The highlighted couple in today’s post, because they have 11 children listed in our German Family Tree, has been mentioned on this blog quite often. I have written about several children of this couple, but have yet to write the story of the parents. You will get that tale today. It begins with a special … More Joachim and Gesche – Planting the Acorn for a Large Lohmann Family Tree
Today’s post, along with the next two, are authored by Timm Yamnitz. Timm is a young man who was born and raised in Perry County but now resides in Germany. He is a resource that our museum has used on several occasions to translate German writings and find German records that we request. Timm volunteered … More Hauptidentitätsverschmelzung
Today’s birthday boy was born in Germany, but did not live there very long. He came to this country when he was just 2 years old, so he must have had no memory of his days in Germany. I will attempt to share his story with our readers today. Heinrich Meier was born on June … More A Meier/Martin Match in Brazeau
Rotenburg, Germany is the setting for two baptisms today. The two who were baptized would travel to America and get married in Perry County, Missouri. Then when the wife becomes a widow, she moves with some family to Oklahoma where she spends the rest of her life. I will begin this story with a special … More Widow Cordes in Alva, Oklahoma
I will discuss two quite prominent names which can be found in the history of East Perry County today. Those two names are Mahnken and Versemann. Our research library does not have family history binders for either one of these names, but a rather interesting drawing has been made of the Versemann family tree. One … More Beginning of the Mahnken-Versemann Branch
The year 1852 was packed with significant events in the life of Hugo Rauss, except he was not aware that they were happening. He was a baby. First of all, Hugo was born on January 12th of 1852. That birth took place in an area of southwest Germany known as Baden-Wurttemberg. He was the son … More 1852 – An Eventful Year for Hugo
I was not planning to write a story today, but I ran across one that I just could not resist sharing. It is not often that you run across a birthday in our German Family Tree that occurred 200 years ago. As you can figure, such a birthday must have occurred in Germany, not in … More Bicentennial Birthday
