Julius Johann Peter (1875-1961)

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Julius “Oncle Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Oncle Jules” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “Lee” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee had the challenge of raising her two-year-old son Gilbert as a single

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John Riley Collects Poll Tax

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My second great-grandfather John Riley Deweese served as Welch Township Republican Committee Chairman in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri for most of his adult life. Besides holding party caucuses in his home, John Riley served as Road Commissioner in the 1910s. Residents mostly traversed the roads by horse and buggy. L'un des mécanismes utilisés par les gouvernements pour collecter les redevances routières

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Leçons de service client de grand-père

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À la fin des années 1990, mon grand-père, Gilbert Ellis, vivait avec ma tante Maureen et oncle Dale. Ils avaient décidé d'avoir un grand garage / hangar installé, si le grand-papa et mon oncle aurait un atelier. Ils avaient le hangar assemblé et engagés une entreprise locale électrique pour exécuter l'électricité à l'atelier. Uncle Dale had to run some errands on

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