Ad Santel Brings The Pain

Ad-Santel

Ad Santel gained his reputation as a dangerous catch wrestler from his frequent bouts with judoka from Japan during the 1910s and a story from the second George Hackenschmidt training camp for the Frank Gotch rematch. According to legend, Frank Gotch paid Santel, a skilled submission wrestler, $5,000.00 to injure Hackenschmidt’s knee in training. Während diese Geschichte vielleicht oder vielleicht

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Hattie May Story (1896 – 1917)

Amanda-und-George-Steen

My great grandmother Lydia Margaret “Dollie” Story Zimmerman’s youngest sister Hattie May Story was born on August 20, 1896. Hattie was Dollie’s half-sister as she was the daughter of George Washington Story and his second wife Margaret Sweat. Dollie’s mother was George Story’s first wife Malinda Davis. Hatties Mutter Margaret starb entweder bei der Geburt von Hattie oder verstarb

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Irish Giant Bashes Wormald

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Am Oktober 29, 1868, “Irish Giant” Ned O’Baldwin and English prizefighter Joe Wormald met in a bare knuckle prize-fight outside of Boston in Lynnville, Massachusetts. O’Baldwin stood 6’06” tall and weighed around 220 Pfund. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Fans beider Männer kamen herein

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Frank Moellenberg (1891 – 1941)

Frank-Möllenberg

Mein Stiefvater, Ernest C. Diaz, hat mich großgezogen, so I included his family in my genealogical research. Jedoch, Dad’s father, Joseph Diaz, emigrierte aus Mexiko und seine Mutter Marie Moellenberg war eine Amerikanerin der ersten Generation, die als Tochter deutscher Einwanderer geboren wurde. Finding information on his family has not been easy. Wir wissen, dass Josephs Vater Ulalio Diaz war und der Geburtsname seiner Mutter war

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George Washington Story (1843 – 1903)

Amanda-und-George-Steen

My second great-grandfather George Washington Story was born in August 1843 to Gilford Dudley Story and his second wife Nancy Jane Story nee Womack. George was born in Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Illinois, USA. He was the fourth of Dudley’s and Nancy’s nine children. George Washington Story married his first wife and my second great-grandmother Malinda Davis on November 26, 1863,

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