Marie H. „Бабе” Јоханпетер Кимкер

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. Лоуис, Missouri on June 17, 1903. “Babe” was the second child and first daughter born to my second great-uncle Julius “Ујка Јулес” 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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Роберт Харолд “Harry” Цимерман (1911-1936)

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Мој деда Френк о. Zimmerman’s oldest brother was Robert Harold “Harry” Цимерман. They had a four older half-brothers and sisters and a deceased half-sister but Harry was the first child of Parker L. Цимерман и његова трећа жена Доли. Деда ће бити рођен маја 28, 1913. Хари је помало мистерија док је умро око

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Цард Нигхт ат Еллис Хоме

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У касним 1960-их и раних 1970-, моји баба и деда се користи да буде домаћин месечну партију картице са три баке Еллис’ сестре и њихови мужеви. Стриц Тони и тетка Агнес Гираудо, 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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Септембар 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. Лоуис’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. Свети. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. Лоуис’ South

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Julius Johannpeter (1875-1961)

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Јулије “Ујка Јулес” Johannpeter was born in St. Чарлс, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Ујка Јулес” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “Ли” 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. Један од механизама који су владе користиле за наплату путарине

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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 записник

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Happy Birthday Grandpa

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Today would have been my maternal grandfather Gilbert P. Елис’ 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. Деда Елис је одржавао физичку

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Customer Service Lessons from Grandpa

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In the late 1990s, my grandfather, Gilbert Ellis, was living with my Aunt Maureen and Uncle Dale. They had decided to have a large garage/shed installed, so Grandpa and my uncle would have a workshop. They had the shed assembled and engaged a local electrical company to run electricity to the workshop. Uncle Dale had to run some errands on

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