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Genealogy posts about the Deweese, Diaz, Ellis, Mosblech, and Zimmerman families.
My great grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman married three times. After a couple of months marriage to Victoria Harris during 1897 in Franklin County, Missouri, Parker moved to Bollinger County, Missouri to be closer to his family. His parents, Samuel and Sarah Zimmerman, lived in Dongola, Bollinger, Missouri. Em março 31, 1902, 27-year-old Parker married his second wife, 22-year-old 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. and Mrs. William J. Kalt. Father Clarence Winkler officiated the ceremony. A Marcha 3, 1946 edition of
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
Crescendo eu ouvi muitas histórias sobre minha bisavó Caroline “Sotavento” Ellis da minha mãe. Ela passou muito tempo com sua avó que morava em St. Louis. Vovô Ellis mudou-se para Illinois um par de vezes durante os anos 1940 e 1950. Mom voltaria para 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, que
My grandfather’s first cousin, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, was one of St. Louis’ airplane pioneers. Julius, who was known in the family as “Punks”, joined the Air National Guard in the mid-1920s. He would be commissioned as a Lieutenant. Julius flew planes for both the military and civilian air corps. Most of the men in his unit, which included Charles
Frederick William Johannpeter (1839 – 1915) foi meu segundo bisavô por parte de mãe. Ele morreu 4 meses antes do nascimento de seu neto, Gilbert P. Ellis, who was my grandfather. Desde que ele morreu antes do meu avô nascer, Eu tinha informações muito limitadas sobre ele, quando comecei a pesquisar a história da família. Vovô não tinha nenhuma história verbal
Rosa or Rose Elker was born in St. Louis on February 5, 1890. Aunt Rose was my great-grandmother, Magdalena Elker’s, youngest sister. No sábado, Setembro 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 foi provavelmente o pior ano da vida de Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman. Ele perdeu tanto a sua 10 meses filha de Ida May Zimmerman e sua segunda esposa Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Antes da morte de Parker, no Cabo Giraurdeau Tornado de 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909
Em novembro 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. O St. A Arquidiocese de Louis dedicou a igreja