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Posts about family history, vida familiar, and miscellaneous topics.
Dilluns, Novembre 13, 2023, Vaig aconseguir un objectiu important quan vaig recórrer tota la longitud del Chubb Trail, an out-and-back 13.6 mile trail in West St. Louis County. L'excursió em va costar set hores i trenta minuts completar-la. Quan el meu fill gran "Trey" estava completant els requisits per a la Medalla d'Or dels Assoliments a Royal Rangers, equivalent
El meu besavi Parker L. Zimmerman es va casar tres vegades. Després d'un parell de mesos de matrimoni amb Victoria Harris durant 1897 al comtat de Franklin, Missouri, Parker es va traslladar al comtat de Bollinger, Missouri per estar més a prop de la seva família. Els seus pares, Samuel i Sarah Zimmerman, vivia a Dongola, Bollinger, Missouri. Al març de 31, 1902, 27-Parker d'un any es va casar amb la seva segona dona, 22-Mellie Bollinger d'un any.
On February 23, 1946, my great uncle Francis Mosblech married Rosemary Kalt at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. The 23-year old Francis had recently returned from service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Aunt Rosemary was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Kalt. Father Clarence Winkler officiated the ceremony. La Marxa 3, 1946 edició de
At one point before I bought my own house, I thought home repairs were one of my skills. I helped my grandfather, Gilbert Ellis, make repairs to our house and the flat he lived in. Grandpa Ellis taught me how to replace electrical outlets, washers on sinks and build lots of things with wood. I put together lots of prefabricated
Growing up I heard lots of stories about my Great Grandmother Caroline “Sotavento” Ellis from my mother. She spent lots of time with her grandmother who lived in St. Louis. Grandpa Ellis moved to Illinois a couple of times during the 1940s and 1950s. Mom would come back to St. Louis frequently to see Great Grandma Ellis. Grandma and Grandpa
A l'agost 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. En 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. Louis. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. En 1847, la
My second great-grandfather August H. Elker was born in Hanover, Germany on May 22, 1848 in the year of revolutions in Europe. Whether related to the revolutions or not, August’s family travelled to America in 1854. After landing in New York City, the Elker family made its way to St. Louis, Missouri. St. Louis had a large German Catholic community, que
El cosí germà del meu avi, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, va ser un de St. Louis’ pioners de l'avió. Julius, que era conegut a la família com “Punks”, es va unir a la Guàrdia Nacional Aèria a mitjans de la dècada de 1920. Seria encarregat com a tinent. Julius va pilotar avions tant per al cos aeri militar com per a civils. La majoria dels homes de la seva unitat, que incloïa Charles
Frederick William Johannpeter (1839 – 1915) va ser el meu segon besavi per part de la meva mare. Va morir 4 mesos abans del naixement del seu nét, Gilbert P. Ellis, who was my grandfather. Des que va morir abans que nasqués el meu avi, Tenia informació molt limitada sobre ell, quan vaig començar a investigar la història familiar. L'avi no tenia antecedents verbals
Rosa or Rose Elker was born in St. Louis on February 5, 1890. Aunt Rose was my great-grandmother, Magdalena Elker’s, youngest sister. Dissabte, Setembre 22, 1906, the 16-year-old Rose was walking to her job at the Plows Candy Factory in St. Louis. Aunt Rose was walking about 8 am in the morning, when she started to cross the 18th