My great-great grandparents immigrated to Perry County, Missouri in 1838-1839. They were part of a German Lutheran immigration which endeavored to establish a Lutheran community in America.
This blog is intended to share the stories of this Perry County community, both past and present. One thing the early colonists considered essential was a Christian education. With that in mind, they built a log cabin to be used as a school. This log cabin college would later become what is presently known as Concordia Seminary, a school for the training of pastors of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. That school is now located in St. Louis. The original log cabin college was built on property that I now own here in Perry County, and that is why I chose the title for this blog. The actual log cabin can be found in Altenburg, next to Trinity Lutheran Church.

Monday, March 21, 2011

Great-Great Grandpa Joachim

The following information about my great-great grandfather can be found in Mary Dillon's book, "Altenburg Missouri." 
Joachim Schmidt was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, in 1795, and was a locksmith who came to America in January of 1839.  The family came to Perry County where he farmed until his death in 1870.  His wife, Maria Charlotte Sybille Saalfeld died in St. Louis on April 15, 1891.  Joachim and his wife had three children:  Gottwerth Friedrich born September 7, 1834 in Duchy Saxe-Altenburg Germany (Kahla), Eva Magdalena born November 13, 1838 and died March 31, 1839 in St. Louis and Maria Magdalena born February 11, 1843 in Germany and died on December 3, 1936.

Just a few notes:
*Gottwerth was my great grandfather.
*I do not understand how Maria Magdalena was born in Germany.  I really think that is a mistake.
*Maria must have been a popular name in my family.  There are two mentioned above, and Gottwerth also named one of his daughters Maria.
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  1. living-in-the-pastAugust 17, 2013 at 9:15 AM

    Here is an item I have up on Ebay this week that you may be interested in:

    G.(Gottwerth) F. (Friedrich) Schmidt 2 1/2 Cent (1 of 12 1/2 Cent punched out) Token Altenburg (Altenburgh), MO

    Here is the link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/380699773361?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_292wt_1043

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