Downside of Being Family Historian

有時，當你正在研究家族史, 你會得到一個不愉快的衝擊. 我研究我的繼父歐內斯特·Ç. 迪亞茲的家族史國會數據庫的圖書館. 爸爸不知道太多關於Moellenburgs, 所以我一直在試圖找到它們的更多信息. 而發現是顯著, it was also a bit depressing. Dad’s aunt Annie Moellenburg died at 6 months old during August 1903.

I do not know the exact date of Annie’s birth or death. Annie would have been born in January or February 1903. She died in August prior to August 13, 1903. Annie’s burial notice was printed in the Thursday, 八月 13, 1903, of the St. 路易共和國. Annie died from infant cholera. 可悲的是, her mother Adele Moellenburg nee Barman would die in 1904.

The Moellenburgs lived at 7825 Pennsylvania Avenue at the time of Annie’s death. The Moellenburg family emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1895. Dad’s mother Marie Moellenburg would be born in 1896 to John and Adele Moellenburg. Annie was Marie’s younger sister.

While Annie died long before Dad or I were ever born, it was sad to see such a young life lost. John Moellenburg would suffer two significant losses in a brief time. You cannot help but empathize with what he went through. It is easier to write about family members that you did not know. 然而, when you discover that a child died so young and what it meant to the family, it is tragic.

I have discovered children who died young and were not originally in the family records. Genealogy and history face the same challenges. If someone does not record it, we lose the history within a generation or two. Rest in peace, little Annie.

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