September 2021 archive

Sep 10

We Will Never Forget

We will never forget. September 11th, 2001. Nearly every one of us remember where we were and what we were doing 20 years ago

Sep 07

Tombstone Tuesday-Elisabeth (Herzog) Brenner

This is the tombstone of Elizabeth (Herzog) Brenner, located in row 8 of Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Schumm, Van Wert County, Ohio. The marker is inscribed:

Elisabeth
Ehegattinn das
Herin G. J. Brenner
Geboren
Feb. 22, 1805
Gestorben
Mai. 7, 1875
Alter 70y, 2m, 15t

Sep 03

Wedding Photo Revisted-Mystery Solved!

This past week I received some very good information which answered a question I asked in a blog post several years ago. The blog post, “A Wedding Celebration,” July 2015, featured a picture postcard which showed an outdoor wedding dinner. The name Wambsganss was written on the photo and it appears the photo was taken about 1920. Those were the only clues I had and I wondered whose wedding it was.