Armin Saeger eloquently tells his grandchildren what it was like to grow up in the late 1800s and early 1900s in the small German-American farming community of Friedens, Missouri, near St. Charles. He describes the daily lives of his immediate family and other interesting "characters" that figure prominently in his youth. Armin's father taught in the one-room school for a record-setting tenure, and his grandfather was the church's minister; they were intricately connected with everyone who lived in Friedens. The book has great family significance as well as historical and regional merit, as...
Armin Saeger eloquently tells his grandchildren what it was like to grow up in the late 1800s and early 1900s in the small German-American farming com...
Julia Turnau Wall Julie Saeger Nierenberg Armin L. Saeger
At the age of 78, Julia Turnau Wall composed a hand-written manuscript, memoirs of her family's origins in Germany, the ancestral home of Marssel near Hanover, and stories of the French, Russian and Swedish occupations of that region in the time of Napoleon. Intertwined with the lineage of her family are historically intriguing and amusing tales detailing the life and times of her parents and grandparents.
At the age of 78, Julia Turnau Wall composed a hand-written manuscript, memoirs of her family's origins in Germany, the ancestral home of Marssel near...
