Frederick Wilhelm Brickhaus was born on June 20, 1866, and that qualifies him to be today’s birthday boy. Fritz, as he was called, would be celebrating his 160th birthday today. Fritz was the son of Johann and Hannah (Zoellner) Brickhaus. Some of the Brickhaus children were baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim, but others … More A Brickhaus Is Built with the Help of Lowes
Back in 2022, I wrote a story titled, The Trinity, Friedheim Sewing Circle, which highlighted a very large family with the name Sewing. The father in that family was a man named Henry Frederick Sewing. Our German Family Tree lists 12 children born into this Sewing family. Just one of those children died as an … More Henry J. Sewing – Son of Henry F. Sewing
The common fact about today’s bride and groom is that they were both baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim. These two would also eventually be buried in the cemetery of that church. However, in the intervening time, we have evidence that they were not always members of that congregation. Today’s birthday boy is Christian … More Meta and Christian – Friedheim Pohlmann’s
I am going to tell today’s tale in a bit of a different way. I will describe the process of discovering different aspects of this story in the order of the steps I took. It all starts with me finding today’s birthday boy. Leonard Johann Adolph Klemp was born on February 28th. Different records will … More Trio of Klemp Bachelors
In June of 2023, I wrote a post about Clara Dickmann who married Alwin Leine titled, Daisy Blacksmith. In that story, we discovered a very unusual page in Missouri’s collection of marriage licenses. On that page shown below, the two weddings recorded on it have brides who were named Clara Dickmann. Both weddings took place … More Judge Norbert Sewing Decides Which Clara Dickmann to Marry
Before I even begin telling the story of today’s bride and groom, let me say that the surname, Sewing, is pronounced as “saving” around here. I have also learned that when I hear or see the surname, Sewing, I automatically think that it is a story that comes out of Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim. … More Sewing at Trinity Lutheran, Friedheim
We will be looking at another couple today in which the bride and groom have surnames that can be found toward the end of the alphabet…Wilke and Zoellner. It is the groom that would be celebrating a special birthday today. William Friedrich Wilke was born on April 22, 1875, so today would be his 150th … More William and Mathilda – Friedheim Wilke’s
Today would be the 160th birthday of Ernst Heinrich Yamnitz, who was born on April 6, 1865. Ernst was the son of Charles and Margaret (Dittmar) Yamnitz. He was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Friedheim. We can take a look at his baptism record from that congregation’s books here. Ernst is found in the … More End of Alphabet Romance – Yamnitz and Zoellner
I want to take the opportunity to send out some thanks today before I begin to tell the story. Lynn Degenhardt, the creator of our German Family Tree, which is basically an index of pertinent records found in the area surrounding our museum in Altenburg, has recently produced an important update to this document. Probably … More Charles and Annie – The Yount Kuhlmann’s
In the wake of our recent ice storm, Altenburg has now had a good dose of snow. I will not make a trip to the museum today, but I do not have to. I will be writing a story today that does not require documentation that I would find at the museum. The last few … More The Klemp-Popp-Krauss Crew
