Istoryen espò konba ak atis masyal
Post about my maternal family lineage, the Ellis and Mosblech families.
Nan samdi, Jiyè 15, 1911, Eduard ak Magdalena Mosblech akeyi twazyèm pitit yo, Gertrude Henrietta Mosblech, nan mond lan. “Matant Gert” te fèt nan St. Louis, Missouri, pi ansyen nan twazyèm nan katòz timoun. “Matant Gert” kenbe yon plas espesyal nan istwa a Mosblech fanmi an pou chalè li, joy and affection for her many nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews.
My grandfather’s first cousin, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, was one of St. Louis’ airplane pioneers. Julius, who was known in the family as “Peunk”, joined the Air National Guard in the mid-1920s. He would be commissioned as a Lieutenant. Julius flew planes for both the military and civilian air corps. Most of the men in his unit, which included Charles
The Mosblechs have very large families as a rule. My great grandfather Eduard Mosblech was one of twelve children. Eduard had fourteen children and his brothers had twelve and thirteen children respectively. While I have not yet been able to verify the size of the other two families, both Mom and I remember it the same way. Grandma Ellis had
Te dosye a Missouri pou bay lisans pou maryaj nan yon sèl jou kase nan Mèkredi, Novanm 23, 1904 pa 151 marye nan St. Louis, ki te vle mare ne la sou Jou aksyondegras Thanksgiving Day 1904. Dosye a anvan yon sèl jou a te 117 koup mete nan St. Louis anvan yo di Bondye mèsi 1903. The Justice of the Peace, R.J. Carroll, set up shop in
Frederick William Johannpeter (1839 – 1915) was my second great grandfather on my mother’s side. He died 4 months before the birth of his grandson, Gilbert P. Ellis, ki moun ki te granpapa m '. Since he died before my grandfather was born, I had very limited information on him, when I started researching the family history. Grandpa didn’t have any verbal history
Rosa or Rose Elker was born in St. Louis on February 5, 1890. Aunt Rose was my great-grandmother, Magdalena Elker’s, youngest sister. Nan samdi, September 22, 1906, the 16-year-old Rose was walking to her job at the Plows Candy Factory in St. Louis. Aunt Rose was walking about 8 am in the morning, when she started to cross the 18th
In the late 1990s, my grandfather, Gilbert Ellis, was living with my Aunt Maureen and Uncle Dale. They had decided to have a large garage/shed installed, so Grandpa and my uncle would have a workshop. They had the shed assembled and engaged a local electrical company to run electricity to the workshop. Uncle Dale had to run some errands on
Sou Novanm 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Louis”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Louis, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Eduard and Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 children. St a. Louis Achidyosèz te dedye legliz la
Dènyèman, I was searching for information about my Great Uncle Francis’ marriage to my Great Aunt Rosemary Kalt. What I discovered was an unexpected genealogy treasure, a picture in the July 5 edisyon an St la. Louis Star-Times of my great grandparents and 12 nan la 14 Mosblech children. I had never seen a picture of my great grandparents, Eduard
Nan ane 1960 ak kòmansman lane 1970 an reta a, granparan mwen itilize yo òganize yon pati kat chak mwa ak twa nan grandma Ellis’ sè ak mari yo. Tonton Tony ak Matant Agnes Giraudo, Uncle Oscar and Aunt Dorothy Von Berg along with Uncle Art and Aunt Betty Clemmings would join Grandma and Grandpa to play Pinochle. Each family would host one