Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Post about my maternal family lineage, the Ellis and Mosblech families.
Eugene “Gene” Augustus Johannpeter op Mei gebore 20, 1908, Julius en Bertha Johannpeter. Hy was die tweede seun van Oom Jules en tant Bertha. Sy ouer broer was Julius “Punks” William Johannpeter, Jr, wat die e-pos uit Lambert Field saam met Charles Lindbergh gevlieg. “Punks” was seven years older than Gene. My oupa, Gilbert P. Ellis, lived
Weeks ago, I was looking for a copy of Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott from my grandfather’s old library. Grandpa Gilbert P. Ellis had a library that he gave me in the early 1990s. These books and his desk are treasures that will stay with me until the day I die. As a kid, I used to sit in his
Julius “Oom Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Oom Jules” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “Lee” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee het die uitdaging gehad om haar tweejarige seun Gilbert as 'n enkellopende groot te maak
Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. Louis, Missouri on June 17, 1903. “Babe” was the second child and first daughter born to my second great-uncle Julius “Oom Jules” Johannpeter and his wife Bertha Johannpeter nee Horst. My grandfather Gilbert Ellis spent a lot of his time with Uncle Jules family, while he was growing up. Grandpa Ellis’ father
Eduard Mosblech is my maternal great-grandfather. Eduard was born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 24, 1884, to German immigrants Gustave Mosblech and Bertha Mosblech nee Monse. Dikwels geskryf as Edward maar uitgespreek soos om hulp en wyk saam te stel, Eduard was as unique as his name. Ek het gesukkel om baie oor hom te skryf, want die stories wat ek van hom gehoor het
When I started researching the family history, I only knew about two of my great-grandmother Caroline “Lee” Ellis’ nee Johannpeter’s siblings. My grandfather told me a lot about his Uncle “Jules”, Julius Johannpeter. Grandpa lived with Uncle Jules from the time he left Missouri Military Academy in 1932 until he married my grandmother, Alvina Ellis nee Mosblech in 1938. Grandpa
Oom Oscar Von Burg en tannie Dorothy Von Burg nee Mosblech was my grootouers se beste vriende. Grandma Ellis and Aunt Dorothy were sisters separated in age by about a year and a half. Grandpa Ellis and Uncle Oscar became close friends when they were dating the sisters. Nie oom Oscar of oupa het gedans nie, so they would escort Grandma and Aunt
Arthur C. Clemmings is op Donderdag gebore, April 3, 1913 in St. Louis, MO. Aan die begin van die Tweede Wêreldoorlog, Oom Art het as privaat by die Amerikaanse weermag ingeskryf. Hy is as 'n semi-geskoolde metaal werker wat. Sy termyn van aansluiting, wat begin op September 2, 1942, was for the duration of the war plus six months.
Toe ek grootgeword het, Ek het dikwels gehoor Ouma Ellis, Alvina M. Mosblech Ellis, praat oor haar twee susters verloor. Sy het haar oudste suster Margaret en haar sussie Loretta voor haar 40ste verjaardag. Margaret B. Mosblech was die eerste van veertien kinders gebore Eduard en Magdalena Mosblech. Great Aunt Margaret was born on June 10, 1908. As
My oupa het altyd vir my gesê dat ma en ouma na aan mekaar was. Great Grandma could be very stubborn, so Grandpa used to send Mom to talk to her about going to the doctor, ens. I will let Mom tell you about her grandmother in her own words. Caroline better known as Lee was a woman before her time. In