You will be reading another story about a child of Ernest Yamnitz today. I find Ernest Yamnitz to be a fascinating character, and his story has previously been told on this blog. He did not get married until he was 28 years old, and still managed to marry twice and father 13 children who lived … More Yet Another Yamnitz from Yount
Friedrich Ernst Yamnitz was born in Germany on December 31, 1839, making today his 184th birthday. Ernst was the son of Johann and Johanna (Lindner) Yamnitz. A note on his father’s Findagrave.com site is shown below. “Along with the family of his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Johann Gottlob Mehner and Juliana Lindner, his family set sail from Hamburg … More Yamnitz’s in Yount
For a number of years, I worked as an election official in Altenburg. On several occasions, I made the trip to Perryville after the polls closed to deliver the results. I know there was some discussion on occasion about which poll location would be the last ones to deliver the results. It was often between … More Yount Yamnitz Youngun’
George Jacob Mecker was born on April 10, 1882, making today his 140th birthday. George was the son of Henry and Catherine (Bangert) Mecker. George has some information included in the Friedenberg Remembrances book, but I am not confident that he was baptized there. Since we cannot view the 1890 census, the first census in … More Unusual Census Entries
The man with today’s birthday ended up with a fairly large family. He had two marriages. The first one ended in a terrible way. The second marriage introduces a new surname to this blog…Yamnitz. Louis Albert Boxdorfer was born on April 5, 1881, so if he was still alive today, he would have to blow … More The Boxdorfer’s – Louis, Sophia, and Anna
