The story of my "rather homely, undeveloped, and uneducated great great grandmother Minnie Katzenberger is posted below. Born in Bavaria in 1867, Minnie went on to marry a Voll, my dad's mother's name. Christina Voll married George Meiners in 1912 and they had 10 children, one of whom was my dad Mel Meiners. So how did the Meiners family name launch in America? My son Simon turned up this research: "The oldest ancestor I can find is Mel’s great-grandfather, Johann Gerhard “George” Meiners (1835-1909). Came on a ship from Germany to New Orleans in 1857. First looked for work in Saint Louis but later settled in Louisville. Married Mel’s great-grandmother Maria Lemke in 1859. After she died of dropsy in 1884, he
Tag: pro life
Since I am not a woman or a doctor, I’ll let John Franklin Stephens be my voice on abortion
I am one of 14 children born to Norma & Mel Meiners. Mom delivered 15 babies over a span of nineteen years. Baby Dennis died several weeks after his birth in the mid-50s. That loss of life spun my parents into an emotional freefall. Nonetheless, they went on to accept the blessing of 12 more children. I was the fifth (technically sixth) child born to Norma and Mel and they never stopped loving, encouraging, and leading all of us. Both of them have been gone for over a decade. The one mission that their Catholic faith led them to pursue above all else was the protection of life. My parents marched every year on January 22, my birthday
Pro life vs pro choice – the argument of our lifetime
The new Republican majorities in Washington and in Kentucky are finally changing the narrative on abortion in America. Twitter responses on the day of the Pro Life rally offer varied responses on the sanctity of life. Liberal publications like The New York Times use negative terms like "abortion opponents" and "anti-abortion" instead of "pro life." Conservative outlets use positive terms. Positive words = positive thoughts
Nuts indeed
Pro-lifers outside an abortion clinic meet a woman who begs to differ with their position. Neither side appeared to alter the other's perspective. NSFW (profanity)