Istoryen espò konba ak atis masyal
Post about my maternal family lineage, the Ellis and Mosblech families.
Eugene “Gene” Out Johannpeter te fèt sou Me 20, 1908, Julius ak Bertha Johannpeter. Li te dezyèm pitit gason an nan Tonton Jules ak Matant Bertha. Gran frè l 'te Julius “Peunk” William Johannpeter, Jr, ki te vwayaje lapòs la soti nan Lambert jaden ansanm ak Charles Lindbergh. “Peunk” te sèt ane ki gen plis pase Gene. Granpapa m ', Gilbert P. Ellis, lived
Semèn de sa, Mwen t ap chèche yon kopi Ivanhoe pa Sir Walter Scott nan ansyen bibliyotèk granpapa m. Granpapa Gilbert P. Ellis te gen yon bibliyotèk ke li te ban mwen nan kòmansman ane 1990 yo. Liv sa yo ak biwo li yo se trezò ki pral rete avè m 'jouk jou mwen mouri a. Kòm yon timoun, Mwen te konn chita nan li
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. Often written as Edward but pronounced like putting together aid and ward, Eduard was as unique as his name. I struggled with writing much about him because the stories I heard about him
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 “Stud”, 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. Papa
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 te fèt nan Jedi, Avril 3, 1913 nan St. Louis, MO. At the start of World War II, Uncle Art enlisted in the United States Army as a private. Li te plase kòm yon travayè metal semi-kalifye. Manda li nan anwole, ki te kòmanse nan mwa Septanm 2, 1942, te pou dire a nan lagè a plis sis mwa.
Lè m 'te ap grandi, Souvan m 'te tande grandma Ellis, Alvina M. Mosblech Ellis, pale sou de sè l 'pèdi. Li te pèdi pi ansyen, sè l 'Margaret ak yon ti kras, sè l' Loretta anvan anivèsè nesans 40th l '. Margaret B. Mosblech te premye a nan katòz timoun ki fèt Eduard ak Magdalena Mosblech. Great Aunt Margaret was born on June 10, 1908. Kòm
My Grandpa used to tell me that Mom and Great Grandma were close. Great grandma ta ka trè fè tèt di, so Grandpa used to send Mom to talk to her about going to the doctor, elatriye. I will let Mom tell you about her grandmother in her own words. Caroline better known as Lee was a woman before her time. Nan