The birthday boy for today’s post is Herman Ernst Starzinger, who was born on October 13, 1871. That means today would be his 153rd birthday. Ernst was the son of Gottlieb and Theresia (Brandt) Starzinger. Our German Family Tree lists 11 children born into this Starzinger family, and Ernst was #9. He was baptized at … More Ernst Starzinger – Lifelong Cripple
I think everyone has heard of Sesame Street’s “Big Bird”. The German word for big is gross. The German word for bird is vogel. Our German Family Tree contains the surnames, Gross and Grosse. It also contains page after page of people with the surname Vogel. So, if a Grosse would marry a Vogel, I … More Little Bird in Topeka
I will be entertaining out of town guests (who are also family) today, so I am once again sharing an old story. The attached post was first written back in 2017. For those of you who know German or who have read posts about people in the Vogel family on this blog, you may already … More The Birds Arrive in Perry County
According to our German Family Tree, a pair of sisters could call today their anniversary. However, these two were not married in a double wedding. Their weddings took place on the same date, but in different years. I have already told the story of Johanna Oehlert, who married Gottlieb Krause on June 12, 1881. That … More An Oehlert Girl Marries One of the Giants
I often use the term “empty nest”, and I am sure you are well aware of its meaning. Today, our birthday boy, whose surname was Vogel, which means bird in German, never had an empty nest. In fact, because he had 14 children with his 2 wives, and also took in some other children who … More August and His Nest Full
Pastor Adolph Vogel, the long-time pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, had a mother-in-law who may be celebrating her birthday today. She is listed in our German Family Tree as being born on February 28, 1854, but the only document on which I found her birthday says she was born on February 27th during … More Pastor Vogel’s In-laws
Today marks the 200th birthday of Jacob Gottlob Dietrich. I decided to share a the attached post written about the Dietrich family back in 2021. Gottlob was the father of a rather fascinating family made up of 9 children, all of which lived past childhood, and all of them boys. A family binder that we have for the … More Bicentennial Birthday of the Altenburg Giants Manager
The most notable Adolph Vogel in the history of East Perry County was Rev. Adolph A. Vogel who was born in Frohna and later served Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg for several decades. That Adolph Vogel’s story was told in the post, Frohna Boy – Brazilian Missionary – Altenburg Preacher. Today, you will read the story of … More Adolph Vogel Marries the Farmer’s Daughter
I republished an old post about some Schirmer’s a few days ago. I did not expect to find another Schirmer so soon after that post. Carl Theodore Schirmer was born on December 7, 1885, so today would be his 138th birthday. Carl, mostly called Charles during his life, was the son of Adolph and Clara … More Charles Schirmer – Howe Scale Expert
When a member of a Vogel family moves to another part of the country, I have been know to refer to it as a bird migration because vogel in German means bird in English. I will share another such story today. This post actually has a migration to Perry County that occurs in which a … More Another Bird Migration to Atchison, KS
