格斗运动史学家和武术家
Posts about family history, 家庭生活, and miscellaneous topics.
Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. 路易, Missouri on June 17, 1903. “Babe” was the second child and first daughter born to my second great-uncle Julius “Uncle Jules” Johannpeter and his wife Bertha Johannpeter nee Horst. My grandfather Gilbert Ellis spent a lot of his time with Uncle Jules family, while he was growing up. 爷爷埃利斯’ father
我的祖父弗兰克·. 齐默尔曼最古老的弟弟罗伯特·哈罗德 “掠夺” 齐默尔曼. 他们有四个更老的同父异母兄弟姐妹和死者同父异母的妹妹，但哈利·帕克的L的第一个孩子. Zimmerman和他的第三任妻子多莉. 爷爷将出生五月 28, 1913. 哈利是一个有点神秘的人，因为他死在附近
在60年代末和70年代初, 我的祖父母用来举办每月卡方三奶奶埃利斯’ 姐妹和她们的丈夫. 托尼叔叔和阿姨艾格尼丝吉兰, 奥斯卡叔叔和姑姑多萝西·冯·伯格以及艺术舅舅和姨妈贝蒂Clemmings将参加奶奶和爷爷玩皮诺奇勒. Each family would host one
在九月 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. 路易’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. 圣. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. 路易’ South
朱利叶斯 “Uncle Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. 查尔斯, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Uncle Jules” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “背风处” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, 李单身时面临着抚养两岁儿子吉尔伯特的挑战
My oldest son Kenneth will turn 18 this week. It is hard for me to believe he is a grown man already. It seems like five years ago he was a little guy running around and climbing on everything. When he was less than a year old, 他可以挂出他的运动碟并捡起他的玩具
My second great-grandfather John Riley Deweese served as Welch Township Republican Committee Chairman in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri for most of his adult life. Besides holding party caucuses in his home, John Riley served as Road Commissioner in the 1910s. Residents mostly traversed the roads by horse and buggy. 政府用于收取道路费用的机制之一
This week my youngest son Caleb turns 16. I can’t believe it has been 16 years since I saw and held him for the first time. Caleb was the baby and waited until he had a good meal at Red Lobster before making his appearance in the world. When he was ready though, he didn’t wait around. He was born 40 分钟
Today would have been my maternal grandfather Gilbert P. 埃利斯’ 100th birthday. Grandpa Ellis only lived to 85 but he imparted 100 years worth of wisdom into the 32 years I knew him. I could write books about him but am going to focus today’s post on how he inspired me by refusing to grow old. 埃利斯爷爷保持着他的体力
In the late 1990s, my grandfather, Gilbert Ellis, was living with my Aunt Maureen and Uncle Dale. 他们决定有一个大型车库/棚安装, 爷爷和我的叔叔将有一个车间. 他们聚集在工棚和聘请当地的电力公司电力运行到车间. Uncle Dale had to run some errands on