格鬥運動史學家和武術家
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. 爺爺埃利斯’ father
我的祖父弗蘭克·. 齊默爾曼最古老的弟弟羅伯特·哈羅德 “掠奪” 齊默爾曼. 他們有四個更老的同父異母兄弟姐妹和死者同父異母的妹妹，但哈利·帕克的L的第一個孩子. Zimmerman和他的第三任妻子多莉. 爺爺將出生五月 28, 1913. 哈利是個有點神秘的人，因為他死在附近
在60年代末和70年代初, 我的祖父母用來舉辦每月卡方三奶奶埃利斯’ 姐妹和她們的丈夫. 托尼叔叔和阿姨艾格尼絲吉蘭, 奧斯卡叔叔，阿姨多蘿西·馮·貝格與藝術姨媽和貝蒂Clemmings將加入奶奶和爺爺玩皮諾奇勒. Each family would host one
在9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. 在ST. 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
朱利葉斯 “Uncle Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. 查爾斯, 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 “李” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, 李單身時面臨撫養兩歲兒子吉伯特的挑戰
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, he could hang out of his exersaucer and pick up his toys off
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. 政府用來收取道路費用的機制之一
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 分鐘
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. 艾利斯爺爺保持著他的體力
在20世紀90年代末, 我的祖父, 吉爾伯特·埃利斯, 住我的阿姨莫林和戴爾叔叔. 他們決定有一個大型車庫/棚安裝, 爺爺和我的叔叔將有一個車間. 他們聚集在工棚和聘請當地的電力公司電力運行到車間. Uncle Dale had to run some errands on