A little over a month ago, I wrote a post about some Guetersloh twins, Ida and Martin, that was titled, The Guetersloh Twins’ Spouses. I did not notice at the time that the father of those twins was a twin himself, and his twin was a sister. I will attempt to tell the story of … More Boy/Girl Guetersloh Twins
Today’s story had too many little interesting tidbits in it that couldn’t be ignored. It’s a story I just had to write. It all started with the birth of Claus Heinrich Brueckner on August 22, 1878. Actually, it also starts with the birth of Katharina Brueckner on the same date. These two were twins. Their … More Brueckner Twins – Strassburg Sisters
The first thing that attracted me to today’s story was a name. The name was Emma Eva End. Add to that the fact that Emma married an Emil, and you have a lot of E’s. Emma and Emil were married on June 29, 1890. Their story, as it turns out, has many interesting details. Emma … More No Longer an End
I have another confession to make today. My main goal in writing posts for this blog is to preserve the stories of people and places that are associated with the history of East Perry County and a few other surrounding areas. However, I also have special interest in preserving stories that are connected to my … More A Mourning Mother
Theodore Mueller would have been 143 years old today. He was born on December 23, 1874 and baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. Theodore’s parents were Christian and Magdalena (Buenger) Mueller. That made Theodore a grandson of Dr. Ernst Eduard Buenger, the longtime doctor in Altenburg. His father was the owner of the Altenburg … More Drummer Boy
A pair of twins were born on November 6, 1869 in Friedland, Missouri. Friedland was never really a town, but it was an area north of Altenburg that received this name and is sometimes used in the church records at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Nowadays, that area is called The Ridge. The twins were named Emma … More Emanuel Weber – Friedland Farmer
November 17th was the birthday of a set of twins. The parents of these twins was the couple that has been mentioned in several previous posts as the Schmidt-Schmidt couple. Jacob and Wilhelmina (Schmidt) Schmidt were married in 1864, and then began having a bunch of little Schmidts. Fourteen years after their marriage, with six … More Two of a Kind….Later a Full House
Martin Seible married Clara Arbeiter on May 1, 1921 at Christ Lutheran Church in Jacob, Illinois. Otto Seibel married Bertha Ziegler on May 20, 1922 in Murphysboro, Illinois. What makes these two marriages special is the fact that Martin and Otto Seibel were identical twins. Martin and Otto were born on November 3, 1897 in … More Selfsame Seibels
I started this story by looking at a wedding anniversary for this date and ended by finding a high school soccer teammate of mine…..at least I think so. The couple getting married on April 28, 1946 was Marvin Poppitz and Anita Perr. They were united in wedlock at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg by Rev. … More Poppitz Pairs
Altheda Adelaide (Littge) Schmelig died this past Sunday. That may not sound like breaking news, but it is not every day that you commemorate the life of someone who spent 107 years of life on this earth. And because of her faith in Jesus, we can now celebrate her entry into heaven. I feel very … More She Survived All Those Brothers
