We begin today’s post with the birth of a baby boy in Wittenberg, but this story does not end there. This boy ended up living in two other states during his life. That baby boy was named Curt Treumund Harnagel, who was born on April 5, 1896. That means today would be Curt’s 130th birthday. … More Curt Harnagel – Wittenberg to Toledo to Fort Worth (and an Easter Baby)
I have not written may posts about people who have surnames that begin with a “Q”. For the record, our German Family Tree contains only 4 pages of information on surnames beginning with “Q”. I remember doing a post about a Michael Quast, and I vaguely remember someone married to a Quaas, but that’s all … More Pastor Q
I do not often express my opinions on this blog, but today I am going to start with one. I think there is too little attention given to the remembrance of the fact that World War I was fought 100 years ago. I would have thought more would have been said in our media about … More The Harnagel Doughboys
The marriage record above can be found in an Excel spreadsheet which is part of the church records of Old Trinity Lutheran Church in downtown St. Louis. It was produced in order to provide another format for their church records. However, the record shown above has a glaring error. Carl Eduard Roschke did NOT marry … More A Tainted Wedding Record with a Wonderful Story
