Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Plasings oor familiegeskiedenis, gesinslewe, en diverse onderwerpe.
Op Maandag, November 13, 2023, Ek het 'n groot doel bereik toe ek die hele lengte van die Chubb-roete gestap het, an out-and-back 13.6 mile trail in West St. Louis County. Die staptog het my sewe uur en dertig minute geneem om te voltooi. Toe my oudste seun "Trey" die vereistes vir die Goue Medalje van Prestasie in Royal Rangers voltooi het, equivalent
My oupagrootjie Parker L. Zimmerman het drie keer getrou. Na 'n paar maande huwelik met Victoria Harris tydens 1897 in Franklin County, Missouri, Parker het na Bollinger County verhuis, Missouri om nader aan sy familie te wees. Sy ouers, Samuel en Sarah Zimmerman, het in Dongola gewoon, Bollinger, Missouri. Op Maart 31, 1902, 27-jarige Parker het met sy tweede vrou getrou, 22-jarige 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. Die Maart 3, 1946 uitgawe van
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
Augustus 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. In 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. In 1847, die
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, wat
My oupa se eerste neef, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, was een van St. Louis’ vliegtuig pioniers. Julius, wat in die familie bekend was as “Punks”, het in die middel-1920's by die Air National Guard aangesluit. Hy sou as luitenant aangewys word. Julius het vliegtuie vir beide die militêre en burgerlike lugkorps gevlieg. Meeste van die mans in sy eenheid, wat Charles ingesluit het
Frederick William Johannpeter (1839 – 1915) was my tweede oupagrootjie aan my ma se kant. Hy het doodgegaan 4 maande voor die geboorte van sy kleinseun, Gilbert P. Ellis, who was my grandfather. Sedert hy gesterf het voor my oupa gebore is, Ek het baie beperkte inligting oor hom gehad, toe ek die familiegeskiedenis begin ondersoek het. Oupa het geen verbale geskiedenis gehad nie
Rosa or Rose Elker was born in St. Louis on February 5, 1890. Aunt Rose was my great-grandmother, Magdalena Elker’s, youngest sister. Op Saterdag, 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