| Married on 20 December 1941 |
Warren A. Siems and Shirley Jane Pfeiffer
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| Siems North German: patronymic from Siem. Siemer German: from the Germanic personal name Siegmar, composed of the elements sigi ‘victory’ + mari, meri ‘famous’. Seim 1. German: metonymic occupational name for a beekeeper, from Middle High German seim ‘honey’. 2. Norwegian: habitational name from any of ten or more farms so named, notably on the west coast of Norway, named with Old Norse Sæheimr, a compound of sær ‘sea’ + heimr ‘home’, ‘farmstead’. |
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| Pfeiffer German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from an agent derivative of Middle High German pfif(e), German Pfeife ‘whistle’, ‘pipe’, hence an occupational name for a pipe player. German for "whistler" |
| Medieval Austria is the noble birthplace of the family name Pfeiffer. Austria, which was originally home to a Celtic people, was conquered by the Roman Empire in about 15 BC. Following the fall of Rome, Austria was repeatedly invaded by barbarian tribes, such as the Vandals, Visigoths, and Huns, who swept in from the east. During the 5th and 6th centuries, the Alemanni, Avars and Slavs settled Austria. The Avars were defeated in 785 by the Frankish by the Babenburger dynasty until 1278, when they were succeeded by the Hapsburg dynasty, which ruled Austria until the 20th century. Many cultural groups lived in the German states in medieval times. Each had its own dialect and traditions, and unique variations of popular names. Low German, which is similar to contemporary Dutch, was spoken in Westphalia. German names are characterized by additions such as regional suffixes and phrases that tell something about the origin or background of its original bearer. Further contributing to the variation in German names was the fact that there were no spelling rules in medieval times: scribes recorded names according to their sound. The recorded spelling variations of Pfeiffer include Pfeiffer, Pfeifer, Pfeyffer, Pfeyfer and many more. First found in Austria, where the name could be considered to make a great early contribution to the feudal society which became the backbone of early development of Europe. After the First World War, Austria became a republic. The Treaty of Versailles broke up the empire in 1919 and many of the Sudeten Germans were incorporated into the new nation of Czechoslovakia. In the 20th century, many Austrians migrated to other parts of Germany or Europe, as well as to North America. In the United States, the majority of settlers landed in Philadelphia, and moved on to Ohio, Texas, Illinois, California, New York, and Maryland. Many German settlers also migrated to Canada, particularly Ontario and the Prairies. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Pfeiffer were Adam Pfeiffer, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1751; Christian Pfeiffer, age 28; settled in Canada in 1783; Eberhard Pfeiffer came to Texas in 1846. Some noteworthy people of the name Pfeiffer * Michelle Pfeiffer (b. 1957), three-time Oscar-nominated American actress. * Ernst Friedrich Pfeiffer (b. 1922), German professor of internal medicine, president of the German Society for Diabetes, vice-president of the International Diabetes Federation, and winner of many medals, awards, and honorary degrees * Ramón Andrada Pfeiffer, Spanish architect * Raymond Pfeiffer (b. 1901), Ophthalmologist, educator, and also the associate editor of the New York Journal of Medicine |
| Siemer, Siemers, Siems, Siemsen, Siemssen and many more. First found in Germany, where the name Siems came from humble beginnings but gained a significant reputation for its contribution to the emerging mediaeval society. Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Johanes Siemens, who went to New York City in 1782; Agatha Siemens, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1876; Erdman Siemens, who came to Manitoba in 1875. |
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There are two lasting bequests we can give our children - roots and wings.
