Istoryen espò konba ak atis masyal
Legacy posts previously published under the Genealogy category.
Gran granpapa mwen Parker L. Zimmerman marye twa fwa. Apre yon koup de mwa maryaj ak Victoria Harris pandan 1897 nan Konte Franklin, Missouri, Parker demenaje ale rete nan Konte Bollinger, Missouri yo dwe pi pre fanmi li. Paran li yo, Samyèl ak Sara Zimmerman, te rete nan Dongola, Bollinger, Missouri. Sou Mas 31, 1902, 27-Parker te marye ak dezyèm madanm li, 22-Mellie Bollinger ki gen yon ane.
The Mosblechs have very large families as a rule. My great grandfather Eduard Mosblech was one of twelve children. Eduard had fourteen children and his brothers had twelve and thirteen children respectively. While I have not yet been able to verify the size of the other two families, both Mom and I remember it the same way. Grandma Ellis had
Frederick William Johannpeter (1839 – 1915) was my second great grandfather on my mother’s side. He died 4 months before the birth of his grandson, Gilbert P. Ellis, ki moun ki te granpapa m '. Since he died before my grandfather was born, I had very limited information on him, when I started researching the family history. Grandpa didn’t have any verbal history
My grandfather’s first cousin, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, was one of St. Louis’ airplane pioneers. Julius, who was known in the family as “Peunk”, 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
Te dosye a Missouri pou bay lisans pou maryaj nan yon sèl jou kase nan Mèkredi, Novanm 23, 1904 pa 151 marye nan St. Louis, ki te vle mare ne la sou Jou aksyondegras Thanksgiving Day 1904. Dosye a anvan yon sèl jou a te 117 koup mete nan St. Louis anvan yo di Bondye mèsi 1903. The Justice of the Peace, R.J. Carroll, set up shop in
Rosa or Rose Elker was born in St. Louis on February 5, 1890. Aunt Rose was my great-grandmother, Magdalena Elker’s, youngest sister. Nan samdi, 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 te pwobableman ane ki pi mal la nan lavi Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman a. Li te pèdi tou de dis mwa fin vye granmoun, pitit fi li Ida Me Zimmerman ak madanm dezyèm l 'Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Anvan lanmò Parker la nan Cape Giraurdeau Toubiyon an nan 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. Mwen ka sèlman imajine ki jan difisil 1909
Sou Novanm 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. St a. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church
Dènyèman, I was searching for information about my Great Uncle Francis’ marriage to my Great Aunt Rosemary Kalt. What I discovered was an unexpected genealogy treasure, a picture in the July 5 edisyon an St la. Louis Star-Times of my great grandparents and 12 nan la 14 Mosblech children. I had never seen a picture of my great grandparents, Eduard
Ollie J. Zimmerman was the third son born to my great-grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman and his second wife Mollie Bollinger. Ollie and his twin sister Dollie were born on either April 27, 1906 or April 27, 1907. Since Ollie’s headstone says “1906”, I’m going with April 27, 1906 as his birthdate. Nan 1909, Ollie would lose his mother, when Mellie