Two previous stories published on this blog will be tied into the one I tell today. A few years ago, I wrote the story of an unmarried woman who spent her life taking care of other people’s children. That post was titled, Kindermädchen Emilie. The main character of that tale was Emilie Weinhold. Then, earlier … More Coming Home to Die
It’s actually the birthday of a girl that leads us to a story about an East Perry County native who became a pastor that served most of his years of ministry in Minnesota. Her name was Emilie Marie Schaefer who was born on November 4, 1880. She was the daughter of Henry and Mary (Hopfer) … More Rev. Martin and Min in Minnesota
I have a rather unusual story to tell today. Actually, part of it was told in earlier posts, but I was not aware of the connection to today’s tale. The setting for this story is now one of the historic sites located in Perry County…the Saxon Lutheran Memorial. I will begin with today’s birthday girl, … More Single Sisters – Foster Brothers
On several previous occasions, I have referred to the two Weinhold clans from Perry County as the “Miller” Weinhold’s and the “Dirt” Weinhold’s”. The “Dirt” Weinhold’s were given that name because they were primarily farmers. Today, I will tell the story of a Dirt Weinhold, but this one looks like he didn’t just work in … More Gustav Weinhold Rocks
There are several reasons that I wanted to write this story today, one of them being that today’s birthday girl was not born in or near Perry County, Missouri. Not even close. She was born in South Africa. Quite often a birth or wedding in Perry County leads us to faraway places in these blog … More Out of Africa
You will read the story of Paul Bernhard Weinhold today. After researching him, I will summarize his story by saying he had two lives. If you just base his story on our German Family Tree, you might conclude that he was born, baptized, confirmed, married, and buried in Perry County, with just one note about … More The Two Lives of Paul Weinhold
Whenever the Perry County Lutheran Historical Society welcomes new members to its organization, the old book shown below is brought out so that they can add their names to the historical list of people who have been members of that organization over the years. If you open this book to the beginning, you will find … More The Original Members of the Perry County Lutheran Historical Society
We will be taking a look at another person that would be celebrating her 150th birthday if she was still alive today. She was a Palisch, and she would go on to marry a Fischer. This was not the first time that a Palisch woman would marry a Fischer man. When I do stories on … More A More Recent Fischer-Palisch Pair
Several days ago, my head was spinning over the Lehner family from Alkoven, Austria. I now have access to an updated version of our German Family Tree which includes several additions which have been made on the Lehner surname. I think I now have a better handle on this situation. It turns out that there … More Lehner-Birner-Wachter
You are going to read a type of story today that I usually do not even consider for this blog. My standard procedure for choosing stories is to find one that began before the turn of the 20th century. I do that for a reason. If I look into a story that begins in the … More Farm Mishap Kills Dirt Weinhold