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| William Henry Siems (b. 12-7-1895; d. 8-30-1989) married 10-11-1915 in St. Louis, Mo. to Helen "Ella" Maria Paul (b. 8-13-1898; d. 3-23-1993). They had three children: I. Bernice Johanna Siems (b. 9-26-1916; d. 10-8-1995) married 5-22-1937 in ? to Francis Jackson Camp (b. 12-15-1911; d. 2-20-2007). They had two children: 1. Dennis Jackson Camp (b. 9-10-1939; d. 2-20-200) married 6-1-1963 in ? to Helen Sandra Reeves (b. 1942). They had four children: a. Cathleen Ann Camp (b. 1964) b. Brian David Camp (b. 1967) c. John Christopher Camp (b. 1969) d. Donald Phillip Camp (b. 1969) 2. Erick James Camp (b. 1942) married 1-6-1968 in ? to Ruth Gallagher (b. 1942). They had two children: a. Laura Lynn Camp b. Ericka Lynn Camp II. William Arthur Siems, Jr. (b. 2-29-1920; d. 11-10-2005) married 10-26-1940 in ? to Sophronia O. (Fronie) Nowaki (b. 9-6-1920; d. 1-18-1999) III. Warren Wayne A. Siems (b. 1921 in Bowling Green, Ohio) married 12-20-1941 in St. Louis, Mo. to Shirley Jane Pfeiffer (b. 1922 in St. Louis, Mo.). They had three children: 1. Judy Lynn Siems who married Ronald Rauh on 8-30-1968 in St. Louis, Mo. They have one child: a. Nathan Andrew Rauh (b. 1971) 2. Jill Kathleen Siems married Gilbert Canania on 3-31-1967 in St. Louis, Mo. Married George Khoury on 12-22-1975 in St. Louis, Mo. 3. Pamela Anne Siems married John A. Maurer, III on August 3 and 4, 1973 in St. Louis County, Mo. They have three children: a. John A. Maurer, IV who married Kasey Barton on May 17, 2002 in Colorado Springs, Co. They have one child: - Desmond Barton Maurer born in Colorado Springs, Co. b. Erin Nicole Maurer married James Michael Quattromani on December 29, 2001, in St. Louis County, Mo. c. Michael Warren Maurer |
Nonna (Ella) and DeDe (William) were married October 11, 1915 in the parlor of Pastor Herman Bartels,
grandfather of Pastor Wesley A. Bartels of Gethsemane Lutheran Church, where Warren Wayne Siems and
Shirley Pfeiffer were members for many years. Shirley Siems was secretary of Gethsemane from 9-1969 to
1979. Pastor Herman Bartels was Pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church on Morganford and Chippewa.
They lived in Huzzah, Mo. starting in 1936, and lived there until they were unable to care for it. Huzzah is an
unincorporated community in eastern Crawford County, Missouri. It is located about twelve miles east of
Steelville in the Mark Twain National Forest. The name is derived from Wazházhe or Osage Nation. The county
was organized in 1829 and is named after Georgia U.S. Senator William H. Crawford.
They came to St. Louis in April 1984, and lived in an apartment. From there they moved to the Good Samaritan
Home, where they both seen their last days.
Nonna and DeDe lived much of their earlier life with their children on 4261 Miami in St. Louis, where DeDe had
his Motor Shop in the back. They were members of St. John's Lutheran Church, where their children attended
Sunday school. Warren was in the same class with Wesley Arthur Bartels then.
grandfather of Pastor Wesley A. Bartels of Gethsemane Lutheran Church, where Warren Wayne Siems and
Shirley Pfeiffer were members for many years. Shirley Siems was secretary of Gethsemane from 9-1969 to
1979. Pastor Herman Bartels was Pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church on Morganford and Chippewa.
They lived in Huzzah, Mo. starting in 1936, and lived there until they were unable to care for it. Huzzah is an
unincorporated community in eastern Crawford County, Missouri. It is located about twelve miles east of
Steelville in the Mark Twain National Forest. The name is derived from Wazházhe or Osage Nation. The county
was organized in 1829 and is named after Georgia U.S. Senator William H. Crawford.
They came to St. Louis in April 1984, and lived in an apartment. From there they moved to the Good Samaritan
Home, where they both seen their last days.
Nonna and DeDe lived much of their earlier life with their children on 4261 Miami in St. Louis, where DeDe had
his Motor Shop in the back. They were members of St. John's Lutheran Church, where their children attended
Sunday school. Warren was in the same class with Wesley Arthur Bartels then.
