Ferdinand and Amalia (Theiss) Mueller had seven children before 1898, and all of them were girls. One of those girls, Bertha Mueller, was my grandmother. I can display this photograph of the parents of these girls. On February 7, 1898, a baby boy was finally born to this family. He would be the last child … More The Baby Brother of the Mueller Sisters
Yesterday’s post told the story of a grandson of Charles Weber, who had been a probate judge of Perry County. Charles was also once the mayor of Perryville, and before that, was a captain in the Union Army during the Civil War. He is pictured as a soldier below. Today, you will read a story … More Doc’s Wife – Captain’s Sister
Robert Bruno Constantine Nennert is today’s birthday boy. He was born on Groundhog Day, February 2, 1898, so that makes today his 125th birthday. By the way, the first Groundhog Day took place in 1887, before this birth. Early in his life, we see him called Bruno, but later, he took on the name, Robert. … More Bruno, the Baker and Milkman
A young man named Ernst Rudert arrived in America as the Civil War was coming to an end in 1864. He was just a teenager and made the voyage by himself aboard the ship, America. The passenger list displayed here for that ship says Ernst was from Gefell. I find it interesting that the person … More Ernst and Ernestine – The Rudert’s
When I saw that there was a Grebing girl who married Jacob Fischer back in the 1800’s, I figured it was a duo made up of two children of the original immigrants. Then I noticed that the New York Group not only included the original Grebing to enter Perry County, Hartmann Grebing, but there was … More Hartmann’s Daughter Marries Fischer from Wittenberg
Having been a Lutheran teacher during my career, I am especially partial to writing stories that involve individuals who also entered that profession. The churches in East Perry County have provided plenty of fodder for writing such stories because this area has sent so many people into full time church work. You will be reading … More Teacher Meyr
In several previous posts, I have referred to a certain “neighborhood” found near New Wells, Missouri as the “Koenig-Koch-Haertling Neighborhood”. I derived that term from seeing so many census pages from the Shawnee Township that list families with those surnames in successive censuses. It’s like these families remained neighbors for many, many years. Today’s post … More Flora and Otto – A Koenig/Meyr Pair
Before I tell today’s story, I need to tell you that after I published yesterday’s post that had what I called unanswered questions, a comment was placed on that post by Tim Yamnitz. Tim is an outstanding researcher who lives in Germany. He has the uncanny ability to read the old German script. His comment … More Julius and Louise – The Dietrich’s
f today’s tale was told in a previous post titled, Learning Latin from a Blacksmith’s Son. However that post highlighted a son of today’s couple. I am returning to this story to focus more on the parents. I even found another bride for the father. It seems like it is a daily occurrence that I … More A Disappearing Winter
I will present you with a new name today. It’s a name that takes us to the very end of the alphabet. This name has the very unusual spelling of Zschille. If you go to the very end of our German Family Tree, you will find a small selection of names that begin with the … More A Lowes Becomes Zschille in Friedheim
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