Today’s post will attempt to tell the story of a wedding that took place 150 years ago. By the time I am done with this post, you will see that I have some unanswered questions about both the bride and the groom that were involved in this wedding. Let’s begin with the groom. Friedrich Metzner … More Destination Wedding – 150 Years Ago
In a previous post, I wrote about a Bergmann who married a Weinrich. I did not realize it at the time that when that couple got married in 1856, their wedding was part of a double wedding. The other wedding that took place on the same day also was a Weinrich who married a Bergmann. … More A Weinrich-Bergmann Pair
If you do a search on this blog for the term, “wedding photo”, the first 5 results will be posts with the title, “Stories from a Wedding Photo”. I will once again pull out this wedding photo today to tell yet another tale that comes from a person in that photo. I have placed a … More Stories from a Wedding Photo – Part 6
Before I get too far into today’s story, let me say that once again, I had to create a new folder for another surname because of this tale. Actually, the surname has shown up briefly in one previous post, but that one did not contain any images for this new surname. That surname was Wiebener, … More Married and Buried in Alva, Oklahoma
The birthday of Mary Klemp led me to some names that have never shown up on this blog before. It’s one thing that we have a new surname that causes me to create a new folder in our digital file of surnames. It is even less likely that we run across a first name that … More New Names – Isadore and Weinkein
Charles William Best was born on January 3, 1855, so if he was still alive today, he would have to blow out 167 candles on his birthday cake. Charles was the son of William and Louisa (Lowes) Best. We do not have much in our German Family Tree on the Best family. It is a … More Dancing with the Best
Altenburg and Frohna, Missouri recently had a Christmas lighting contest called, Light Up the Towns. I discovered a birthday boy today that led me to a Light Up the Town story. The birthday boy was instrumental in bringing electricity to the town of Altenburg. George Ludwig (or Louis) Schweizer was born on January 2, 1895, … More Lights On in Altenburg
Today’s story will have its beginnings in Longtown, Missouri, but will eventually end up in Jonesboro, Arkansas. I also have two men by the name of Freidrich Schade to discuss. Before I go any further, though, let me remind you that around here, the surname, Schade, is pronounced “shoddy”. There have been quite a few … More Jonesboro Butcher
I will tell the story of a man who became a harness maker in the village of Longtown today. The amazing thing to me has to do with when he became a saddler. As far as I can tell, this man changed occupations in the late 1920’s to operate a saddle shop at a time … More John Mehner – Longtown Saddler
As you can see on the passenger list for the ship, Minerva, the John Weinrich family arrived in America in 1853. There is some confusion about the arrival of the Weinrich”s because the Friedenberg Remembrances books says this family came to America in 1852 aboard the ship, Leonidas. However, this family is not found on … More John and Emilie – A Pair of Longtown Weinrich’s
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