Marriage

On September 1, 1891, Rev. Karl Domsch and Martha Schmidt were married in Altamont, Illinois. Here is their marriage certificate.

Lydia's America

Must have been geography class? Wish we knew what year these were drawn. Since she was married in 1924, these drawings must have been done in the teens of the nineteen hundreds. What do you think?

Lydia Domsch and South America!

Did you know our Grandma Z (Lydia Domsch) was quite the geographer/artist? Here's one for the family, date unknown.

Death Certificate

More and more information appears almost daily on the Internet. The State of Missouri has posted death certificates and here is a link to our Karl Domsch.

Karl Domsch Death Certificate

The Domsch House In Weifa

Karl Traugott Domsch was born in Weifa, Saxony, Germany, near the Czech border. A family member visited some 5-15 years ago and brought back a picture of the house in which Karl grew up. He and his father were both weavers until Karl was allowed to go to the seminary.

Where is Dunksburg?

As you can see from the old map below, Dunksburg was shown to be entirely within Pettis County. But I'm quite sure it was 'officially' in Johnson County:

"Dunksburg is the only village in Grover (Johnson County) township. It is located on the Pettis county line on section 1. Doctor Dunkley opened a store here in 1858 and the village was named for him."*

* Source: "History of Johnson County, Missouri" by Ewing Cockrell, 1918.

Where is Dunksburg #2?

Dunksburg was, I believe, about the only town ever to reside in Grover Township of Johnson County, Missouri. Below is a link. I'm not clear yet whether or not Dunksburg ever crossed the county line into Pettit County. I also don't yet know where the church and parsonage were located.


Dunksburg on Google Maps

The Pastor from Dunksburg

Few have heard of Dunksburg, Missouri. Until the mid-1930s, a small white German Lutheran church and parsonage stood there and a Pastor from Germany spent his final twenty years or so at that place. Children were married there by their father, and grandchildren were born in that house. This is an outpost on the Internet to find that place and those people and to remember their lives.