It would be Edna Klaus’s 130th birthday today. She was born August 16, 1893 in Friedheim, Missouri. Edna was the daughter of Henry and Anna (Arning) Klaus. She was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim. Her baptism record gives her complete name as Edna Theresa Friedericke Klaus. An image of her baptism record from … More Edna’s Next Door Romance
When I wrote the post, Henry IV’s 200th, back in 2022, I stated that I had written 3 previous posts about men named Henry Miesner, making that blog’s main character, Henry IV. I apparently had not gotten all of the Henry Miesner’s yet because you are going to read about another one today. However, I … More Henry V’s Angel
Back in 2017, when this blog was fairly young, I wrote the story of August Wehmueller, who had a Perry County upbringing. August went on to be a street car driver, and later a bus driver, in St. Louis. That post was titled, Streetcar Conductor Named August. August had a younger brother who followed in his … More Adlai, the St. Louis Transit Driver
Yesterday’s post began with a baby girl, Ella Schroeder, being born in Altenburg on July 27, 1898. Ella married a man from St. John’s Lutheran Church in Pocahontas, which resulted in Ella living in Pocahontas the rest of her life. Today’s post begins with a baby girl being born on the next day, July 28, … More Arthur and Anna – Perryville Guth’s
Ella Emma Schroeder is the one who would be celebrating a special birthday today. Ella was born on July 27, 1898, so if she was still alive, she would be blowing out 125 candles on her birthday cake. Ella was the daughter of Friedrich and Maria (Luedemann) Schroeder. She was the 7th and last child … More Pocahontas Schattauer/Schroeder Pair
Ella Marie Koenig was born on May 6, 1899, qualifying her to be the birthday girl for today’s post. If she was still alive, she would have to blow out 124 candles on her birthday cake. Ella was the daughter of Oscar and Bertha (Buettner) Koenig. She was the firstborn of 5 children in this … More Otto and Ella – Farrar Miesner’s
Today’s birthday girl is Theresia J. Wunderlich, who was born on February 11, 1890. That means if Theresia was still alive today, she would have to blow out 133 candles on her birthday cake. I found it somewhat surprising that she was not born in either Perry County or Cape Girardeau County in Missouri. She … More A Kornthal Wunderlich + A Gordonville Gross
Today’s birthday girl has a very interesting name, and she would be celebrating a special birthday if she was still alive today. Her name was Lydia Seraphina Adolphine Frentzel, who was born on July 23, 1898. That makes today her 125th birthday. In the early years of her life, she was called Adolphine. She was … More Adeline’s Stagehand at the Granada
Theodore Immanuel Conrad Steffens was born on January 8, 1897, making today his 126th birthday. Theodore was the son of Henry and Martha (Hesse) Steffens. He was the last of 6 children in his family. Theodore was baptized at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar. We can take a look at an image of his baptism … More Theodore Steffens – To Kansas and Back for a Bride
At Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg, we have many members who call a woman, Granny. Kathy Schlimpert and her husband, Oliver, had 4 children, and all of them were girls. Those 4 are all married with children (and even some grandchildren), and they are all still members of Trinity. Therefore, we have plenty of Ponder’s, … More Granny’s Granny
