Storiku tal-Isport tal-Ġlieda u Artist Marzjali
Posts about family history, ħajja tal-familja, and miscellaneous topics.
1909 kienet probabbilment l-agħar sena tal-ħajja Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman tal. Huwa tilef kemm tifla għaxar xahar qadima tiegħu Ida Mejju Zimmerman u tieni mara tiegħu Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Qabel il-mewt Parker fil-Cape Giraurdeau Tornado tal 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909
Fuq Novembru 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 tfal. Il St. Louis Arċidjoċesi ddedikat il-knisja
Recently, 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 edizzjoni tal-St. Louis Star-Times of my great grandparents and 12 tal- 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. Fil 1909, Ollie would lose his mother, meta Mellie
Eugene “Gene” August Johannpeter was born on May 20, 1908, to Julius and Bertha Johannpeter. He was the second son of Uncle Jules and Aunt Bertha. His older brother was Julius “Punks” William Johannpeter, Jr., who flew the mail out of Lambert Field along with Charles Lindbergh. “Punks” was seven years older than Gene. Grandfather tiegħi, Gilbert P. Ellis, għexet
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. Often written as Edward but pronounced like putting together aid and ward, Eduard was as unique as his name. I struggled with writing much about him because the stories I heard about him
Ġimgħat ilu, Kont qed infittex kopja ta’ Ivanhoe minn Sir Walter Scott mil-librerija l-antika ta’ nannu tiegħi. In-nannu 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, Kont noqgħod bilqiegħda tiegħu
Gilford Dudley Story (1797 – 1870) is my third great-grandfather. There are six generations between the two of us. Għadni kemm stajt insib informazzjoni dwar il-familja Story, one of the branches of the family my research had not turned up as much information on. Għal snin, Ma stajtx insib lill-bużnanna tiegħi 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. I
Illum, Tam and I will be married twenty years. Sfortunatament, life in Missouri is 20 snin, 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. Fuq Lulju 27, 1996, Tam, my mother and sisters prepared the clubhouse for our wedding later that afternoon. Huma żammew bil-għaqal