I am not a blog writer this weekend. Instead I am a volleyball spectator. Our twin granddaughters are participating in the Illinois Lutheran State Volleyball Tournament in the Edwardsville/Collinsville area. As is often the case when Grandma and I are away from Altenburg and are busy with grandchildren, I am sharing a previously written post. … More Pastor’s Wife in Ontario, Canada
Ernst Rudolph Koenig was born on June 12, 1890, so he is today’s birthday boy. Rudolph would be 135 years old today. He was the son of Immanuel and Clara (Weinhold) Koenig. Rudolph was baptized at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar. An image of his baptism record from that congregation’s books is shown below. Rudolph … More Rudolph and Lena – Farrar Koenig’s
I am watching a lot of basketball this weekend in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Some of you may be familiar with the phrase “string music” which can be used to describe a basketball shot that goes through the hoop without hitting the rim. A swisher. I know our granddaughters’ team had a bit of string music … More String Music in Ft. Wayne, Indiana
There were occasions in days gone by when a pastor wrote a death record in the church books, he would indicate how many years, months, and days that person lived. In some instances, backtracking that person’s length of life would be the only way to determine his or her date of birth. The problem is … More The Original Dirt Weinhold
There are so many stories about Perry County natives who went on to become pastors and teachers in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. I have written plenty such stories on this blog, but apparently I have not come to the end of the list of people who fit this category. I will share the story of … More Rev. W.T. Goehring – Midwest Minister from Frohna
You will be reading a story today that takes place in St. Louis, but it has quite a few connections to people in East Perry County. This post will also end up with Lynn Degenhardt editing our German Family Tree to include a man who managed to escape being found in that document. Marie Sophia … More Bretscher the Bookkeeper
The starting point for today’s post is the birthday of one of the numerous “Miller Weinhold’s” that lived in Frohna. At least, that’s how I located this story. However, I am going to begin by looking at his older Weinhold brother first. Heinrich Gotthilf Weinhold was born on February 26, 1879, the son of Gotthilf and Bertha (Thomas) … More Teacher and Merchant Weinhold and the Kanke Sisters from Carrollton
The group shown below has gathered in Memphis for a holiday…Thanksgiving Day. This should explain why I will be unable to research for a new story today. I have chosen to republish this post written about a Feiertag family. If you place the word feiertag into Google translate as a German word, its English translation … More A Holiday to Remember…Again
When I was a student at Concordia Teachers College in Seward, Nebraska, there was a Professor J.D. (John Donald) Weinhold on the faculty. J.D. was part of the Math department and specialized in teaching Statistics. I was a math major, so I was very familiar with Professor Weinhold, but at the time, I had no … More Seward Weinhold’s
The 11th of 13 children in her family was born on this date back in 1892, making her today’s birthday girl. There were two Weinhold families found in Frohna living next to the Frohna Mill which the fathers of those two families operated. Both of these families had numbers of children in the double digits. … More Single Sarah – Daughter of Frohna Miller
