“Let me take you down ‘Cause I’m going to Strawberry Fields” The next line of this Beatles song goes, “Nothing is real”. But today I’m going to take you to Strawberry Fields for real. “Strawberry Fields forever” Our story starts out in Altenburg, Missouri, but eventually takes us to the fields of Strawberry. I do … More Strawberry Fields Forever
Today’s couple reminds me of my aunt and uncle. I had an Aunt Dorothy and an Uncle Rudy Schmidt. As the title suggests, the couple I write about today were a Rudy and Dora, only their surname was Gerhardt. Both Rudy and Dora had Perry County roots, but they managed to marry each other in … More Rudy and Dora
I have been honored to write for this blog. However, that is not why I have composed the above title. Instead, there was once a Lutheran pastor who could have said after his wedding, “I have been “Ahner”ed.” (The surname Ahner is pronounced the same as the word “honor”.) And since his surname was Iben, … More Iben “Ahner”ed
The main character for today’s post is Maria Amalia Seibel. She was born on June 10, 1860, so today would have been her 159th birthday. In documents, she was recorded as being Amalia, but it is also reported that her nickname was “Mahle”. I assume folks around here would have pronounced that Molly. During the … More Double Stepmother – Never a Birth Mother
You may want to read the blog post, Orphan Marries Orphan before reading this story. That post highlighted the life of Henry Voerster. I will tell the tale of Henry’s brother, George, today. These two brothers spent much of their early lives in Perry County, Missouri, but they both ended up in Arkansas. You might … More Off to Ulm
Last December, I posted a story about Zion Lutheran Church in Prairie City, Missouri celebrating their 150th anniversary. That story was titled, Prairie City Anniversary and Its Perry County Connection. In that story, I posted two maps of sections of Bates County, Missouri that highlighted names which originated in Perry County. One of them is … More Another Braeuner in Bates County
The post we publish today was written by one of our guest bloggers whose posts have shown up here before. Clayton Erdmann took time out of his busy Lutheran teacher schedule to write a story about one of his ancestors. He shares that story with you today, and as usual, it contains lots of photos … More Kunigunda’s Little “Phene”
Today’s continuation of yesterday’s post will tell the story of two sons of Ernst Moritz and Wilhelmina (Hahn) Grosse. These two boys followed very similar paths through their lives. The older of the two sons was Traugott Johannes (T.J.) Grosse, and the younger one was yesterday’s birthday boy, Frederick Grosse. Each of them was baptized … More Grosse Kirchen – Part 2
Today we will find out what happens to a Wittschieben who becomes a Kranawetter, who could have been a Zwickelhuber. That is a lot of syllables. We begin with an April 8th birthday. Pauline Wittschieben was born on April 8, 1887 to Claus and Emma (Weber) Wittschieben. She was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in … More Wittschieben and Kranawetter
Ferdinand Hoehn had a birthday on this date (April 2) in 1846. His parents were Michael and Margaret (Bergmann) Hoehn. His father, Michael. was one of the trustees of Peace Lutheran Church when they obtained the property which would become the home of the first church and cemetery of the Friedenberg church. Ferdinand was baptized … More Friedenberg’s Ferdinand
