Historiador de deportes de combate e artista marcial
Posts about family history, vida familiar, and miscellaneous topics.
1909 foi probablemente o peor ano da vida de Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman. Perdeu tanto a súa 10 meses filla Ida May Zimmerman e súa segunda esposa Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Antes da morte de Parker, no Cabo Giraurdeau Tornado de 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909
En novembro 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 nenos. O St. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church
Recentemente, 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 edición do St. Louis Star-Times of my great grandparents and 12 do 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. En 1909, Ollie would lose his mother, cando Mellie
Eugene “Xene” Agosto Johannpeter naceu en maio 20, 1908, para Julius e Bertha Johannpeter. Era o segundo fillo do tío Xulio e tía Bertha. O seu irmán maior era Julius “Punks” William Johannpeter, Jr, que voou o correo de Lambert Field, xunto con Charles Lindbergh. “Punks” was seven years older than Gene. O meu avó, 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. Moitas veces escríbese como Edward, pero pronúnciase como unir axuda e pupilo, Eduard was as unique as his name. Eu loitei para escribir moito sobre el porque as historias que escoitei sobre el
Hai semanas, Buscaba un exemplar de Ivanhoe de Sir Walter Scott da antiga biblioteca do meu avó. O avó Gilbert P. Ellis tiña unha biblioteca que me regalou a principios dos 90. Estes libros e o seu escritorio son tesouros que permanecerán comigo ata o día da miña morte. De neno, Eu adoitaba sentarme no seu
Gilford Dudley Story (1797 – 1870) is my third great-grandfather. There are six generations between the two of us. Recentemente puiden atopar información sobre a familia Story, one of the branches of the family my research had not turned up as much information on. Durante anos, Non puiden atopar a miña bisavoa 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. Eu
Hoxe, Tam and I will be married twenty years. Desafortunadamente, life in Missouri is 20 anos, 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. En xullo de 27, 1996, Tam, my mother and sisters prepared the clubhouse for our wedding later that afternoon. They wisely kept