Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Plasings oor familiegeskiedenis, gesinslewe, en diverse onderwerpe.
1909 was waarskynlik die ergste jaar van Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman se lewe. Hy verloor beide sy tien maande oue dogter Ida Mei Zimmerman en sy tweede vrou Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Voor Parker se dood in die Kaap Giraurdeau Tornado van 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909
Op November 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Louis”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Louis, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Eduard and Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 kinders. Die St. Louis Aartsbisdom het die kerk ingewy
Onlangs, I was searching for information about my Great Uncle Francis’ marriage to my Great Aunt Rosemary Kalt. What I discovered was an unexpected genealogy treasure, a picture in the July 5 uitgawe van die St. Louis Star-Times of my great grandparents and 12 van die 14 Mosblech children. I had never seen a picture of my great grandparents, Eduard
Ollie J. Zimmerman was the third son born to my great-grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman and his second wife Mollie Bollinger. Ollie and his twin sister Dollie were born on either April 27, 1906 or April 27, 1907. Since Ollie’s headstone says “1906”, I’m going with April 27, 1906 as his birthdate. In 1909, Ollie would lose his mother, wanneer Mellie
Eugene “Gene” Augustus Johannpeter op Mei gebore 20, 1908, Julius en Bertha Johannpeter. Hy was die tweede seun van Oom Jules en tant Bertha. Sy ouer broer was Julius “Punks” William Johannpeter, Jr, wat die e-pos uit Lambert Field saam met Charles Lindbergh gevlieg. “Punks” was seven years older than Gene. My oupa, Gilbert P. Ellis, lived
Eduard Mosblech is my maternal great-grandfather. Eduard was born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 24, 1884, to German immigrants Gustave Mosblech and Bertha Mosblech nee Monse. Dikwels geskryf as Edward maar uitgespreek soos om hulp en wyk saam te stel, Eduard was as unique as his name. Ek het gesukkel om baie oor hom te skryf, want die stories wat ek van hom gehoor het
Weke gelede, Ek was op soek na 'n kopie van Ivanhoe deur Sir Walter Scott uit my oupa se ou biblioteek. Oupa Gilbert P. Ellis had a library that he gave me in the early 1990s. These books and his desk are treasures that will stay with me until the day I die. As a kid, Ek het in syne gesit
Gilford Dudley Story (1797 – 1870) is my third great-grandfather. There are six generations between the two of us. I have just recently been able to find information on the Story family, one of the branches of the family my research had not turned up as much information on. Vir jare, I could not find my great-grandmother Dollie Zimmerman nee
Last Monday, I was able to scratch a big item off my bucket list. I attended a Liverpool Football Club game in person. Liverpool FC came to my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri on August 1, 2016 to play a preseason game with AS Roma. My daughter Caity attended the match with me, which made the day extra special. Ek
Vandag, Tam and I will be married twenty years. Ongelukkig, life in Missouri is 20 jaar, so I hope she doesn’t want to apply for parole. I’m hoping she decides to keep me around for a few more years. Op Julie 27, 1996, Volle, my mother and sisters prepared the clubhouse for our wedding later that afternoon. They wisely kept