Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter Kimker

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. Louis, 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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Robert Harold “Harry” Zimmerman (1911-1936)

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ພໍ່​ຕູ້​ຂອງ​ຂ້າ​ພະ​ເຈົ້າ​ເປີດ​ເຜີຍ O. Zimmerman’s oldest brother was Robert Harold “Harry” Zimmerman. They had a four older half-brothers and sisters and a deceased half-sister but Harry was the first child of Parker L. Zimmerman ແລະ​ພັນ​ລະ​ຍາ​ຂອງ Dolly ລາວ​ທີ​ສາມ. ພໍ່​ຕູ້​ຈະ​ເກີດ​ມາ​ເດືອນ​ພຶດ​ສະ​ພາ 28, 1913. Harry is a bit of a mystery as he died around the

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

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Julius Johannpeter (1875-1961)

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Julius “Uncle Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, 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 “<ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "342​" bbox_y = "1060​" bbox_w = "24​" bbox_h = "20​" fsize fweight = "14​" = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ​ສີ​ຟ້າ = "210​" = "31​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = "” <ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "375​" bbox_y = "1060​" bbox_w = "80​" bbox_h = "20​" fsize fweight = "14​" = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ​ສີ​ຟ້າ = "210​" = "31​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = ", 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, he could hang out of his exersaucer and pick up his toys off

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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 ນາ​ທີ

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Happy Birthday Grandpa

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Today would have been my maternal grandfather Gilbert P. Ellis’ 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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Customer Service Lessons from Grandpa

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ໃນ​ທ້າຍ​ຊຸມ​ປີ 1990, ພໍ່​ຕູ້​ຂອງ​ຂ້າ​ພະ​ເຈົ້າ, Gilbert Ellis, ໄດ້​ດໍາ​ລົງ​ຊີ​ວິດ​ກັບ​ປ້າ Maureen ແລະ​ລຸງ Dale ຂອງ​ຂ້າ​ພະ​ເຈົ້າ. ພວກ​ເຂົາ​ເຈົ້າ​ໄດ້​ຕັດ​ສິນ​ໃຈ​ທີ່​ຈະ​ໃຫ້​ມີ​ຂະ​ຫນາດ​ໃຫຍ່ garage / ຫຼົ່ນ​ລົງ​ການ​ຕິດ​ຕັ້ງ, ດັ່ງ​ນັ້ນ​ພໍ່​ຕູ້​ແລະ​ລຸງ​ຂອງ​ຂ້າ​ພະ​ເຈົ້າ​ຈະ​ມີ​ກອງ​ປະ​ຊຸມ. ພວກ​ເຂົາ​ເຈົ້າ​ໄດ້​ຫຼົ່ນ​ລົງ​ສະ​ແລະ​ມີ​ສ່ວນ​ຮ່ວມ​ຂອງ​ບໍ​ລິ​ສັດ​ໄຟ​ຟ້າ​ທ້ອງ​ຖິ່ນ​ເພື່ອ​ດໍາ​ເນີນ​ການ​ໄຟ​ຟ້າ​ກອງ​ປະ​ຊຸມ. Uncle Dale had to run some errands on

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