Nesreća na dan pranja Mellie Zimmerman

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Moj pradjed Parker L. Zimmerman se ženio tri puta. Nakon par mjeseci braka s Victorijom Harris tijekom 1897 u okrugu Franklin, Missouri, Parker se preselio u Bollinger County, Missouri kako bi bio bliže svojoj obitelji. Njegovi roditelji, Samuel i Sarah Zimmerman, živio u Dongoli, Bollinger, Missouri. Na ožujka 31, 1902, 27-godišnji Parker oženio se svojom drugom ženom, 22-godišnja Mellie Bollinger.

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1909 – Loša godina za Parker Zimmerman

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1909 je vjerojatno najgora godina Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman života. On je ostao bez deset mjeseci staru kćer Ida May Zimmerman i svoju drugu suprugu Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Prije Parkera smrti u Cape Giraurdeau tornado 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. Mogu samo zamisliti kako je teško 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. U 1909, Ollie would lose his mother, kada 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. 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” Priča

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Many Zimmermans always believed my great-grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman was married five times. Međutim, Parker was married three times to Victoria Harris, Mellie Bollinger and Lydia Margaret “Dollie” Priča. It was actually Parker’ sister-in-law Amanda Isabelle “Mandy” Priča, 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. Jedan od mehanizama koje su države koristile za prikupljanje naknada za ceste

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