The birthday girl for today is Josephine Caroline Oberndorfer, who was born on March 21, 1886. Josephine was the daughter of August and Wilhelmine (Ruehling) Oberndorfer. She was baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna. For some reason, family trees on Ancestry.com say that Josephine’s middle name was Pauline, and even her gravestone says she … More Josephine and Alfred – Kansas City Weaver’s
If you look at the list of immigrants found toward the back of the book, Zion on the Mississippi, you will find these entries among the passengers whose surnames begin with the letter “L”. Before I go any further, let me tell you how I got involved looking at connections between two names in our … More Landgraf-Lindner Links
Today, instead of looking at people, we are going to discuss their occupations. Many of the original immigrants became farmers, but if you look at the immigration records, you can see that not really that many of them came over here as farmers. The statistics indicate that most of the immigrants were either craftsmen or … More Too Many Shoemakers…..Not Enough Feet
On this day, July 6th, Linna (Schubarth) Bergt died in 1849. At that time, a major cholera epidemic was taking place in St. Louis. That disease reared its ugly head in Perry County also, because the cause of Linna’s death in Frohna, Missouri, was cholera. Linna Schubarth came to America in 1839 aboard the Johann … More Weaver’s Wife
