Hi Marian: Don't think it was Joe Schirmer or Mel Bay! Just gotta' believe there was more than one mandolin players at the Fair - officially The Louisiana Purchase Exposistion of 1904. This wasn't a 'backwoodsy' country fair - the Olympics were also held there and over a million people attended. Gary Stoltman Merverville, NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: <MARIANDGEN@aol.com> To: <GERMANS-STLOUIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 2:20 AM Subject: Re: [Germans-STL] 1903 & 1905 St. Louis > Would you (or anyone else on this list) happen to know who the musician was > in the World's Fair in St. Louis who played the mandolin? My g grandfather > was musically inspired by someone who was at the fair and I don't know who it > was...supposedly someone well known. Mandolin playing has been passed down in > my family since then (although I'm not any good at it - my Dad sure was!) > Marian > > > ==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== > OLD-GERMAN-L is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in deciphering and interpreting written documents in German from earliest to most recent 20th Century times, and discussing old German words, phrases, names, abbreviations and antique jargon. To subscribe, send subscribe to mailto:OLD-GERMAN-L-request@rootsweb.com (Mail Mode) or mailto:OLD-GERMAN-D-request@rootsweb.com (Digest Mode) > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

That was way to early for Joe Schirmer. My grandparents attended this event and I have some things from the Fair. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Stoltman" <stopan@optonline.net> To: <GERMANS-STLOUIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 2:53 PM Subject: Re: [Germans-STL] 1903 & 1905 St. Louis > Hi Marian: > > Don't think it was Joe Schirmer or Mel Bay! Just gotta' believe there was > more than one mandolin players at the Fair - officially The Louisiana > Purchase Exposistion of 1904. This wasn't a 'backwoodsy' country fair - the > Olympics were also held there and over a million people attended. > > Gary Stoltman > Merverville, NJ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <MARIANDGEN@aol.com> > To: <GERMANS-STLOUIS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 2:20 AM > Subject: Re: [Germans-STL] 1903 & 1905 St. Louis > > > > Would you (or anyone else on this list) happen to know who the musician > was > > in the World's Fair in St. Louis who played the mandolin? My g > grandfather > > was musically inspired by someone who was at the fair and I don't know who > it > > was...supposedly someone well known. Mandolin playing has been passed > down in > > my family since then (although I'm not any good at it - my Dad sure was!) > > Marian > > > > > > ==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== > > OLD-GERMAN-L is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical or > historical interest in deciphering and interpreting written documents in > German from earliest to most recent 20th Century times, and discussing old > German words, phrases, names, abbreviations and antique jargon. To > subscribe, send subscribe to mailto:OLD-GERMAN-L-request@rootsweb.com (Mail > Mode) or mailto:OLD-GERMAN-D-request@rootsweb.com (Digest Mode) > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== > GERMAN-TRADITIONS-L is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical, cultural or historical interest in German traditions. Anything that concerns traditions, culture, folklore, heritage, or why not old recipes and daily life in ancient times in Germany or former German areas is an appropriate topic. To subscribe click on mailto:GERMAN-TRADITIONS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe (Mail Mode) or mailto:GERMAN-TRADITIONS-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe (Digest Mode) > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

Couldn't have been Mel Bay. He was a friend of mine. I'm an old geezer but not that old. Mel had to be born some time around 1900. Roy Johnson Researching Schnake/Schnacke in Kreis Minden (Westfalen/Westphalia) and worldwide http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~schnake -----Original Message----- From: Gary Stoltman [mailto:stopan@optonline.net] Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 2:53 PM To: GERMANS-STLOUIS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Germans-STL] 1903 & 1905 St. Louis Hi Marian: Don't think it was Joe Schirmer or Mel Bay! Just gotta' believe there was more than one mandolin players at the Fair - officially The Louisiana Purchase Exposistion of 1904. This wasn't a 'backwoodsy' country fair - the Olympics were also held there and over a million people attended. Gary Stoltman Merverville, NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: <MARIANDGEN@aol.com> To: <GERMANS-STLOUIS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 2:20 AM Subject: Re: [Germans-STL] 1903 & 1905 St. Louis > Would you (or anyone else on this list) happen to know who the musician was > in the World's Fair in St. Louis who played the mandolin? My g grandfather > was musically inspired by someone who was at the fair and I don't know who it > was...supposedly someone well known. Mandolin playing has been passed down in > my family since then (although I'm not any good at it - my Dad sure was!) > Marian > > > ==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== > OLD-GERMAN-L is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in deciphering and interpreting written documents in German from earliest to most recent 20th Century times, and discussing old German words, phrases, names, abbreviations and antique jargon. To subscribe, send subscribe to mailto:OLD-GERMAN-L-request@rootsweb.com (Mail Mode) or mailto:OLD-GERMAN-D-request@rootsweb.com (Digest Mode) > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > ==== GERMANS-STLOUIS Mailing List ==== GERMAN-TRADITIONS-L is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical, cultural or historical interest in German traditions. Anything that concerns traditions, culture, folklore, heritage, or why not old recipes and daily life in ancient times in Germany or former German areas is an appropriate topic. To subscribe click on mailto:GERMAN-TRADITIONS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe (Mail Mode) or mailto:GERMAN-TRADITIONS-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=subscribe (Digest Mode) ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237