In February of 1856, Johann Christian Militzer married Caroline Wachter at Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna. They were married when Rev. Christoph Loeber was the pastor at that church. This is an image of their marriage record in the Concordia books. After they were married, this couple began having children. Their firstborn was Emma Militzer, … More Mr. Martin Militzer
In our museum, we have this wonderful account of the family history of John Christian Mueller, a tiler who brought his family to America as part of the Gesellschaft in 1838-1839. Much of the information in today’s post comes from this binder. On Saturday, September 7, 1839, during the first year that the German Lutheran … More Tailor, Tiler, Teacher, Preachers
Johanne Fredericke Biehle was born on this day in Germany in 1802. She and her husband, Friedrich came with the Gesellschaft aboard the Republik in 1839 along with six children. Then the Biehle family experienced plenty of tragedy. Johanne was pregnant when she boarded the ship in Bremehaven. She attempted to give birth on March … More Really Woeful Biehles
Lately, my story ideas begin with a search for an event that took place on a certain day, and morph into a different story. Today will be another of those. We have a birthday boy by the name of Friedrich Wilhelm Schuricht, who was one of the original immigrants arriving in St. Louis in early … More Mama Lochner
A rather obscure member of the 1838-1839 immigration was a furrier by the name of Johann Traugott Bolz. On this day, January 17th, in 1841, he married Auguste Wirth. Their marriage is recorded in the Old Trinity Lutheran Church books in St. Louis, but at that time, that congregation did not have its own church … More My Bologna Has a First Name – It’s O-S-C-A-R
Dresden, Germany was the home of Johann Samuel and Friederika Guenther. On December 4, 1831, a baby was born to this couple by the name of Martin. Before Martin was born, there were three other siblings…..Louise, born in 1808, Gotthold, born in 1811, and Immanuel, born in 1830. The fact that Immanuel was born 19 … More December 4th – A Seminary Holiday?
I remember that there were times when my mother would sign her name as Mrs. Richard H. Schmidt. I’m sure that in this day and age, women would really frown on such a signature in which a woman basically takes on the identity of her husband. Today, I ran across a tombstone which does the … More An Entertaining Tombstone
When you look at a list titled “Additions in St. Louis” in Zion on the Mississippi, you find the name of Johann Friedrich Grünhagen. Today, I will attempt to give you a little glimpse into his life. He was not one to stay in one place, and his time in Perry County was quite short. … More An Old Lutheran’s Odyssey
The first thing I want to accomplish today is establish the way a name is pronounced in East Perry County. Loeber. When Rev. Gotthold Loeber arrived in 1839, the passenger list showed his name spelled with an umlaut…..Löber. We also have a display of Loeber artifacts in our museum, and we have this picture … More Another Löber Day
When you hear the name Nero, I am guessing you usually think of a Roman emperor who persecuted Christians. Today’s story is about another Nero. This Nero journeyed to China to promote Christianity. His name was Norville William Nero, and he died on this date, August 5th, in 1934. He also had a connection to … More Nero Enters China…..With the Gospel
