The Gruber Group arrived in America in November of 1839 aboard the ship, Johann Georg. On that ship was a family of Sittner’s. The book, Zion on the Mississippi, says the Sittner’s were made up of a father, his wife, and 4 children. We can also view the Sittner family as it appears on the … More Joseph and Martha – The Sittner’s
Today’s birthday girl is Frieda T.K. Sittner, who was born on November 13, 1895. That means today would be her 129th birthday. Frieda was the daughter of Charles and Annie (Mecker) Sittner. She was baptized at Peace Lutheran Church in Friedenberg, so we are not able to view an image of her baptism record. Frieda … More Jesse and Frieda – The Eddleman’s
This past week, our museum’s printed copy of the German Family Tree was updated as a result of constant work being done by Lynn Degenhardt to make improvements to it. This document is now over 4000 pages long. I have not yet loaded the digital version of that document on my personal laptop, so I … More Engelbert and Eva Erlbacher
