Stridssportshistoriker och kampsportare
Posts about family history, family life, and miscellaneous topics.
Efter att min mamma gifte sig med min styvfar, Ernest Diaz, i 1981, he was looking for a way for us to spend time together. Jag camping med scouterna, so Dad decided that camping would be an effective way for us to get to know each other. A friend of Dad’s owned property and a cabin in Greenville, MO. Vi
Min farfars far Parker var offer för en av de största naturkatastroferna att slå Cape Girardeau, MO, den 1949 tornado. Den drabbade staden på lördag, Maj 21, 1949 vid 06:54 p.m. Genom 7:00 p.m., Parker Zimmerman var död vid 74 år. I always found my great grandfather interesting because he led such a varied life
Min styvfar, Ernest C. Diaz, föddes i St. Louis, MO på lördag, Maj 21, 1932. It was the same day Amelia Earhart became the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an airplane. Pappa var yngst av fem barn till Joseph (Josef) Diaz och Marie Diaz Moellenberg. Dad said the family did not have a lot
Sometimes when you are researching the family history, you get an unpleasant shock. I was researching my stepdad Ernest C. Diaz’s family history in the Library of Congress database. Dad did not know much about the Moellenburgs, so I have been trying to find more information on them. While the discovery was significant, it was also a bit depressing. Dad’s
Joseph (Josef) Diaz was my stepfather, Ernest C. Diaz’s father. Ernie or Dad was the son of Joseph and Marie Diaz nee Moellenberg. Joseph was a first generation immigrant from San Miguel de Allende, Mexiko. Joseph was born on May 12, 1893. Enligt hans dödsattest, his parents were Ulalio (Eulalio) Diaz and Betty Diaz nee Ramiro. I have
In a previous article, I talked about field trips and how they enhance a homeschool education. I dag, I will recount a “field trip” that I took with my daughter Caitlin, when she was three years old. I subtitled it “How to Leave the House with $25.00 and Come Home with $0.75.” I slutet av 1990, St. Louis Zoo had
Min morfar brukade berätta för mig att mamma och farmor var nära varandra. Great Grandma could be very stubborn, so Grandpa used to send Mom to talk to her about going to the doctor, etc.. I will let Mom tell you about her grandmother in her own words. Caroline better known as Lee was a woman before her time. I
Min mormorsmor, Caroline Leah “Lee” Ellis nee Johannpeter föddes till Frederick William augusti Johannpeter, 1839 – 1903, och Joanna Grieve, 1843 – Okänd, i St. Charles, MO juni 13, 1881. Hon var näst yngst av sex syskon, Gustav, Anna, Amalia “Mary”, Julius “Stud” och Charles Frederick. Great Grandma was said to be a very strong-willed person.
Detta är en berättelse om 1942-44 Hebert Street, som ligger i den gamla North St. Louis stadsdelen St. Louis, MO. Like many of its neighbors, denna struktur har sett bättre dagar. Jag blev intresserad av byggnaden eftersom min mormor bodde på denna adress i 1930. My maternal grandfather’s family lived in the northern part of St.
William P. Ellis var min farfars far. Tyvärr, Han gick bort när min farfar, Gilbert P. Ellis, was only two years old. Min stora mormor inte visste mycket om Williams familj. The actual information Grandpa had on him was sparse, so William was the real mystery man in the family history up until 2006 eller 2007. Grandpa had a