Historyk sportów walki i artysta sztuk walki
Posts about family history, życie rodzinne, and miscellaneous topics.
W poniedziałek, Listopad 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
Mój pradziadek Parker L. Zimmerman ożenił się trzykrotnie. Po kilku miesiącach małżeństwa z Victorią Harris w trakcie 1897 w hrabstwie Franklin, Missouri, Parker przeniósł się do hrabstwa Bollinger, Missouri, aby być bliżej swojej rodziny. Jego rodzice, Samuela i Sarah Zimmermanów, mieszkał w Dongoli, Bollingera, Missouri. Marzec 31, 1902, 27-letni Parker poślubił swoją drugą żonę, 22-letnia 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. i pani. William J. Kalt. Father Clarence Winkler officiated the ceremony. Marzec 3, 1946 edycja
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 “Osłona” 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
Na sierpień 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. W 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. W 1847, the
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, który
Pierwszy kuzyn mojego dziadka, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, był jednym ze św. Louis’ pionierzy samolotów. Julius, który był znany w rodzinie jako “Punks”, wstąpił do Lotniczej Gwardii Narodowej w połowie lat dwudziestych XX wieku. Zostanie mianowany porucznikiem. Julius latał samolotami zarówno dla wojskowego, jak i cywilnego korpusu powietrznego. Większość ludzi w jego oddziale, w tym Charles
Fryderyk Wilhelm Johannpeter (1839 – 1915) był moim drugim pradziadkiem ze strony mamy. Zmarł 4 kilka miesięcy przed narodzinami wnuka, Gilbert P. Ellis, who was my grandfather. Ponieważ zmarł zanim urodził się mój dziadek, Miałem o nim bardzo ograniczone informacje, kiedy zacząłem badać historię rodziny. Dziadek nie miał żadnej ustnej historii
Rosa or Rose Elker was born in St. Louis on February 5, 1890. Aunt Rose was my great-grandmother, Magdalena Elker’s, youngest sister. W sobotę, Wrzesień 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