On a couple occasions in the past, instead of writing the story of a man and a woman who get married and raise a family, I have written one about two siblings who spent most of their lives together without ever getting married. In some situations, the two unwed siblings were brothers; in others they were sisters. Today’s … More A Pair of Unwed Wachter’s
Today’s tale is inspired by a marriage record that says a couple was married on June 5, 1859. I am missing several documents that I normally find for such a pair. Add to that the fact that this couple did not have any children. However, I have a somewhat selfish reason for telling this story. … More The Zech’s from My Neighborhood
The birthday boy for today is another person who spent his childhood in Perry County, Missouri, only to live most of his life elsewhere. In the story for today, we find that this man ends up not far from the Pacific Ocean. Paul Ernst Martin Eggers was born on May 24, 1894, so today would … More Eggers in Corvallis
A baby girl was born on March 26, 1887 in the Shawnee Township. It is her story and the story of her husband that will be shared with you today. Louise Emma Lehner was the daughter of Peter and Christina (Wachter) Lehner. Louise’s father was first married to Hannah Birner, and that couple had two … More Louise and the Pocahontas Butter Man
A young man named Ernst Rudert arrived in America as the Civil War was coming to an end in 1864. He was just a teenager and made the voyage by himself aboard the ship, America. The passenger list displayed here for that ship says Ernst was from Gefell. I find it interesting that the person … More Ernst and Ernestine – The Rudert’s
I almost overlooked today’s story because I have already written a story about Benjamin Koenig. That post was titled B.J. and Anna – A Koenig/Brueckner Pair. That Benjamin Koenig was born in 1870 and lived his life in Farrar. I looked more carefully at the data concerning a Benjamin Koenig that I ran across and … More The New Wells Benjamin Koenig
On several different occasions, I have written stories in which a bride or groom from the Lutheran community around New Wells in northern Cape Girardeau County finds a mate across the Apple Creek in the southern portion of Perry County. In the early years of settlement of this area, a young man might have had … More Finding a Bride Across the Creek
The northern part of Cape Girardeau County is the setting for almost all of today’s story about a Schneider and a Saupe uniting in marriage on this day over 100 years ago. It turns out to be a rather typical story found on this blog which demonstrates more than one generation being involved in operating … More John and Selma – A Schneider-Saupe Pair
I really want to write this story today because we had a visitor in our museum a few days ago by the name of Wachter. Gerard Fiehler and I were able to assist him and his wife in finding out more about his Wachter family history. We were able to help him discover ancestors he … More Gottfried Wachter – Altenburg Blacksmith
If you read yesterday’s blog post, you know that one of the major characters was named Theodore Ernst. Today, I happened to run across a birthday boy who was also named Theodore Ernst. In fact, I had better call him Theodore Ernst Wachter because I have already written a post about another Theodore Wachter that … More Another Theodore Ernst
