Herman Johannpeter (1878 – 1921)

Thaum kuv pib researching tsev neeg keeb kwm, Kuv tsuas paub txog ob tug uas kuv great-pog Caroline “Hli” Ellis’ kwvtij nee Johannpeter. Kuv yawg hais rau kuv heev txog nws cov dab laug “Jules”, Julius Johannpeter. Yawg nyob nrog tus txiv hlob Jules los ntawm lub sijhawm nws tshuav Missouri tub rog Academy hauv 1932 txog thaum nws yuav kuv pog, Alvina Ellis nee Mosblech hauv 1938.

Yawg tseem tham txog tus muam yawm Grandma Marie Robinson nee Johannpeter. Phauj Marie yog yawm Grandma qhov nus muag tab sis yawg txog nws rau nws saj cov txiv neej txom nyem. Phauj Marie yog yawm Grandma tus tub txib of yawm, Thaum twg poj Grandma yuav yawg, William P. Ellis, nyob rau hauv 1912. Cov tsev neeg tsis kam lawv yuav vim tias William yog cov Irish thiab yawm Grandma tsev neeg yog German. Tsis muaj leej twg tau paub Grandma zoo kawg thiab ho ua li cas.

Ua tau zoo kawg thiab Grandma muaj yim kwvtij. Nws tus tij laug Herman, leej twg yog peb xyoos nyoog Grandma poj, Nws yog ib tug ntawm cov kwvtij uas kuv tsis paub txog keeb xeeb. Kuv sab nws nyob rau hauv daim Birth Certificate tuag Missouri Secretary of State npe.

Ntawm nws daim ntawv pov thawj kev tuag, Kuv kawm Herman, tus yawg ntsuag, muab nws lub neej nyob hauv 1921. Saib rau ntawm daim ntawv pov tuag, Kuv sab nws tus poj niam Alice ntawm dhau deb ntawm koj lub plawv nres rau lub rau hli ntuj 17, 1916 lawv nyob, 4026 Thos txoj kev. Nws raug tus mob no mam li nco dheev txog 2:00 PM rau lub rau hli ntuj 17th. Yug los txog rau lub Xya hli ntuj 28, 1880, Alice tsuas me ntsis yog li ib hli dhau los ntawm nws lub hnub yug 36th.

Kuv figured Herman ntawd despondent tsis tau ntawm nws tus poj niam thiab muab nws lub neej li 5 xyoo tom qab. Vim Jules tus txiv hlob ntawd qhov informant daim Birth certificate tuag, Kuv assumed nws nrhiav tau nws thaum nws mus xyuas nws tom qab tsev neeg tsis tau hnov los ntawm Herman.

Txawm li cas los, I recently found the St. Louis Dispatch tom qab shared a short blurb about his suicide. Nqi ntawv xov xwm feem ntau txajmuag kom deb ntawm lwm qhov kev pab los ntawm suicides, tiam sis yog invaluable uas muab ib tug narrative tseeb no blurb.

Ua ntej, Kuv kawm Herman thiab Alice muaj ib tug ntxhais hu ua Melba. Melba kaum tsib xyoos laus thaum lub sij hawm muab nws yug xyoo puag ncig 1906. Tom qab Melba tau ncaim mus kev lawm rau lub tsev kawm ntawv, Herman took a revolver from a drawer and shot himself in his room.

Herman tsis nyob ntawm txiv ntxawm Jules, tiam sis nws niam tais, Kate Renfro, uas nws thiab Melba nrog tom qab Alice lub tsheb. Mrs. Renfro nyob rau 4032 N. Grand Avenue. Mrs. Hu rau lub tsheb thauj neeg mob Renfro, thaum nws hnov tau txhaj tshuaj tag rau 8:30 AM. Nws twb lig dhau lawm ho. Herman rau cov nroog tsev kho mob nyob ib ncig ntawm tuag 1:45 PM.

Herman yug rau hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 4, 1878 thiab yog 43 xyoo uas muaj hnub nyoog lub sij hawm nws tag sim neej. Herman tuag mus ib zaug xwb gunshot qhov txhab kom taub hau. Despondent hla tsis tau nws tus poj niam thiab nws txoj hauj lwm uas tsev tsheb, Herman tua nws tus kheej tom qab tau mus ua hauj lwm ib pliag. Herman yog ib tug neeg ntoo zoo ib yam li nws txiv Frederick William thiab kwv txiv ntxawm Jules tab sis seemed los muaj coob vam cia txog kev nrhiav haujlwm.

It is fortunate, when you find a newspaper article like this one because it cleared up several mysteries around Herman’s death. Leej twg los, leej twg yuav tau qhia kuv paub tias muaj dabtsi tshwmsim rau txiv ntxawm Herman, tau ntev thaum kis rau lawv tus kheej. Qhia me ntsis khoom yog thaum cov khoom muaj nqis rau genealogists thiab cov historians.

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