L'accident du jour de lessive de Mellie Zimmerman

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Mon arrière-grand-père Parker L.. Zimmerman s'est marié trois fois. Après quelques mois de mariage avec Victoria Harris pendant 1897 dans le comté de Franklin, Missouri, Parker a déménagé dans le comté de Bollinger, Le Missouri veut se rapprocher de sa famille. Ses parents, Samuel et Sarah Zimmerman, vivait à Dongola, Bollinger, Missouri. Sur Mars 31, 1902, 27-Parker, âgé d'un an, a épousé sa deuxième femme, 22-Mellie Bollinger, 1 an.

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1909 – Une mauvaise année pour Parker Zimmerman

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1909 était probablement la pire année de la vie de Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman. Il a perdu à la fois son vieux dix mois fille Ida May Zimmerman et sa seconde épouse Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Avant la mort de Parker dans le Giraurdeau Tornado cap de 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. Dans 1909, Ollie would lose his mother, quand Mellie

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Gilford Dudley Story (1797-1870)

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Gilford Dudley Story (1797 – 1870) is my third great-grandfather. There are six generations between the two of us. J'ai récemment pu trouver des informations sur la famille Story, one of the branches of the family my research had not turned up as much information on. Pendant des années,, Je n'ai pas pu retrouver mon arrière-grand-mère Dollie Zimmerman, née

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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. Hattie’s mother Margaret either died in giving birth to Hattie or passed away

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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” Histoire

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Many Zimmermans always believed my great-grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman was married five times. Cependant, Parker was married three times to Victoria Harris, Mellie Bollinger and Lydia Margaret “Dollie” Histoire. It was actually Parker’ sister-in-law Amanda Isabelle “Mandy” Histoire, 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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Robert Harold “Harry” Zimmerman (1911-1936)

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Mon grand-père Frank 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 et sa troisième épouse Dolly. Grand-père serait né mai 28, 1913. Harry is a bit of a mystery as he died around the

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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. L'un des mécanismes utilisés par les gouvernements pour collecter les redevances routières

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