Family

Well I have been tracing my dad's side of the family since 1982.
It is a long time process to gather all the facts.
Tracing your family is ALWAYS an ongoing process.
Of course there is always updating to do !

When I first started nobody would want to talk about the
past and where they came from. I sent many many letters.
 
It seemed my grandma Lydia Lautt was the only one
I could get any information from and she was
the one everyone would talk to.

Since the computer came to life I have been able to really
gather information on my family.

I will be posting family tidbits every now and again.

Today I will post what I have found on my
4th Great Grandfather.
This is as far back as I could trace on my
dad's side of the family.

Baltasar LAUTT he was born in 1807 in Geocklingen, Elsass. 
He passed away January 23 1841 in Glueckstal Parish.

I found his wife Katherine BOSCHE and their children in the
book
"The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years
1763-1862" By Karl Stumpp.
They are listed as family number 222 on page 697.

" Kassel, gerg. 1808 (Colony of Kassel)

TIPPEL, Anton gest.(died) 1851 mit (age) 43,
seine (his) Sohne (son) Heinrich 12, Jakob 10, Adam 5,
seine (his) Steifsohne (stepson) 1. Friedrich LAUX 29,
dessen Frau (his wife) Barbara 41, dessen Sohne
(their son) Johann 1; 2.  Johann LAUX 27, dessen
Frau Christine 26, dessen Sohne Johann, 2;
3. Daniel LAUX 23, dessen Frau Christine 24,
dessen Sohne Georg,3, Gottleib, 1/2; 4. Gottlieb
LAUX 21, seine Steiftochter
(stepdaughter) Barbara LAUX 19.

Baltasar LAUTT had passed away and his wife
Katherine had remarreid to Anton TIPPEL.

Yep this MY family when they were still
over in Kassel, Russia. 
My line is the Daniel LAUX line. I hi-lited in red.

As you can see the Surname changed
when they emigrated to the United States

It was LAUX, now it LAUTT.

NEAT HUH ! ? !

HUNGRY ! ?!

Lets Eat ! ! ! !

My sister came in from CA for a visit ! !

Good thing the weather turned out
to be pretty nice for her visit.


She wanted to go eat at Lambert's Cafe ! !
Home of the Throwed Rolls ! !
Little did she realize that it was about  a
2-1/2 drive, and most of it was country
and cows ! ! !

When we got to Lambert's Cafe
she had ordered a Ceaser Salad ! ! !

 I sure hope she is HUNGRY ! ! !

Here she is comparing her hand size
to her bread bowl salad !

Dig in ! ! ! !

She also wanted to try a few veggies on the side  !

Greens, beets, cucumbers and onions and coleslaw.

I sure hope she has a big appetite ! !












I must have not been very hungry !
I had the Charboiled chicken, baked potato,
and corn ! ! !

We also had a couple of the :Throwed Rolls"
with Molasses, fried potatoes, black eyed peas,
okra, and Mac and Cheese with tomatoes. 


YUM ! ! YUM ! ! YUM ! !

Then after all this we did drum up
enough energy to take tour of the
Fantastic Caverns ! !  One of the many
caves here in Missouri ! !

Wedding Quilt Part 6

I just finished adding the HST's
to the 2 1/2" strips.

Now to add to the square.
Of course there will be some ripping
and re-sewing involved.

You can't make a quilt without
having to rip.

Below is block one (out of 20)
that I have finished.

My next Wedding Quilt post
will be when I have finished
the other 19 blocks.
Maybe in April sometime ! !
Hopefully sooner but . . . . .
But after the blocks are done the
rest of the quilt should go by quick and easy ! !
(Famous last words ! !)

See you then ! !

Thanx for stopping by ! ! !

Wedding Quilt Part 5

Now the the strips are cut
it's time to . . . . .

SEW ! ! ! !

PRESS ! !

CUT  ! ! !

(enough to add to HST's)

SEW ! ! ! !

black square to strip ! !

CUT ! !

and PRESS ! !

Until till next week ! ! !

Wedding Quilt Part 4

It's a stripping time ! !

No luck of winning an
Accuquilt GO !
Mom gave up and bought one at JoAnn's.
We have really used the GO !
and have dwindled down her scraps pile.

I used the Go ! to cut the 2-1/2" strips.
I need 18 strips each of the Black and Lite Blue.
PK's fiance, CD, likes Blue.

Sew I went over to moms and
got out the GO ! Cutter.

We did the process production style.

Mom cut 8" wide strips to place on top of the die !

Then it was my turn to cut the strips !

It didn't take much time at all to cut 36 strips !

Until next time ! ! !

The day after . . . . .

Here are a few pics of the day after the blizzard !
Pic below is  . . .
View looking towards main street  !
Yes it was plowed !

Pic below is   . .

View of driveway, backyard, alley.

Pic below is  . .

View of back yard and neighbors yard. 

Below pic is  . . .

View of path from back yard to back door.

  O Where O Where can my car be ?

Here is a view looking up the street

towards Lincoln University.

 

Measuring the snow and snow drift

up against my house.

Measuring the snow at the curb.

Below is a pile of snow that

was in front of and by the

drivers door of my car.

Here is a pile of snow

that was from the back of my car
and passenger side of drivers side of car. 

Below is a view of the alley

You might be able to see

a BIG pile of snow towards the top of the pic. 

That is what I had shoveled off the driveway !





There is just WAY TOO MUCH SNOW  ! !

SNOW SNOW SNOW

Here in JC we are under a BLIZZARD WARNING.
Yes it is the first BLIZZARD WARNING ever recorded
in JC.
(According to our weatherman)
But the last time we had lots of snow was in 1995
and we had 18" of the white stuff.

I had already shoveled a path to the
grass (for my doggie) and the drive before
I started measuring.
I shoveled about 3-4" before the measuring.


The last measurement I took
measured about 10"

If you unable to see the
measurement just click on pic to
make bigger.

Here are some pics.

This is view from my back door looking up the alley.
This was taken in the morning.
Right past the downspout you
can see the railroad tie.

Below is the view from my front door

looking up the street.

My car in the morning before it was buried

with snow and plow drift.

Snow was blowing and coming down

very fast you could not see anything.

You might be able to see some

icicles hanging from the telephone wires.

My car a few hours later.

The snow is up to the bottom of

my back bumper and lic plate.

I already shoveled about 4"of snow off

of my deck.

Here I had measured 10".

My car alittle later and  covered with more snow.

Here is another pic of the alley from my back door.

As you can see you can't see the railroad tie anymore.

Another view from my back door

looking down the street to the main road.



There is way too much snow for me.

Hope everyone stays safe and warm.