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Genealogy posts about the Deweese, Diaz, Ellis, Mosblech, and Zimmerman families.
Min farfarsfar Parker L. Zimmerman gifte sig tre gånger. Efter ett par månaders äktenskap med Victoria Harris under 1897 i Franklin County, Missouri, Parker flyttade till Bollinger County, Missouri för att vara närmare sin familj. Hans föräldrar, Samuel och Sarah Zimmerman, bodde i Dongola, Bollinger, Missouri. På mars 31, 1902, 27-årige Parker gifte sig med sin andra fru, 22-åriga 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. The Mars 3, 1946 upplagan av
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, vilken
Min farfars första kusin, Julius I. “Joe” Johannpeter, var en av St. Louis’ flygplanspionjärer. Julius, som var känd i familjen som “Punks”, gick med i Air National Guard i mitten av 1920-talet. Han skulle få uppdraget som löjtnant. Julius flög plan för både den militära och civila flygkåren. De flesta av männen i hans enhet, som inkluderade Charles
Frederick William Johannpeter (1839 – 1915) var min andra farfar på min mors sida. Han dog 4 månader före hans sonsons födelse, Gilbert P. Ellis, who was my grandfather. Sedan han dog innan min farfar föddes, Jag hade mycket begränsad information om honom, när jag började undersöka familjens historia. Morfar hade ingen verbal historia
Rosa or Rose Elker was born in St. Louis on February 5, 1890. Aunt Rose was my great-grandmother, Magdalena Elker’s, youngest sister. På lördag, 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 förmodligen det värsta året för Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman liv. Han förlorade både sin tio månader gamla dotter Ida May Zimmerman och hans andra hustru Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Innan Parkers död i Cape Giraurdeau Tornado av 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 ärkestift invigde kyrkan