Posts about the Deweese, Diaz, Ellis, Mosblech, and Zimmerman families.
Recently, I was searching for information about my Great Uncle Francis’ marriage to my Great Aunt Rosemary Kalt. What I discovered was an unexpected genealogy treasure, a picture in the July 5 edition of the St. Louis Star-Times of my great grandparents and 12 of the 14 Mosblech children. I had never seen a picture of my great grandparents, Eduard […]
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My grandfather Frank O. Zimmerman’s oldest brother was Robert Harold “Harry” Zimmerman. They had a four older half-brothers and sisters and a deceased half-sister but Harry was the first child of Parker L. Zimmerman and his third wife Dolly. Grandpa would be born May 28, 1913. Harry is a bit of a mystery as he died around the […]
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Lydia Margarete “Dollie” Story was born on June 23, 1886, in Whittington, Illinois,to George Washington Story and Malinda Davis. I recently found my great grandmother’s death certificate, which helped fill in blanks within my family history. Dollie was my great grandfather Parker Zimmerman’s third wife. Parker had a short first marriage that ended after one or two months. Parker married […]
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Eduard Mosblech is my maternal great-grandfather. Eduard was born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 24, 1884, to German immigrants Gustave Mosblech and Bertha Mosblech nee Monse. Often written as Edward but pronounced like putting together aid and ward, Eduard was as unique as his name. I struggled with writing much about him because the stories I heard about him […]
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Weeks ago, I was looking for a copy of Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott from my grandfather’s old library. Grandpa Gilbert P. Ellis had a library that he gave me in the early 1990s. These books and his desk are treasures that will stay with me until the day I die. As a kid, I used to sit in his […]
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Last Monday, I was able to scratch a big item off my bucket list. I attended a Liverpool Football Club game in person. Liverpool FC came to my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri on August 1, 2016 to play a preseason game with AS Roma. My daughter Caity attended the match with me, which made the day extra special. I […]
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Today, Tam and I will be married twenty years. Unfortunately, life in Missouri is 20 years, so I hope she does not want to apply for parole. I am hoping she decides to keep me around for a few more years. On July 27, 1996, Tam, my mother, and sisters prepared the clubhouse for our wedding later that afternoon. They […]
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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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Yesterday, my maternal grandmother Alvina M. Ellis nee Mosblech would have been one hundred years old. Born in St. Louis, Missouri on May 15, 1916, Grandma was the seventh of fourteen children. She married an only child in 1938, and they would have two children, Aunt Maureen and my mom, Patricia. Grandma had an enormous influence on my sisters and […]
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On May 7, 2016, my daughter Caity returned to Taekwondo competition for the first time in eight years. As her dad but also her coach, I tried to dissuade her from sparring until we had a few more months but she was adamant about sparring at the tournament. Caity likes forms but she always preferred sparring. Reluctantly, I agreed. I […]
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