Marie H. "बेब" जोहानपीटर किमकर

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. लुइस, Missouri on June 17, 1903. “Babe” was the second child and first daughter born to my second great-uncle Julius “Uncle Jules” Johannpeter and his wife Bertha Johannpeter nee Horst. My grandfather Gilbert Ellis spent a lot of his time with Uncle Jules family, while he was growing up. Grandpa Ellis’ father

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रॉबर्ट हेरोल्ड “Harry” ज़िम्मरमैन (1911-1936)

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मेरे दादा फ्रैंक ओ. Zimmerman’s oldest brother was Robert Harold “Harry” ज़िम्मरमैन. They had a four older half-brothers and sisters and a deceased half-sister but Harry was the first child of Parker L. Zimmerman और उनकी तीसरी पत्नी डॉली. दादा जी का जन्म होगा मई 28, 1913. हैरी थोड़ा रहस्यमय है क्योंकि उसकी मृत्यु आसपास हुई थी

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Card Night at the Ellis Home

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In the late 1960s and early 1970s, my grandparents used to host a monthly card party with three of Grandma Ellis’ sisters and their husbands. Uncle Tony and Aunt Agnes Giraudo, Uncle Oscar and Aunt Dorothy Von Berg along with Uncle Art and Aunt Betty Clemmings would join Grandma and Grandpa to play Pinochle. Each family would host one

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Ghost of the Old Castle

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On September 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. लुइस’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. सेंट. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. लुइस’ South

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Julius Johannpeter (1875-1961)

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जूलियस “Uncle Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. चार्ल्स, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Uncle Jules” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “ली” 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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Happy Birthday, Kenneth!

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My oldest son Kenneth will turn 18 this week. It is hard for me to believe he is a grown man already. It seems like five years ago he was a little guy running around and climbing on everything. When he was less than a year old, वह अपने exersaucer से बाहर लटका और बंद अपने खिलौनों लेने सकता है

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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. One of the mechanisms governments used to collect fees for road

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Happy Birthday, Caleb!

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This week my youngest son Caleb turns 16. I can’t believe it has been 16 years since I saw and held him for the first time. Caleb was the baby and waited until he had a good meal at Red Lobster before making his appearance in the world. When he was ready though, he didn’t wait around. He was born 40 मिनट

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Happy Birthday Grandpa

दादाजी-एलिस-1999

Today would have been my maternal grandfather Gilbert P. एलिस’ 100th birthday. Grandpa Ellis only lived to 85 but he imparted 100 years worth of wisdom into the 32 years I knew him. I could write books about him but am going to focus today’s post on how he inspired me by refusing to grow old. Grandpa Ellis maintained his physical

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दादाजी से ग्राहक सेवा सबक

दादाजी-एलिस-1999

1990 के दशक में, मेरे दादा, गिल्बर्ट एलिस, मेरी चाची मॉरीन और चाचा डेल के साथ रह रहा था. वे एक बड़े गेराज / शेड स्थापित करने का निर्णय लिया था, इसलिए दादा और मेरे चाचा एक कार्यशाला होगा. वे बहाने जमा हुए थे और कार्यशाला के लिए बिजली को चलाने के लिए एक स्थानीय बिजली कंपनी लगी हुई. Uncle Dale had to run some errands on

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