Conquering Chubb Trail

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सोमवार को, नवंबर 13, 2023, I achieved a major goal when I hiked the entire length of Chubb Trail, an out-and-back 13-mile trail in West St. लुइस काउंटी. The hike took me seven hours and thirty minutes to complete. When my oldest son “Trey” was completing the requirements for the Gold Medal of Achievement in Royal Rangers, equivalent to

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Mellie Zimmerman’s Wash Day Accident

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My great grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman married three times. After a couple of months marriage to Victoria Harris during 1897 in Franklin County, मिसौरी, Parker moved to Bollinger County, Missouri to be closer to his family. His parents, Samuel and Sarah Zimmerman, lived in Dongola, Bollinger, मिसौरी. मार्च पर 31, 1902, 27-year-old Parker married his second wife, 22-year-old Mellie Bollinger.

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सेंट. Louis Holidays With The Mosblechs

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Mosblechs एक नियम के रूप में बहुत बड़े परिवारों की है. मेरे परदादा एडवर्ड Mosblech बारह बच्चों में से एक था. एडवर्ड चौदह बच्चे थे और अपने भाइयों क्रमशः बारह और तेरह बच्चों की थी. मैं अभी तक अन्य दो परिवारों का आकार सत्यापित करने में सक्षम नहीं किया गया है, both Mom and I remember it the same way. Grandma Ellis had

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F.W. Johannpeter and 1883 Bar Incident

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फ्रेडरिक विलियम Johannpeter (1839 – 1915) was my second great grandfather on my mother’s side. He died 4 months before the birth of his grandson, गिल्बर्ट पी. एलिस, who was my grandfather. Since he died before my grandfather was born, I had very limited information on him, when I started researching the family history. Grandpa didn’t have any verbal history

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Julius W. Johannpeter, एयर पायनियर

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My grandfather’s first cousin, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, सेंट में से एक था. लुइस’ airplane pioneers. जूलियस, जो के रूप में परिवार में जाना जाता था “बदमाशों”, मध्य 1920 के दशक में एयर नेशनल गार्ड में शामिल हो गए. उन्होंने कहा कि एक लेफ्टिनेंट के रूप में कमीशन किया जाएगा. Julius flew planes for both the military and civilian air corps. Most of the men in his unit, which included Charles

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151 सेंट. Louisians Wed on Thanksgiving

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The Missouri record for issuing marriage licenses in one day was broken on Wednesday, नवंबर 23, 1904 द्वारा 151 couples in St. लुइस, who wanted to tie the knot on Thanksgiving Day 1904. The previous one day record was 117 couples set in St. Louis prior to Thanksgiving 1903. The Justice of the Peace, R.J. Carroll, set up shop in

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Rose Elker Slaps a Masher

एडवर्ड-मागदालेना और परिवार

Rosa or Rose Elker was born in St. Louis on February 5, 1890. Aunt Rose was my great-grandmother, Magdalena Elker’s, youngest sister. शनिवार को, सितंबर 22, 1906, the 16-year-old Rose was walking to her job at the Plows Candy Factory in St. लुइस. Aunt Rose was walking about 8 am in the morning, when she started to cross the 18th

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1909 – पार्कर Zimmerman के लिए बुरा साल

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1909 शायद पार्कर Lonzo Bator Zimmerman की जिंदगी का सबसे बुरा साल था. वह अपने दस माह की बेटी आईडीए मई Zimmerman और उसकी दूसरी पत्नी Mellie बोलिंगर Zimmerman दोनों खो दिया. केप Giraurdeau तूफान में पार्कर की मौत से पहले 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909

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The 14 Mosblechs

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हाल ही में, I was searching for information about my Great Uncle Francis’ marriage to my Great Aunt Rosemary Kalt. What I discovered was an unexpected genealogy treasure, a picture in the July 5 सेंट का संस्करण. Louis Star-Times of my great grandparents and 12 की 14 Mosblech children. I had never seen a picture of my great grandparents, Eduard

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Ollie J. ज़िम्मरमैन (1906 – 1977)

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Ollie J. Zimmerman was the third son born to my great-grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman and his second wife Mollie Bollinger. Ollie and his twin sister Dollie were born on either April 27, 1906 or April 27, 1907. Since Ollie’s headstone says “1906”, I’m going with April 27, 1906 as his birthdate. में 1909, Ollie would lose his mother, जब Mellie

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