Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
Post about my maternal family lineage, the Ellis and Mosblech families.
Op zaterdag, Juli 15, 1911, Eduard and Magdalena Mosblech welcomed their third child, Gertrude Henrietta Mosblech, into the world. “Aunt Gert” werd geboren in St. Louis, Missouri, the third oldest of fourteen children. “Aunt Gert” holds a special place in the Mosblech family history for her warmth, 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 “Punks”, 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
De Mosblechs hebben zeer grote gezinnen in de regel. Mijn overgrootvader Eduard Mosblech was een van de twaalf kinderen. Eduard had veertien kinderen en zijn broers hadden respectievelijk twaalf en dertien kinderen. Hoewel ik nog niet in staat om de grootte van de andere twee families verifiëren zijn, zowel moeder en ik herinner me het op dezelfde manier. Grandma Ellis had
De Missouri record voor de afgifte van het huwelijk licenties in een dag was gebroken op woensdag, November 23, 1904 door 151 paren in St. Louis, die wilde de knoop op Thanksgiving Day 1904. De vorige dag verslag was 117 paren in St. Louis voorafgaand aan Thanksgiving 1903. The Justice of the Peace, R.J. Carroll, set up shop in
Frederick William Johannpeter (1839 – 1915) was mijn tweede overgrootvader van moederskant. Hij stierf 4 maanden vóór de geboorte van zijn kleinzoon, Gilbert P. Ellis, who was my grandfather. Sinds hij stierf voordat mijn grootvader werd geboren, Ik had zeer beperkte informatie over hem, toen ik de familiegeschiedenis begon te onderzoeken. Opa had geen verbale geschiedenis
Rosa or Rose Elker was born in St. Louis on February 5, 1890. Aunt Rose was my great-grandmother, Magdalena Elker’s, youngest sister. Op zaterdag, 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 de late jaren 1990, mijn grootvader, Gilbert Ellis, woonde bij mijn tante Maureen en oom Dale. Ze hadden besloten om een grote garage / schuur geïnstalleerd, dus opa en mijn oom een workshop zou hebben. Ze hadden de schuur gemonteerd en bezig een lokale elektrische bedrijf om elektriciteit rennen naar de workshop. Uncle Dale had to run some errands on
Op november 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 kinderen. De St. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church
Onlangs, 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 editie van de St. Louis Star-Times of my great grandparents and 12 of the 14 Mosblech children. I had never seen a picture of my great grandparents, Eduard
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, my grandparents used to host a monthly card party with three of Grandma Ellis’ sisters and their husbands. Uncle Tony and Aunt 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