Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
Posts about family history, maisha ya familia, and miscellaneous topics.
1909 pengine alikuwa mwaka mbaya ya maisha Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman ya. Alipoteza wote binti mwezi kumi na umri wa Ida Mei Zimmerman na mke wake wa pili Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Kabla ya kifo Parker katika Cape Giraurdeau Tornado ya 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909
Novemba 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. St. Jimbo kuu la Louis wakfu kanisa
Hivi karibuni, 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 toleo la St. Louis Star-Times of my great grandparents and 12 ya 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, wakati Mellie
Eugene “Gene” Agosti Johannpeter alizaliwa Mei 20, 1908, kwa Julius na Bertha Johannpeter. Alikuwa mwana wa pili wa mjomba Jules na shangazi Bertha. Kaka yake alikuwa Julius “Punks” William Johannpeter, Jr, ambao akaruka pepe nje ya Lambert Field pamoja na Charles Lindbergh. “Punks” was seven years older than Gene. Babu yangu, 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. Mara nyingi huandikwa kama Edward lakini hutamkwa kama kuweka pamoja misaada na kata, Eduard was as unique as his name. I struggled with writing much about him because the stories I heard about him
Wiki zilizopita, Nilikuwa nikitafuta nakala ya Ivanhoe ya Sir Walter Scott kutoka kwa maktaba ya zamani ya babu yangu. Babu Gilbert P. Ellis alikuwa maktaba ambayo yeye alinipa katika miaka ya 1990. Vitabu hivi na dawati lake ni hazina ambayo itakuwa kukaa na mimi mpaka siku mimi kufa. Kama mtoto, Nilikuwa nikikaa kwake
Gilford Dudley Story (1797 – 1870) is my third great-grandfather. There are six generations between the two of us. Hivi majuzi nimeweza kupata habari kuhusu familia ya Hadithi, one of the branches of the family my research had not turned up as much information on. Kwa miaka, Sikuweza kumpata mama yangu mkubwa 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. Mimi
Leo, Tam and I will be married twenty years. Kwa bahati mbaya, life in Missouri is 20 miaka, 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. Julai 27, 1996, Tam, my mother and sisters prepared the clubhouse for our wedding later that afternoon. Walishika kwa busara