Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportskunstner
Genealogy posts about the Deweese, Diaz, Ellis, Mosblech, and Zimmerman families.
Min oldefar Parker L. Zimmerman giftede sig tre gange. Efter et par måneders ægteskab med Victoria Harris under 1897 i Franklin County, Missouri, Parker flyttede til Bollinger County, Missouri for at være tættere på sin familie. Hans forældre, Samuel og Sarah Zimmerman, boede i Dongola, Bollinger, Missouri. På marts 31, 1902, 27-årige Parker giftede sig med sin anden kone, 22-årige Mellie Bollinger.
On February 23, 1946, my great uncle Francis Mosblech married Rosemary Kalt at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. The 23-year old Francis had recently returned from service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Aunt Rosemary was the daughter of Mr. og fru. William J. Kalt. Father Clarence Winkler officiated the ceremony. Marts 3, 1946 udgave af
At one point before I bought my own house, I thought home repairs were one of my skills. I helped my grandfather, Gilbert Ellis, make repairs to our house and the flat he lived in. Grandpa Ellis taught me how to replace electrical outlets, washers on sinks and build lots of things with wood. I put together lots of prefabricated
Growing up I heard lots of stories about my Great Grandmother Caroline “Lee” Ellis from my mother. She spent lots of time with her grandmother who lived in St. Louis. Grandpa Ellis moved to Illinois a couple of times during the 1940s and 1950s. Mom would come back to St. Louis frequently to see Great Grandma Ellis. Grandma and Grandpa
My second great-grandfather August H. Elker was born in Hanover, Germany on May 22, 1848 in the year of revolutions in Europe. Whether related to the revolutions or not, August’s family travelled to America in 1854. After landing in New York City, the Elker family made its way to St. Louis, Missouri. St. Louis had a large German Catholic community, som
Min bedstefars første fætter, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, var en af St. Louis’ flypionerer. Julius, der var kendt i familien som “Punks”, sluttede sig til Air National Guard i midten af 1920'erne. Han ville blive ansat som løjtnant. Julius fløj fly for både det militære og civile luftkorps. De fleste af mændene i hans enhed, som omfattede Charles
Friedrich Wilhelm Johannpeter (1839 – 1915) var min anden oldefar på min mors side. Han døde 4 måneder før hans barnebarns fødsel, Gilbert P. Ellis, som var min bedstefar. Siden han døde før min bedstefar blev født, Jeg havde meget begrænset information om ham, da jeg begyndte at forske i familiens historie. Bedstefar havde ikke nogen verbal historie
Rosa or Rose Elker was born in St. Louis on February 5, 1890. Aunt Rose was my great-grandmother, Magdalena Elker’s, youngest sister. Lørdag, September 22, 1906, the 16-year-old Rose was walking to her job at the Plows Candy Factory in St. Louis. Aunt Rose was walking about 8 am in the morning, when she started to cross the 18th
1909 var sandsynligvis det værste år af Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman liv. Han mistede begge sine ti måneder gamle datter Ida May Zimmerman og hans anden kone Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Før Parker død i Cape Giraurdeau Tornado af 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909
På November 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Louis”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Louis, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Eduard and Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 children. The St. Louis Ærkebispedømmet indviede kirken