Storiku tal-Isport tal-Ġlieda u Artist Marzjali
Post dwar in-nisel tal-familja materna tiegħi, il-familji Ellis u Mosblech.
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. Grandfather tiegħi, Gilbert P. Ellis, għexet
Ġimgħat ilu, Kont qed infittex kopja ta’ Ivanhoe minn Sir Walter Scott mil-librerija l-antika ta’ nannu tiegħi. In-nannu 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, Kont noqgħod bilqiegħda tiegħu
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 kellha l-isfida li trabbi lil binha Gilbert ta’ sentejn bħala waħda waħda
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 “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 twieled nhar il-Ħamis, April 3, 1913 f'St. Louis, MO. At the start of World War II, Uncle Art enlisted in the United States Army as a private. Huwa ġie assenjat bħala ħaddiem metall semi-sengħa. Mandat tiegħu ta 'l-ingaġġ, li beda dwar Settembru 2, 1942, was for the duration of the war plus six months.
Meta kelli jikbru, I spiss jinstema nannu Ellis, Alvina M. Mosblech Ellis, jitkellmu dwar żewġ aħwa mitlufa tagħha. Hija tilfet eqdem oħtha Margaret u sister ftit tagħha Loretta qabel ma jagħlqu 40 tagħha. Margaret B. Mosblech kienet l-ewwel erbatax-tfal li twieldu minn Eduard u 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. Great Grandma could be very stubborn, so Grandpa used to send Mom to talk to her about going to the doctor, eċċ. I will let Mom tell you about her grandmother in her own words. Caroline better known as Lee was a woman before her time. Fil