Category: Slægtsforskning og familieliv

My great grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman married three times. After a couple of months marriage to Victoria Harris during 1897 in Franklin County, Missouri, Parker moved to Bollinger County, Missouri to be closer to his family. His parents, Samuel and Sarah Zimmerman, lived in Dongola, Bollinger, Missouri. På marts 31, 1902, 27-year-old Parker married his second wife, 22-year-old Mellie Bollinger.

De Mosblechs har meget store familier som regel. Min oldefar Eduard Mosblech var en af ​​tolv børn. Eduard havde fjorten børn og hans brødre havde tolv og tretten børn henholdsvis. Mens jeg endnu ikke har været i stand til at kontrollere størrelsen af ​​de to andre familier, både mor og jeg husker det på samme måde. Grandma Ellis had

Friedrich Wilhelm Johannpeter (1839 – 1915) was my second great grandfather on my mother’s side. He died 4 months before the birth of his grandson, Gilbert P. Ellis, som var min bedstefar. Since he died before my grandfather was born, I had very limited information on him, when I started researching the family history. Grandpa didn’t have any verbal history

My grandfather’s first cousin, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, was one of St. Louis’ airplane pioneers. Julius, who was known in the family as “Punks”, joined the Air National Guard in the mid-1920s. He would be commissioned as a Lieutenant. Julius flew planes for both the military and civilian air corps. Most of the men in his unit, which included Charles

Missouri rekord for udstedelse af ægteskab licenser på én dag blev brudt på onsdag, November 23, 1904 ved 151 par i St. Louis, der ønskede at binde knude på Thanksgiving Day 1904. Den foregående døgnpost var 117 par, der er fastsat i St. Louis før Thanksgiving 1903. The Justice of the Peace, R.J. Carroll, set up shop in

Rosa or Rose Elker was born in St. Louis on February 5, 1890. Aunt Rose was my great-grandmother, Magdalena Elker’s, youngest sister. Lørdag, September 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

1909 var sandsynligvis det værste år af Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman liv. Han mistede begge sine ti måneder gamle datter Ida May Zimmerman og hans anden kone Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Før Parker død i Cape Giraurdeau Tornado af 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909

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 udgave af St. Louis Star-Times of my great grandparents and 12 af 14 Mosblech children. I had never seen a picture of my great grandparents, Eduard

Ollie J. Zimmerman was the third son born to my great-grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman and his second wife Mollie Bollinger. Ollie and his twin sister Dollie were born on either April 27, 1906 or April 27, 1907. Since Ollie’s headstone says “1906”, I’m going with April 27, 1906 as his birthdate. I 1909, Ollie would lose his mother, when Mellie