Greetings from Southern California and Happy Holidays! You will find Richard’s and Emiko’s holiday message and some choice photos of events at: Happy Holidays – 2003 Happy Holidays [..]
Since our Mausoleum has been essentially restored, it is appropriate that we now rename this site as the Ernst Showengerdt Family Mausoleum Preservation Society. A new challenge is now before [..]
A major event in 2001 was the marriage of Richard’s and Emiko’s daughter, Maria Tomiko Schowengerdt, to Dr. Otto-Georg Richter in December 2001; they now reside in Adendorf, [..]
Ernst Jacob Schowengerd (“t” was added in the U.S.A.) was born in Lienen near Munster, Germany, in 1824. His mother was Anna Maria Rahen and his father was [..]
Visit by Dr. Otto-G Richter to Costa Mesa In November 2000 Richard and Emiko were surprised and greatly pleased by a visit to California by their relative and [..]
There was a great SCHOWENGERDT REUNION on Friday, June 4th, which began at Christ United Methodist Church, 14506 39th Street, Independence, Missouri, with over 120 relatives in attendance. [..]
Emiko and Richard spent a wonderful vacation in Missouri and Europe in May-June 1998. They spent the Memorial Day weekend in Bellflower, inspected and cleaned up the Mausoleum, [..]