Posts about the Diaz and Moellenberg families.
A couple of years before he passed away in 2008, my stepfather Ernest C. Diaz shared with me something that I never knew about him. After the Korean War, Dad mustered out of the U.S. Army. Dad returned to civilian life in St. Louis, Missouri and began looking for a job. Within weeks, Dad was working at one of the […]
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My stepfather, Ernest C. Diaz, was born in St. Louis, MO on Saturday, May 21, 1932. It was the same day Amelia Earhart became the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an airplane. Dad was the youngest of five children born to Joseph (Josef) Diaz and Marie Moellenberg Diaz. Dad said the family did not have a lot […]
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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, Mexico. Joseph was born on May 12, 1893. According to his death certificate, his parents were Ulalio (Eulalio) Diaz and Betty Diaz nee Ramiro. I have […]
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