Historiador de esportes de combate e artista marcial
Posts about family history, vida familiar, and miscellaneous topics.
Na segunda-feira, Novembro 13, 2023, I achieved a major goal when I hiked the entire length of Chubb Trail, an out-and-back 13.6 mile trail in West St. Louis County. The hike took me seven hours and thirty minutes to complete. When my oldest son “Trey” was completing the requirements for the Gold Medal of Achievement in Royal Rangers, equivalent
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. Em março 31, 1902, 27-year-old Parker married his second wife, 22-year-old 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. and Mrs. William J. Kalt. Father Clarence Winkler officiated the ceremony. A Marcha 3, 1946 edition of
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
Crescendo eu ouvi muitas histórias sobre minha bisavó Caroline “Sotavento” Ellis da minha mãe. Ela passou muito tempo com sua avó que morava em St. Louis. Vovô Ellis mudou-se para Illinois um par de vezes durante os anos 1940 e 1950. Mom voltaria para St. Louis frequently to see Great Grandma Ellis. Grandma and Grandpa
Em agosto 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. Em 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. Em 1847, o
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
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
Frederick William Johannpeter (1839 – 1915) foi meu segundo bisavô por parte de mãe. Ele morreu 4 meses antes do nascimento de seu neto, Gilbert P. Ellis, who was my grandfather. Desde que ele morreu antes do meu avô nascer, Eu tinha informações muito limitadas sobre ele, quando comecei a pesquisar a história da família. Vovô não tinha nenhuma história verbal
Rosa or Rose Elker was born in St. Louis on February 5, 1890. Aunt Rose was my great-grandmother, Magdalena Elker’s, youngest sister. No sábado, Setembro 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