Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportsutøver
Innlegg om familiehistorie, familieliv, og diverse emner.
På mandag, November 13, 2023, Jeg oppnådde et stort mål da jeg gikk hele Chubb Trail, an out-and-back 13.6 mile trail in West St. Louis County. Turen tok meg syv timer og tretti minutter å fullføre. Da min eldste sønn "Trey" fullførte kravene til Gold Medal of Achievement i Royal Rangers, equivalent
Min oldefar Parker L. Zimmerman giftet seg tre ganger. Etter et par måneders ekteskap med Victoria Harris under 1897 i Franklin County, Missouri, Parker flyttet til Bollinger County, Missouri for å være nærmere familien sin. Foreldrene hans, Samuel og Sarah Zimmerman, bodde i Dongola, Bollinger, Missouri. På Mars 31, 1902, 27-år gamle Parker giftet seg med sin andre kone, 22-år gamle Mellie Bollinger.
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. og Mrs. William J. Kalt. Father Clarence Winkler officiated the ceremony. The Mars 3, 1946 utgave av
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. Bestefar Ellis lærte meg å erstatte stikkontakter, skiver på vasker og bygge masse ting med tre. I put together lots of prefabricated
Growing up I heard lots of stories about my Great Grandmother Caroline “Lee” 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
August 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. I 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. I 1847, den
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, som
Min bestefars første fetter, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, var en av St. Louis’ flypionerer. Julius, som var kjent i familien som “Punks”, sluttet seg til Air National Guard på midten av 1920-tallet. Han ville få oppdrag som løytnant. Julius fløy fly både for det militære og det sivile luftkorpset. De fleste mennene i enheten hans, som inkluderte Charles
Frederick William Johannpeter (1839 – 1915) var min andre oldefar på mors side. Han døde 4 måneder før barnebarnet hans ble født, Gilbert P. Ellis, who was my grandfather. Siden han døde før bestefaren min ble født, Jeg hadde veldig begrenset informasjon om ham, da jeg begynte å undersøke familiehistorien. Bestefar hadde ingen verbal historie
Rosa or Rose Elker was born in St. Louis on February 5, 1890. Aunt Rose was my great-grandmother, Magdalena Elker’s, youngest sister. På 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