Arthur Heinrich Dickmann is today’s birthday boy, being born on April 13, 1895. That means today would be his 131st birthday. Arthur was the son of Carl and Maria (Dambach) Dickmann. Arthur was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim. An image of his baptism record from that congregation’s books can be seen below. Arthur … More Friedheim Dickmann Marries Longtown Springer Twin
On this past February 12th, I wrote a post about one of the pair of twins that were born on that date back in 1886. That post was Schamburg Filling Station in Perryville. Today, because his wife is today’s birthday girl, you will read the story of the other Schamburg twin. The last February 12th … More The Other Schamburg Twin
I am going to start today’s post by displaying a 1910 census entry from near Wittenberg, Missouri. It shows a Heins couple, John and Hulda (Richter) Heins, along with two teenagers, Irene and Edwin, who are called adopted children. You can also see that they were the same age, indicating that they were twins. In … More The McCourt Twins – Or the Heins Twins?
Claus Heinrich Brueckner is today’s birthday boy. He was born in Kaken, Germany on June 25, 1850, so today would be his 175th birthday. He was the son of Heinrich and Anna (Rademaker) Brueckner. We are able to view his German baptism record below from the books of the Oldendorf parish which was likely the … More Big Brueckner Bunch
Not long ago, one of our museum’s friends, June Ernst, presented me with a story idea, along with a few documents to assist me. It is actually a kind of story that I shy away from because a standard rule that usually guides my decision on whether to do a story is that the beginning … More Christmas Baby Turns 100
Way back in 2017, I wrote the story of twin Seibel brothers, Martin and Otto, in the post, Selfsame Seibels. Today, I will return to that story to tell a bit more about Otto and the two women who he married. It begins with a birthday girl. Bertha Anna Louise Ziegler was born on October … More Twin Seibel and His Ziegler and Fuehler Brides
A few days ago, I wrote a story about a Catholic groom who married a Lutheran bride. Today, I will tell the tale of another such case. The difference is that today’s duo did not end up being buried in different cemeteries. They are buried together in a Catholic cemetery. I have to confess a … More Another Catholic/Lutheran Duo – The Hagan’s
Not that long ago, I published the story titled, Lixville Klemp’s. The highlighted couple in that post had several children, and one of those will be the main character today. This post begins with the birth of a set of twins. On May 5, 1890, a set of twin boys was born in the Cinque … More August Klemp – The Surviving Twin
For this post, I will refer you to an old one that was written back in 2017, Two of a Kind….Later a Full House. That post told the story of the Schmidt twins that got married on the same day. What makes that story even more fascinating is that after the wedding, both of these twins brought … More Full House’s Three Queens
Today’s birthday boy is Christian Furchtegott Lorenz who was born on October 24, 1857. That makes today his 166th birthday. Christian was the son of John and Johanna (Mueller) Lorenz. His mother was the sister of Rev. J.A.F.W. (Alphabet) Mueller. Both of his parents had arrived in Perry County as part of the Gesellschaft in … More Christian and Ida – Altenburg Lorenz’s
