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Post about my maternal family lineage, the Ellis and Mosblech families.
Eugene “Gene” August Johannpeter was born on May 20, 1908, to Julius and Bertha Johannpeter. He was the second son of Uncle Jules and Aunt Bertha. His older brother was Julius “Punks” William Johannpeter, Jr, who flew the mail out of Lambert Field along with Charles Lindbergh. “Punks” was seven years older than Gene. My grandfather, Gilbert P. Ellis, lived
Wythnosau yn ôl, Roeddwn yn chwilio am gopi o Ivanhoe gan Syr Walter Scott o hen lyfrgell fy nhaid. Taid Gilbert P. Roedd gan Ellis lyfrgell a roddodd i mi yn y 1990au cynnar. Mae'r llyfrau hyn a'i ddesg yn drysorau a fydd yn aros gyda mi hyd y diwrnod y byddaf yn marw. Fel plentyn, Roeddwn i'n arfer eistedd yn ei
Julius “Uncle Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Uncle 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 had the challenge of raising her two-year-old son Gilbert as a single
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 “Uncle 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. Yn aml yn cael ei ysgrifennu fel Edward ond ynganu fel rhoi cymorth a ward at ei gilydd, Eduard was as unique as his name. Cefais drafferth ysgrifennu llawer amdano oherwydd y straeon a glywais amdano
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
Uncle Oscar Von Burg and Aunt Dorothy Von Burg nee Mosblech were my grandparents’ closest friends. 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. Neither Uncle Oscar nor Grandpa danced, so they would escort Grandma and Aunt
Arthur C. Clemmings ei eni ar ddydd Iau, Ebrill 3, 1913 yn St. Louis, MO. At the start of World War II, Uncle Art enlisted in the United States Army as a private. Cafodd ei neilltuo fel gweithiwr metel lled-fedrus. Ei gyfnod yn y ymrestriad, a ddechreuodd ar Fedi 2, 1942, was for the duration of the war plus six months.
Pan oeddwn yn tyfu i fyny, Rwy'n aml yn clywed Grandma Ellis, Alvina M. Mosblech Ellis, yn siarad am ei dwy chwaer a gollwyd. Mae hi'n colli ei chwaer hynaf Margaret a'i chwaer fach Loretta cyn ei phen-blwydd yn 40 oed. Margaret B. Mosblech oedd y cyntaf o bedwar ar ddeg o blant a anwyd i Eduard a Magdalena Mosblech. Great Aunt Margaret was born on June 10, 1908. As
My Grandpa used to tell me that Mom and Great Grandma were close. Gallai Great Grandma fod yn styfnig iawn, so Grandpa used to send Mom to talk to her about going to the doctor, etc. I will let Mom tell you about her grandmother in her own words. Caroline better known as Lee was a woman before her time. Yn