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Hôm thứ Hai, Tháng Mười Một 13, 2023, Tôi đã đạt được mục tiêu quan trọng khi đi bộ dọc theo Đường mòn Chubb, an out-and-back 13.6 mile trail in West St. Louis County. Chuyến đi bộ này khiến tôi mất bảy giờ ba mươi phút để hoàn thành. Khi con trai lớn của tôi “Trey” đang hoàn thành các yêu cầu để nhận Huy chương Vàng Thành tích trong Đội Kiểm lâm Hoàng gia, equivalent
Ông cố của tôi Parker L. Zimmerman kết hôn ba lần. Sau vài tháng kết hôn với Victoria Harris vào năm 1897 ở quận Franklin, Missouri, Parker chuyển đến Quận Bollinger, Missouri để được gần gũi hơn với gia đình. Bố mẹ anh ấy, Samuel và Sarah Zimmerman, sống ở Dongola, Bollinger, Missouri. Vào ngày 31, 1902, 27-Parker 1 tuổi cưới người vợ thứ hai, 22-Mellie Bollinger một tuổi.
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. và bà. William J. Kalt. Father Clarence Winkler officiated the ceremony. The March 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
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
Ngày 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. Trong 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. Trong 1847, các
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, mà
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) was my second great grandfather on my mother’s side. He died 4 months before the birth of his grandson, Gilbert P. Ellis, who was my grandfather. 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
Rosa or Rose Elker was born in St. Louis on February 5, 1890. Aunt Rose was my great-grandmother, Magdalena Elker’s, youngest sister. Vào ngày thứ bảy, Tháng Chín 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