Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
Legacy posts previously published under the Genealogy category.
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. Mars 31, 1902, 27-year-old Parker married his second wife, 22-year-old Mellie Bollinger.
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) var annar langafi minn hjá móður minni. Hann dó 4 mánuðum fyrir fæðingu barnabarns síns, Gilbert P. Ellis, who was my grandfather. Síðan hann dó áður en afi minn fæddist, Ég hafði mjög takmarkaðar upplýsingar um hann, þegar ég byrjaði að rannsaka fjölskyldusöguna. 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 “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
The Missouri met útgáfu hjónaband leyfi á einum degi var brotinn á miðvikudag, Nóvember 23, 1904 með 151 pör í St. Louis, sem vildu ganga í hnapphelduna á Þakkargjörð Day 1904. Áður einn daginn taka var 117 pör sett í St. Louis fyrir Þakkargjörð 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. Á laugardag, 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 sennilega versta ár lífs Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman er. Hann missti bæði hans tíu mánaða gamlan dóttur Ida maí Zimmerman og seinni konu hans Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Fyrir andlát Parker í Cape Giraurdeau Tornado of 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909
Nóvember 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 Archdiocese dedicated the church
Nýlega, 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 útgáfa af St. Louis Star-Times of my great grandparents and 12 of the 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. Í 1909, Ollie would lose his mother, when Mellie