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#51 · February 20, 2023, 6:29 pm

@holy-cow Wow! Some of those go way back! I'll have to ask Dad if any of the those names ring a bell. The one that deceased in 1986 could be a close relative as she passed in the early 80's. I do remember dad saying that they were French and that they americanized from Roy (Wah) to Roy like toy.

My paternal grandfather's family was all German. I need to look up when they came over. I know they settled on the south side of St. Louis and had some very prominent orchards in the area. There was even a Flamm City until it was annexed by Arnold. My dad has told me of a story that grandpa was a family heir to the ground that is now Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery and VA. The government borrowed it during war time and never gave it back. All land records have disappeared from the StL County courthouse as well. Every once in a while, that story will pop up in a little neighborhood newspaper. There are still old stone cellars on the grounds where they would store fruits harvested from the orchards. The wines grandpa used to make from grapes and peaches were a delight.

#52 · February 20, 2023, 7:00 pm

@jflamm

Holy moly. The Flamm clan must breed like rabbits. Check out this cemetery near Flamm City with a long list of Flamm relatives.

Is this your grandmother?

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21497914/felicitas-m-flamm

https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2220642/memorial-search?firstname=&middlename=&lastname=Flamm&cemeteryName=Saint+Johns+Lutheran+Cemetery&birthyear=&birthyearfilter=&deathyear=&deathyearfilter=&memorialid=&mcid=&linkedToName=&datefilter=&orderby=r&plot=&page=1#sr-21123948

#53 · February 20, 2023, 9:16 pm

@holy-cow It is not. She's buried beside grandpa in Mt. Olive Cemetery about 8.5 miles north in Lemay. There seems to be a bunch of them but I hardly know any other than two uncles and an aunt, who are all deceased, and some of the first cousins.

#54 · February 20, 2023, 9:28 pm

@holy-cow That's a rabbit hole that I'll have to crawl down! I need to check out that cemetery too. I went to the preschool and was baptized in that church. Kind of makes sense now. My parents divorced when I was kindergarten and my mom moved my sister and I over to southern Indiana, where she was from. Her side gets interesting too! Grandpa was 1/2 American Indian so tracing that would be neat!

#55 · February 23, 2023, 1:39 pm

Posted by: holy-cow

Boo hoo. Boo hoo. Nobody wants to be my neighbor. Nearest fellow poster is 320 miles from me. And he is in Illinois. Wake up Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Anyone in Nebraska closer than 700 miles would be nice, too.

maybe when you get bathed and combed out this spring some folks might consider it….

#56 · February 23, 2023, 1:44 pm

Can we edit locations? My pin is down by Bug Timber instead of near Kalispell.

#57 · February 23, 2023, 2:24 pm

My location is shown only 1.5 miles SE of me. Is the map using the center of a zipcode ?

Gary J. Ganjon Professional Land Surveyor: MD:21168 | PA:SU075241 | VA:0403003460 Buena Vista, Virginia 24416

#58 · February 23, 2023, 2:25 pm

Nope not the center of a Zip code.

Gary J. Ganjon Professional Land Surveyor: MD:21168 | PA:SU075241 | VA:0403003460 Buena Vista, Virginia 24416

#59 · February 23, 2023, 2:33 pm

You have to zoom in a lot to see where a plumb bob is located because it is using the center of the symbol instead of the point of the bob. Google Earth has the same problem.