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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
Uker siden, Jeg lette etter en kopi av Ivanhoe av Sir Walter Scott fra min bestefars gamle bibliotek. Bestefar Gilbert P. Ellis hadde et bibliotek som han ga meg på begynnelsen av 1990-tallet. Disse bøkene og skrivebordet hans er skatter som vil bo hos meg til den dagen jeg dør. Som barn, Jeg pleide å sitte i hans
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 hadde utfordringen med å oppdra sin to år gamle sønn Gilbert som singel
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. Bestefar
Uncle Oscar Von Burg and Aunt Dorothy Von Burg nee Mosblech were my grandparents’ closest friends. Bestemor Ellis og tante Dorothy ble søstrene separert i alder av ca et og et halvt år. Bestefar Ellis og onkel Oscar ble nære venner da de ble dating søstrene. Neither Uncle Oscar nor Grandpa danced, so they would escort Grandma and Aunt
Arthur C. Clemmings ble født på torsdag, April 3, 1913 i St. Louis, MO. At the start of World War II, Uncle Art enlisted in the United States Army as a private. Han ble tildelt som en semi-dyktig metallarbeider. Hans begrep vervings, som begynte September 2, 1942, var for varigheten av krigen pluss seks måneder.
Da jeg vokste opp, Jeg ofte hørt bestemor Ellis, Alvina M. Mosblech Ellis, snakke om sine to tapte søstrene. Hun mistet sin eldste søster Margaret og hennes lillesøster Loretta før hennes 40-årsdag. Margaret B. Mosblech var den første av fjorten barn født til Eduard og 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, 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. I