I believe that if you look at the family trees of folks that live in this area, you will eventually discover a Schmidt amongst the branches. We will be looking at the Fiedler family tree today, and, lo and behold, one of the Fiedler’s married a Schmidt. However, the Schmidt bride in today’s story did … More If You’re Gonna Be a Fiedler, You Gotta Have a Schmidt in the Band
The story you will read today ties two recent items together. First of all, it was not long ago that I wrote a blog about the marriage between George Weith and Emilie Klinger titled, Weith’s Wives and Work. Secondly, not long ago, we had a visitor at our museum by the name of Ted Mueller who … More A Perryville-Chester Pair
I confess. I wrote the title of this post as click bait. However, there is method to my madness. There indeed were six Finger grandchildren, and there is a reason I state that they are “for free”. It all starts with a wedding in Germany. The marriage took place on April 20, 1881 in Lettin, … More Six Finger Grandchildren for Free
Johanne Fredericke Biehle was born on this day in Germany in 1802. She and her husband, Friedrich came with the Gesellschaft aboard the Republik in 1839 along with six children. Then the Biehle family experienced plenty of tragedy. Johanne was pregnant when she boarded the ship in Bremehaven. She attempted to give birth on March … More Really Woeful Biehles
