We had an absolutely wonderful first day of our immigration conference yesterday. Today should be another terrific one. The highlight of today is a field trip to the Bowman Milling Company in Pocahontas, followed by tours of Stonies Sausage Shop and the Tractor Museum in Perryville. The Tractor Museum building has been displayed in a … More Day #2 of the Immigration History Conference
On this day 125 years ago, a baby boy was born in Frohna. George Karl Robert Fiehler was born on August 26, 1898, the firstborn child of Charles and Clothilde (Boehme) Fiehler. A post was written back in 2018 about George’s parents titled, Charles and Tillie. George was baptized at Concordia Lutheran Church in Frohna. … More George and Onida – Some Frohna Fiehler’s
As I have done research on the Gemeinhardt family tree, I have noticed that probably the most repeated name in that family is Charles (or Karl). In fact, I happen to know a Charlie Gemeinhardt who lives in Memphis. He is a living descendant from another branch of this Gemeinhardt family tree. I will attempt … More Charles Gemeinhardt, Mississippi River Dredger
The posts, Migrating Miesner’s and May the Fourth Fred Miesner tell the tales of two men named Fred Miesner. You will read yet another account about a Fred Miesner today. I came upon this story because the woman Fred Miesner would marry was born on this day. We will begin with her. Anna Susannah Lungwitz was … More Yet Another Fred Miesner
I will tell the tale of another Perry County man who made the decision to move to the big city of St. Louis where he spent most of his life. That man is today’s birthday boy. Gustav Theodor Schamburg was born on July 7, 1881, so if he was still alive, he would have to … More Schamburg Restaurant
Today would be the 170th birthday of Gotthold Ferdinand Kuehnert, who was born on June 3, 1853. Gotthold was the son of Johanna and Anna (Leim) Kuehnert. He was the first of 6 children born to this Kuehnert couple. Gotthold’s baptism record is found in the books of Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, but that … More The Kuehnert’s – Neighbors of the Schuessler’s
I am going to return to a person who was a character in a previous post, Twins…..Only One Survives. I am revisiting this story for 2 main reasons. First, that post was written in 2016, the first year of this blog, and did not contain many details about today’s character. Second, today would be her … More A Pair of Wittenberg Schuessler’s
The birthday girl for today’s post is Emily Cora Lungwitz, who was born on May 12, 1896. That makes today her 127th birthday. I will warn you ahead of time, that there are several missing pieces to this story. Emily was the daughter of Paul and Maria (Boehme) Lungwitz. A previous post was written that … More Emily, Like Her Dad, Crossed the River Often
We begin today by looking at a birthday girl by the name of Ella Maria Theresa Schilling. Ella was born on April 30, 1898, so today would be her 125th birthday. She was the daughter of Gotthilf and Juliana (Militzer) Schilling. Ella’s baptism record is found in the books of Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. … More The Seemann’s – To Potter, Nebraska and Back
Folks around here pronounce the surname, Doering, as Daring. So today’s post title should be read as, A Daring Pi Day Birthday. After reading today’s story, perhaps you might say that today’s main character could be called a daring man because he was bold enough to go where others “dared not go” in order to … More A Doering Pi Day Birthday