Huzzah River is a part of the MERAMEC RIVER watershed. The cold, crystal clear waters of the Huzzah River offer some
of the finest floating-fishing-swimming and natural environments. The Huzzah River channel is somewhat smaller and
shallower than the Meramec, and as water levels recede in mid to late summer even canoes may occasionally drag
bottom. Huzzah Valley is nestled at the junction of the pristine Huzzah River and Dry Creek amongst the Sycamores,
River Birch and beautiful Dogwoods. The Meramec is the southern boundary of Oakville, Missouri.
of the finest floating-fishing-swimming and natural environments. The Huzzah River channel is somewhat smaller and
shallower than the Meramec, and as water levels recede in mid to late summer even canoes may occasionally drag
bottom. Huzzah Valley is nestled at the junction of the pristine Huzzah River and Dry Creek amongst the Sycamores,
River Birch and beautiful Dogwoods. The Meramec is the southern boundary of Oakville, Missouri.
Huzzah River
Meramec River
Nonna and DeDe August 1978
Erin, Nonna, Michael and Johnny 1985
Erin, DeDe, Michael, Johnny 1985
Pam nee Siems Maurer, Erin, DeDe, Warren
Siems, Nona, and Johnny 1980
Siems, Nona, and Johnny 1980
Warren - Bern - Bill (standing)
Nona (Ella) - DeDe (William) Siems
(sitting) 1978
Nona (Ella) - DeDe (William) Siems
(sitting) 1978
Nonna (Ella) and DeDe (William) Siems 1977
Warren W. Siems was born in Bowling Green, in Wood County, Ohio, but moved from there when
he was small. He then moved to St. Louis where he went to Oak Hill Grade School, and then to
Cleveland High School. There he meet Shirely Pfeiffer, who is a native of St. Louis. She attended
Hope Lutheran School and then for the next four years, she attended Cleveland High School.
he was small. He then moved to St. Louis where he went to Oak Hill Grade School, and then to
Cleveland High School. There he meet Shirely Pfeiffer, who is a native of St. Louis. She attended
Hope Lutheran School and then for the next four years, she attended Cleveland High School.
Oak Hill Grade School
Hope Lutheran Church
Neosho and Brannon Avenue.
Neosho and Brannon Avenue.
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), founded in 1847 in Missouri, is the eighth largest Protestant denomination in the
United States, and the second-largest Lutheran body in the U.S. after the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.[1] It is a
conservative, Confessional Lutheran denomination with German immigrant roots.
The Missouri Synod emerged from several communities of German Lutheran immigrants during the 1830s and 1840s. In
Indiana, Ohio and Michigan, isolated Germans in the dense forests of the American frontier were brought together and cared for by
missionary F. C. D. Wyneken. A movement of Confessional Saxon Lutherans under Martin Stephan created a community in Perry
County, Missouri and St. Louis, Missouri. In Michigan and Ohio, missionaries sent by Wilhelm Löhe cared for scattered
congregations and founded German Lutheran communities in Frankenmuth, Michigan and the Saginaw Valley of Michigan.
In the 19th-century German Kingdom of Saxony, Lutheran pastor Martin Stephan and many of his followers found themselves
increasingly at odds with the rationalism and unionism of the state-sponsored Lutheranism. In the neighbouring Kingdom of
Prussia, the Prussian Union of 1817 forced Lutherans to, among other changes, embrace non-Lutheran services of Holy
Communion and Holy Baptism. In order to freely practice their Christian faith in accordance with the Lutheran confessions outlined
in the Book of Concord, Stephan and nearly 1100 other Saxon Lutherans left for the United States in November 1838.
Their ships arrived January 5, 1839 in New Orleans, with one ship lost at sea. After spending some time waiting for that last ship,
most of the remaining 750 immigrants settled in Perry County, Missouri and in and around St. Louis. Stephan was initially the
bishop of the new settlement, but he soon became embroiled in charges of corruption and sexual misconduct with members of the
congregation, and was expelled from the settlement, leaving C. F. W. Walther as the leader of the colony.
During this period there was considerable debate within the settlement over the proper role of the church in the New World: whether
it was a new church, or remained within the German Lutheran hierarchy. Walther's view that they could consider themselves a new
church prevailed.
On April 26, 1847, twelve pastors representing 15 German Lutheran congregations met in Chicago, Illinois and founded a new
church body, "The German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio and Other States." Walther became the fledgling
denomination's first president.
In its early days the synod was conservative on a number of issues. Following Walther's lead, it strongly opposed humanism and
religious syncretism. It opposed abolitionism based on Biblical passages which it taught neither approved of nor condemned
slavery.
