Marie H. «Крихітка» Йоганнпетер Кімкер

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. Луїс, 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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Роберт Гарольд “Harry” Циммерман (1911-1936)

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My grandfather Frank O. Zimmerman’s oldest brother was Robert Harold “Harry” Циммерман. They had a four older half-brothers and sisters and a deceased half-sister but Harry was the first child of Parker L. Zimmerman and his third wife Dolly. Grandpa would be born May 28, 1913. Гаррі є трохи загадкою, оскільки він помер навколо

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Card Night at the Ellis Home

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Наприкінці 1960-х і початку 1970-х, мої бабуся і дідусь, використовуваний для розміщення щомісячний партквиток з трьома бабуся Ellis’ сестри і їхні чоловіки. Дядя Тоні і тітка Агнес Giraudo, Дядя Оскар і тітка Дороті Фон Берг разом з дядьком мистецтва і тітка Бетті Clemmings приєднається Бабуся і дідусь грати Pinochle. Each family would host one

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Ghost of the Old Castle

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Вересень 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. Луїс’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. Санкт-. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. Луїс’ 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 “Подветренний” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Перед Лі виникло завдання виховувати свого дворічного сина Гілберта як самотню

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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, він міг висіти з тарілочки та збирати свої іграшки

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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. Один із механізмів, який уряд використовував для збору плати за дороги

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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 хвилин

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Happy Birthday Grandpa

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Today would have been my maternal grandfather Gilbert P. Елліс’ 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. Дідусь Елліс підтримував свою фізичну форму

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Уроки обслуговування клієнтів від дідуся

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Наприкінці 1990-х, мій дід, Гілберт Елліс, жив з моєю тіткою Морін і дядько Дейл. Вони вирішили встановлений великий гараж / сарай, так дідусь і мій дядько доведеться семінар. 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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