Today’s post begins in St. Louis, then proceeds to Perry County, but the story mostly centers in a region of Nebraska near the towns of West Point and Scribner. A baby was born on April 30, 1899 to Adolph and Louisa (Marx) Moeslein by the name of Clara. That means Clara Moeslein would be celebrating … More Scribner Weber’s Butter & Eggs
The Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum recently received a wonderful donation. We now have a magnificent square grand piano which is on display. I am going to call it the Loebs/Schmidt piano. I will attempt to describe this piano’s provenance today. For museum’s, it is especially important to know history of an artifact. At our … More Pretty Piano’s Provenance
Our birthday girl for today spent just a short time in Perry County before hopping across the river to live the rest of her life in Jacob, Illinois. Johanna Natalia Theodora Darnstaedt was born on March 10, 1899, so today would be her 125th birthday. She went by the name Dora during her life. Dora … More Dora – A Darnstaedt in Jacob
A century and a half ago, a set of twins was born in Wittenberg. Unlike so many other sets of twins born back in those days, both of the twins lived to adulthood. In this case, it was a set of twins made up of a boy and a girl. The parents of these twins were Ludwig and … More Eldest Ahner Marries a Boehme Twin
Friederick Oswald Schade was born on December 29, 1867, so he qualifies to be today’s birthday baby boy. Oswald would be celebrating his 156th birthday today. Oswald was the 4th child born to his parents, August and Elizabeth (Brandt) Schade, according to our German Family Tree. He was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altenburg. Like several other baptism … More Oswald Schade – Bachelor Barber
Edward Albert Thomas Sebald was born on December 22, 1879, so you will read about his life in today’s post. You will discover that his life turned out to be a rather short one, ending rather tragically. Edward would be celebrating his 144th birthday today. He was the son of John and Barbara (Doernhofer) Sebald. Edward’s baptism record is … More Sebald/Starzinger Pair in St. Louis
There is some debate about the birthday of one of today’s main characters. Christiana Amelia Johanna Nennert, according to her baptism record, was born on December 15, 1873. If that is her correct birth date, then she would be celebrating her 150th birthday today. However Amelia’s death certificate states that she was born on December 14, 1873, and … More Wittenberg Hotel Keeper Marries St. Louis Paper Hanger
When I wrote my book, Wittenberg ’04: Coming of a Railroad, I used a character named Jesse Hodge. Perhaps I should have done better research because Jesse’s surname was actually Hodges. I used the Hodge spelling because that is the spelling of his name that is found in our German Family Tree. I can tell … More Green Forest Girl Finds Wittenberg Wood Worker
A baby girl was born in Wittenberg 125 years ago. Her name was Olida Sarah Lungwitz. She was born on December 9, 1898, the daughter of Paul and Mary (Boehme) Lungwitz. Olida was born before St. Paul’s Lutheran Church was established in Wittenberg in 1903, so her baptism record is found in the books of … More Wittenberg Postmistress and Boatman
I often check whether I have written a previous post about a character I am considering for a story. That’s because my memory is not so good. I have a few techniques for checking. One is to do a search on the blog for the exact name of the person. In today’s case in which … More Wittenberg Schade’s and Thurm’s
