Stridssportshistoriker och kampsportare
Posts about family history, family life, and miscellaneous topics.
1909 var förmodligen det värsta året för Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman liv. Han förlorade både sin tio månader gamla dotter Ida May Zimmerman och hans andra hustru Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Innan Parkers död i Cape Giraurdeau Tornado av 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909
På 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 children. The St. Louis ärkestift invigde kyrkan
Nyligen, 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 upplagan av St. Louis Star-Times of my great grandparents and 12 of the 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. I 1909, Ollie would lose his mother, när Mellie
Eugene “Gene” Augusti Johannpeter föddes den 20, 1908, Julius och Bertha Johannpeter. Han var den andra sonen till farbror Jules och faster Bertha. Hans äldre bror var Julius “Punks” William Johannpeter, Jr, som flög post från Lambert Field tillsammans med Charles Lindbergh. “Punks” was seven years older than Gene. Min farfar, 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. Ofta skriven som Edward men uttalas som att sätta ihop hjälpmedel och avdelning, Eduard was as unique as his name. Jag kämpade med att skriva mycket om honom eftersom berättelserna jag hörde om honom
Veckor sedan, Jag letade efter en kopia av Ivanhoe av Sir Walter Scott från min farfars gamla bibliotek. Morfar 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, Jag brukade sitta i hans
Gilford Dudley Story (1797 – 1870) is my third great-grandfather. There are six generations between the two of us. Jag har nyligen kunnat hitta information om familjen Story, one of the branches of the family my research had not turned up as much information on. För år, Jag kunde inte hitta min gammelmormor 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. Jag
I dag, Tam and I will be married twenty years. Tyvärr, life in Missouri is 20 år, 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. På Juli 27, 1996, Tam, my mother and sisters prepared the clubhouse for our wedding later that afternoon. De höll klokt