Family:Stephen Armstrong and Viola Engel (1)

Watchers
Parents: Willis Armstrong and Laura Koenig
Stephen Koenig Armstrong
b. 26 Aug 1907
d. 3 Feb 1990 Sidney, Shelby, Ohio, United States
Parents: Martin Engel and Caroline Katter
Viola Louise Engel
b. 7 May 1907 Auglaize, Ohio, United States
d. 21 May 1990 Sidney, Shelby, Ohio, United States
m. 8 Oct 1929 Wapakoneta, Auglaize, Ohio, United States
Facts and Events
Marriage? 8 Oct 1929 Wapakoneta, Auglaize, Ohio, United States
Census[2] 1 Apr 1930 Noble, Auglaize, Ohio, United States
Residence[1] 1935 Jefferson, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States
Census[1] 5 Apr 1940 St. Marys, Auglaize, Ohio, United States
Children
BirthDeath
1.
Neil Alden Armstrong
5 Aug 1930 Wapakoneta, Auglaize, Ohio, United States
25 Aug 2012 Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States
2.
Dean Alan Armstrong
22 Feb 1935 Ohio, United States
23 May 2020 Marion, Marion, Kansas, United States
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Astronaut Neil Armstrong's parents, Stephen Koenig Armstrong and Viola Louise Engel Armstrong have a secret that their son was just made an astronaut on this day at 3 PM, September 17, 1962. Armstrong was one of nine new men so chosen. Host Garry Moore asks an incredible question, "Now, how would you feel, Mrs. Armstrong, if it turned out - of course nobody knows - but if it turns out that your son is the first man to land on the moon? What, how do, how would you feel?" He asks this nearly seven years before it actually happens on July 20 1969! Neil's mom's reply is priceless, "Well, guess I'd just say god bless him and I wish him the best of all good luck." Neil Armstrong did not see this recording until 40 years after it originally aired.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T627).

    Census Place: St Marys, Auglaize, Ohio; Roll: T627_3027; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 6-21.

  2. ↑ United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T626).

    Place: Noble, Auglaize, Ohio; Roll: 1752; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 16; Image: 870.0; FHL microfilm: 2341486.

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