A baby girl was born in New Wells on this date in 1871. This girl will be a main character in today’s post. Her name was Bertha Wunderlich, who would be celebrating her 153rd birthday today. Before I go on, let me point out that the name, Bertha Wunderlich, had shown up on this blog … More Nashville’s Bertha Bruce
Christian Friedrich Schilling was born on December 10, 1885, making today his 138th birthday. Since he is mostly called Fred on documents, that will be the name I use in this post. Fred was born in Frohna to his parents, August and Maria (Schoenborn) Schilling. He was the 8th of 9 children in his family. … More Fred and Bertha – Frohna Schilling’s
The way I have it figured, there were 2 Wunderlich clans that arrived in Perry County in 1839 as part of a major German Lutheran immigration. One set of Wunderlich’s were on one of the ships carrying passengers under the leadership of Rev. Martin Stephan that arrived in Perry County at the end of May. … More One of the Pioneer Wunderlich’s
The family relationships in today’s tale certainly presented a challenge. I think you will understand what I mean as you read it. It begins with a birthday girl in the Vogel family. In fact, it’s one of those special 150th birthdays today. Emma Magdalena Vogel was born on August 20, 1873, the daughter of William … More Starzinger Couple and Their Assorted Households
There is an isolated baptism record found for a baby boy in the books of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Pocahontas. That boy and his future wife will lead us on a winding tour through the Midwest until these two manage to meet and marry near Tulsa, Oklahoma. On June 7, 1898, Herbert Joseph Putz … More Herbert Putz – Tulsa Truckdriver
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
Heinrich Ferdinand Wunderlich was born on January 21, 1886, so if he was still alive today, he would have to blow out 136 candles on his birthday cake. Ferdinand was the firstborn child of Bernhard and Julia (Kasten) Wunderlich. He was by no means the only child in that family. Our German Family Tree shows … More Family That Stays Together Gets Buried Together
It is a rare occasion when I get a couple that shares the same birthday, but that is true about today’s pair. So, today I can say we have both a birthday girl and and birthday boy. Let’s start with the oldest of the two. Friedrich Koenig was born on December 23, 1833 in Korbußen, … More Koenig-Hecht Share a Birthday
Herman and Bertha would be celebrating their 126th wedding anniversary today if they were still alive. You will be reading the story of their lives in this post. As I researched the lives of the two that made up this couple, I discovered that these two would have been celebrating not only their anniversary, but … More Herman, Bertha, and the Teacher Wunderlich’s
Very early in the history of this blog, a post was written titled, A Seelitz Wedding. That post was a mere 3 paragraphs long and included just one image of a church record. I am returning to that story today because much more can be said about the couple that resulted from that very early … More More on “A Seelitz Wedding”
