Arthur Friedrich Meyr’s birthday is the starting point for today’s post. He was born on November 20, 1898, so today would be his 125th birthday. Arthur was the 5th and last child of Gustav and Clara (Scholl) Meyr. He was baptized, like all his siblings, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in New Wells. An image of … More Arthur Meyr – New Wells Auto Mechanic
After beginning to look at a birthday girl with the surname, Hilpert, I eventually discovered that her story would also involve the surnames, Mueller, Gerler, and Hansmeier. That last name is not a “Perry County name”, but by the time that name enters the story, the setting for the story will be in Nebraska, not … More Gerler’s in Nebraska
Not long ago, I published a post, Mehner Merchants, that told the story of Henry Mehner. Today, you will read the story of Henry’s parents. His father, often called Fritz Mehner, is today’s birthday boy, so I will begin with him. Friedrich August Mehner was born on April 19, 1843 in the Saxony region of … More Fritz and Elise Mehner
Heinrich Hans Vogt is said to have been born on January 26, 1846 in Germany. Some documents also indicate that Henry came to America in 1872. Henry settled in the Fountain Bluff Township in Jackson County, Illinois. The time he arrived was not long before the official formation of Christ Lutheran Church in Jacob, Illinois, … More Schroeder and Vogt
I start today by reminding you of a previous post that was written about the Feig family. I looked up Feig on Google Translate, and it said this word means “cowardly” in English (although another German dictionary indicated you had to have an “e” at the end to mean “cowardly”). I am already getting off … More Cowardly Clara Becomes Käsekopf
Lebrecht Schmidt and Magdalena Froebel were married on January 21, 1883, so today would have been their 136th wedding anniversary. These two were married in Frohna, but eventually, several in their family ended up in Altenburg. I will attempt to tell the story of that family today. Lebrecht Schmidt was born on August 12, 1857 … More Butch’s Mom and Dad
In Scripture, we find this passage in James 1:27: 27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. You are going to be reading another story about how people in this … More Look After Widows and Orphans in Their Distress
Today would have been the 117th anniversary for Theodore and Magdalena Catherina Hoffstetter. Now, if I have my German right, the word, “hof”, means farm or farmyard. Lena’s maiden name was Ochs, which I believe means ox, although around here, this name is pronounced with a long “o” sound. Thus the title. One thing that is … More An Ox Enters the Farmyard
