouri, but you will read today that he made a few moves back and forth across Middle America during his life. Along the way on this wild ride, he meets his bride in Colorado, and I think one could characterize her as a wild rider. We begin … More Rudy Knoll and His Pueblo Partner
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
