Mellie Zimmermanin pesupäivän onnettomuus

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Isoisoisäni Parker L. Zimmerman naimisissa kolme kertaa. Muutaman kuukauden avioliiton jälkeen Victoria Harrisin kanssa 1897 Franklinin piirikunnassa, Missouri, Parker muutti Bollingerin piirikuntaan, Missouri olla lähempänä perhettään. Hänen vanhempansa, Samuel ja Sarah Zimmerman, asui Dongolassa, Bollinger, Missouri. Maaliskuun 31, 1902, 27-vuotias Parker meni naimisiin toisen vaimonsa kanssa, 22-vuotta vanha Mellie Bollinger.

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1909 – Huono vuosi Parker Zimmerman

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1909 oli luultavasti huonoin vuosi Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman elämää. Hän menetti molemmat hänen kymmenen kuukautta vanha tytär Ida toukokuuta Zimmerman ja hänen toinen vaimonsa Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Ennen Parkerin kuoleman Cape Giraurdeau Tornado of 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909

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Ollie J. Zimmerman (1906 – 1977)

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Ollie J. Zimmerman was the third son born to my great-grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman and his second wife Mollie Bollinger. Ollie and his twin sister Dollie were born on either April 27, 1906 or April 27, 1907. Since Ollie’s headstone says “1906”, I’m going with April 27, 1906 as his birthdate. Sisään 1909, Ollie would lose his mother, kun Mellie

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Hattie May Story (1896 – 1917)

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My great grandmother Lydia Margaret “Dollie” Story Zimmerman’s youngest sister Hattie May Story was born on August 20, 1896. Hattie was Dollie’s half-sister as she was the daughter of George Washington Story and his second wife Margaret Sweat. Dollie’s mother was George Story’s first wife Malinda Davis. Hattien äiti Margaret joko kuoli synnyttäessään Hattien tai menehtyi

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George Washington Story (1843 – 1903)

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My second great-grandfather George Washington Story was born in August 1843 to Gilford Dudley Story and his second wife Nancy Jane Story nee Womack. George was born in Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Illinois, USA. He was the fourth of Dudley’s and Nancy’s nine children. George Washington Story married his first wife and my second great-grandmother Malinda Davis on November 26, 1863,

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Amanda Isabelle “Mandy” Tarina

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Many Zimmermans always believed my great-grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman was married five times. Kuitenkin, Parker was married three times to Victoria Harris, Mellie Bollinger and Lydia Margaret “Dollie” Tarina. It was actually Parker’ sister-in-law Amanda Isabelle “Mandy” Tarina, who was married five times. Mandy was born in Illinois on July 16, 1877 to George Washington Story and Malinda Davis although

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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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