A while back, after we received a wonderful donation at our museum, I wrote a blog post titled, Celebrating an Anniversary in Style. That post told the story of the 50th wedding anniversary of August and Maria (Roth) Lueders of Frohna, and included a photo that was taken on that occasion. Here is that photo … More A Tale of Two Photos
A certain genealogy problem has been plaguing me for a while. There are two “clans” of Lueders families in our German Family Tree. (By the way, Lueders is pronounced Lee-ders around here). One Lueders clan centers around Frohna, Missouri, and the other in Wittenberg. There are some indications that the two Lueders clans are related, … More The Lueders Brothers
On this day in 1876, Josephine Weinhold was born. That child’s life would be a long one. She lived to be 103 years old, and people in her family have blessed us with her life story. They have even given it a title…..”Two for the Lord”. We have it in a binder in our Research … More Josie and Her Dinner Guest
It was July 12th. The year was 1904. It took place in Wittenberg, Missouri, along the banks of the Mississippi River. It was probably very hot and steamy. It usually is at this time of the year. There was no air conditioning. There was no electricity, so even electric fans were out of the question. … More Mayhew, the Wittenberg Barkeep
Happy 102nd Anniversary to Wilhelm and Anna (Lottes) Frentzel. They were married at Trinity Lutheran Church on May 2, 1915. What can be potentially very confusing is the fact that there were two men, both born in Uniontown, Missouri, in 1890 that went by the name of William Frentzel. I wrote about one of these … More Angel’s Annie Becomes Butcher’s Bride
When I was a boy, I vaguely remember a trip my family made to West Point, Nebraska. We rarely went on trips, so maybe that is why I remember it. I know we stayed with some people there that my parents knew. I even remember that my Uncle Rudy’s family also made that trip. Each … More Feistes Coming to Cuming
On several occasions, we have written about Benjamin Hemmann, who was a teacher in Wittenberg and Altenburg in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Today, the subject of this post is another Teacher Hemmann. This one did not do his teaching in Missouri. However, this story begins with the birth of Elsie Anna Thiede on … More Another Teacher Hemmann
The name Drumtra arrived in Perry County in the 1870’s and basically disappeared by the 1940’s. The following article can be found in the 1898 publication called “The Great Southwest”. It tells the story of Wm. J. Drumtra coming to Altenburg. Wm. J. Drumtra “The above named gentleman was born in Saxony-Weimar, Germany, in 1859, … More A Name Appears and Disappears
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
