Posts about the Ellis, Johannpeter, Mosblech, and Elker families.
Magdalena Elker was born to August Elker and Bertha Elker nee Lipke on November 12, 1885. August and Bertha emigrated to the United States before Magdalena was born making Magdalena a first-generation American. The Elkers belonged to a tight knit group of German Catholic immigrants. This group included the Elkers and Mosblechs. Due to the timing of their immigration, the […]
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Great Grandma Caroline Ellis illustrates the difficulty of tracing family history. I do not know whether she did not trust the government or liked to mess with the census taker but here are all her aliases in the census records from 1910 to 1940. The family all called her “Lee.” In 1910, she is living with her parents on 4244 […]
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When Grandma and Grandpa moved back to St. Louis, they originally moved to Shaw Avenue. Dorothy Elliot, a family friend, and widowed mother asked them if they would move into a two-family flat if she could find one to buy. She looked at several and found one she liked on Kingsland Court. Grandma and Grandpa agreed. They lived on the […]
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When Grandpa became the manager of the Forest City plant, he built a house in Mascoutah. Grandma, Mom, and Aunt Maureen lived in St. Louis at first, but they all moved into the basement until the upstairs was finished. Grandpa and friends finished the inside of the house after he helped the men put up the exterior framing. Grandma slipped […]
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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. In […]
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My great grandmother, Caroline Leah “Lee” Ellis nee Johannpeter was born to Frederick William August Johannpeter, 1839 – 1903, and Joanna Grieve, 1843 – Unknown, in St. Charles, MO on June 13, 1881. She was the second youngest of six siblings, Gustav, Anna, Amalia “Marie”, Julius “Jules” and Charles Frederick. Great Grandma was said to be a very strong-willed person. […]
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This is a story about 1942-44 Hebert Street, which is in the Old North St. Louis neighborhood of St. Louis, MO. Like its neighbors, this structure has seen better days. I became interested in the building because my great grandmother lived at this address in 1930. My maternal grandfather’s family lived in the northern part of St. Louis during his […]
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William P. Ellis was my great grandfather. Unfortunately, he passed away when my grandfather, Gilbert P. Ellis, was only two years old. My great grandmother did not know much about William’s family. The actual information Grandpa had on him was sparse, so William was the real mystery man in the family history up until 2006 or 2007. Grandpa had a […]
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