The main character in today’s story is Johannes Traugott Kluegel, who was born on October 30, 1848. He was alternately called Johannes or John in some documents and Traugott in others. His gravestone calls him T.J. I am going to use the name, Traugott, mainly because that name means “trust God” in German, and I … More Traugott Kluegel – St. Louis Carriage Maker
I have written quite a few blog posts that told the stories of people whose surname was Hellwege. Probably the most notable one was Heinrich Hellwege, who got his notoriety from the fact that he had 4 wives over the years. Henry’s story was told in the post, The Fourth Marriage. Today, you will read … More Steamboat Fire Leads Hellwege to Altenburg
Yesterday’s blog post told the story of a man who made numerous moves during his life. Today’s tale will include a move, but only one of them. A whole family eventually made the same move, thus causing the family surname to disappear from this area. I will highlight 2 members of the family of Friedrich … More Fred Frede – Father of Ft. Wayne Females
My father’s sister, Lorna Schmidt, married Oscar Schlimpert. Thus, I always called them Uncle Ossie and Aunt Lorna. I wrote a previous post about that couple titled, Uncle Ossie – Aunt Lorna. That marriage began the Schlimpert branch of my personal family tree. Today, I will discuss the marriage of another Schlimpert who married a Schmidt … More Another Schlimpert-Schmidt Duo
Johann Wilhelm Edward Schuricht was born on either June 10th or June 11th in 1857. Today and tomorrow, the 10th and 11th, I will be on the road and attending a wedding. I will publish this on the 10th and will not be able to write a new story on the 11th, so I might … More Edward Schuricht – Busch Wagon Maker
A marriage took place on May 4, 1865 in East Perry County. The groom was August Gottfried Winter; the bride was Maria Christiane Mangelsdorf. We will discuss the characters involved in that marriage that took place 155 years ago. August Winter was born on September 8, 1833. When he was listed on a passenger list … More Winter the Wagon Maker
Last year, on this date, I wrote a post titled, Unraveling the Palisch/Fischer Connections. That post focused mostly on the marriage of Henry Palisch and Martha Fischer that took place on July 10th in 1887. Today, I will focus on the other marriage that was just briefly mentioned in that article. It was another marriage … More Frohna Fischers
April 28th was not only the birthday of a wagon maker from Uniontown, which at one time was named Paitzdorf, but also the birthday of one of his sons. The wagon maker’s name was Ernst Gottlieb Rudert. He was born in Prussia in 1833 and is reported to have come to America in 1853. I … More Paitzdorf Wagon Maker
The story today begins aboard the Copernicus on its voyage to America and ends in a popcorn stand in Collinsville, Illinois. It involves several people and places in between. We find three Lorenz siblings listed on a passenger list of the ship, Copernicus. There was an older brother, Johann Gottlieb, and his two younger sisters, Johanne … More Gottfried’s Popcorn Stand
I ran across a marriage that took place on this day in 1904. The story looked like it had potential. It involves a Bachmann marrying a Lorenz. Those are some familiar names. Looking deeper, I found out the the Bachmann had been married previously to a Stueve. That added some interest. I came across one … More From Wagons to Tractors