Under the leadership of its second President, F. C. D. Wyneken, the Missouri Synod poured much effort into caring for German
immigrants, helping them find a home among other Germans, building churches and parochial schools and providing pastors and
teachers to serve in them.
As a result, the new synod grew quickly during the 19th century, reaching 685,000 members by 1897.
One of the signature teachings of the Lutheran Reformation is the teaching named Sola scriptura—"Scripture alone." The Missouri
Synod believes that the Bible is the only standard by which church teachings can be judged. It also holds that the Holy Scripture is
explained and interpreted by the Book of Concord—a series of Confessions of faith composed by Lutherans in the 16th century.
Missouri Synod pastors and congregations agree to teach in harmony with the Book of Concord because it teaches and faithfully
explains the Word of God. The Missouri Synod also teaches Biblical inerrancy,[5] the teaching that Bible is inspired by God and is
without error. For this reason, they reject much of modern liberal scholarship.
United States, and the second-largest Lutheran body in the U.S. after the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.[1] It is a
conservative, Confessional Lutheran denomination with German immigrant roots.
The Missouri Synod emerged from several communities of German Lutheran immigrants during the 1830s and 1840s. In
Indiana, Ohio and Michigan, isolated Germans in the dense forests of the American frontier were brought together and cared for by
missionary F. C. D. Wyneken. A movement of Confessional Saxon Lutherans under Martin Stephan created a community in Perry
County, Missouri and St. Louis, Missouri. In Michigan and Ohio, missionaries sent by Wilhelm Löhe cared for scattered
congregations and founded German Lutheran communities in Frankenmuth, Michigan and the Saginaw Valley of Michigan.
In the 19th-century German Kingdom of Saxony, Lutheran pastor Martin Stephan and many of his followers found themselves
increasingly at odds with the rationalism and unionism of the state-sponsored Lutheranism. In the neighbouring Kingdom of
Prussia, the Prussian Union of 1817 forced Lutherans to, among other changes, embrace non-Lutheran services of Holy
Communion and Holy Baptism. In order to freely practice their Christian faith in accordance with the Lutheran confessions outlined
in the Book of Concord, Stephan and nearly 1100 other Saxon Lutherans left for the United States in November 1838.
Their ships arrived January 5, 1839 in New Orleans, with one ship lost at sea. After spending some time waiting for that last ship,
most of the remaining 750 immigrants settled in Perry County, Missouri and in and around St. Louis. Stephan was initially the
bishop of the new settlement, but he soon became embroiled in charges of corruption and sexual misconduct with members of the
congregation, and was expelled from the settlement, leaving C. F. W. Walther as the leader of the colony.
During this period there was considerable debate within the settlement over the proper role of the church in the New World: whether
it was a new church, or remained within the German Lutheran hierarchy. Walther's view that they could consider themselves a new
church prevailed.
On April 26, 1847, twelve pastors representing 15 German Lutheran congregations met in Chicago, Illinois and founded a new
church body, "The German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio and Other States." Walther became the fledgling
denomination's first president.
In its early days the synod was conservative on a number of issues. Following Walther's lead, it strongly opposed humanism and
religious syncretism. It opposed abolitionism based on Biblical passages which it taught neither approved of nor condemned
slavery.
Under the leadership of its second President, F. C. D. Wyneken, the Missouri Synod poured much effort into caring for German
immigrants, helping them find a home among other Germans, building churches and parochial schools and providing pastors and
teachers to serve in them.
As a result, the new synod grew quickly during the 19th century, reaching 685,000 members by 1897.
One of the signature teachings of the Lutheran Reformation is the teaching named Sola scriptura—"Scripture alone." The Missouri
Synod believes that the Bible is the only standard by which church teachings can be judged. It also holds that the Holy Scripture is
explained and interpreted by the Book of Concord—a series of Confessions of faith composed by Lutherans in the 16th century.
Missouri Synod pastors and congregations agree to teach in harmony with the Book of Concord because it teaches and faithfully
explains the Word of God. The Missouri Synod also teaches Biblical inerrancy,[5] the teaching that Bible is inspired by God and is
without error. For this reason, they reject much of modern liberal scholarship.
St. John's Lutheran Church
765 Lemay Ferry Road
Saint Louis, MO
Saint Louis, MO
