This blog post begins as we notice that today is the 126th anniversary of the day that Valentine Otto Hoehn married Maria Margaretha Fassold. They were married in 1890 at Peace Lutheran Church in Friedenberg. That is where we begin, but this event takes us on several side trips. First of all, we see on … More Let’s Go to America to Get Married
The Jahn family certainly seemed to love to have their weddings in the month of May. We may have another one today, although the date of the wedding is a topic for debate. The first of the Jahn weddings took place in 1846 in St. Louis, with Justine Jahn marrying Carl Eduard Roschke, but a … More Tailor to Teacher
It was a Tuesday. May 23, 1848 was going to be a special day in Altenburg. Their pastor’s daughter was going to get married. Not only that, she was going to marry another child of a pastor who had become a Lutheran teacher. The groom was Theodore Ernst Buenger. The bride was Martha Loeber. ***If … More A Loeber-Buenger Wedding
Yesterday, our blog post mentioned that Maria Jahn married Johann Gottfried Schuessler on May 19, 1859. Maria was not the only Jahn to be married on that day. Her brother, Friedrich Jahn married Magdalena Kaufmann on the same day. It was a double wedding, and it might have occurred in the 1845 church. Back in … More Another Multiple Wedding in Altenburg
Today’s story begins in the church records of Historic Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Louis. On May 3, 1849, we find that there was a marriage performed. Herman Brandes was the groom, and Wilhelmina Giesselmann was the bride. This brings to mind how busy the Lutheran pastors must have been in St. Louis during that … More 1849 – A Busy Year for Pastors in St. Louis
On May 2, 1849, the newly ordained Rev. J.A.F.W.Mueller married Johanna Hoehne in Altenburg, with Rev. Gotthold Loeber officiating just a few months before his death. Rev. Loeber managed to file a record with Perry County concerning the wedding, but no marriage records are included in the Trinity church books for the year 1849. A … More A Mother’s Poem for the Bride
Today, I was attempting to find out if there were any marriages or births which occurred around the time of the Altenburg Debate. In doing so, I found out that one of the characters of the triple wedding which was on our blog a few days ago, was born at about that time. Maria Kramer, … More Connecting Two Blog Posts
An extremely unusual event occurred at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg on this day, April 14, in 1864, one hundred fifty-two years ago. Since the new church in Altenburg was not built until 1867, this event took place in the 1845 church which still serves as a gallery in our museum. The event was a … More Three in One at Trinity
While searching for a historical occasion that occurred on this date, I ran across the death date of Ida Emilie Martha (Mueller) Doering…..April 5, 1894. She was the first wife of Wilhelm Doering. A few days ago, I posted a photo of Wilhelm’s second wedding to Maria Schmidt and asked about Maria’s white veil worn … More Another Black and White Wedding
On this day, April 2, in 1870, my great aunt, Maria Schmidt was born. I ran across this picture of her wedding with William Doering which was taken in 1898. I have been told that white wedding dresses did not become fashionable until after 1900, so the dark dress in this photo is not unusual. … More Wedding Picture Question
