L'incidente del giorno di lavaggio di Mellie Zimmerman

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Il mio bisnonno Parker L. Zimmerman si è sposato tre volte. Dopo un paio di mesi il matrimonio con Victoria Harris durante 1897 nella contea di Franklin, Missouri, Parker si trasferì nella contea di Bollinger, Missouri per essere più vicino alla sua famiglia. I suoi genitori, Samuel e Sarah Zimmermann, viveva a Dongola, Bollinger, Missouri. In marzo 31, 1902, 27-Parker, un anno, sposò la sua seconda moglie, 22-Mellie Bollinger, un anno.

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1909 – Un brutto anno per Parker Zimmerman

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1909 è stato probabilmente l'anno peggiore della vita di Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman. Ha perso entrambi i suoi dieci mesi figlia Ida May Zimmerman e la sua seconda moglie Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Prima della morte di Parker nel Capo Giraurdeau Tornado di 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. In 1909, Ollie would lose his mother, quando 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. Proprio di recente sono riuscito a trovare informazioni sulla famiglia Story, one of the branches of the family my research had not turned up as much information on. Per anni, Non sono riuscita a trovare la mia bisnonna Dollie Zimmerman, nata

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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. La madre di Hattie, Margaret, morì dando alla luce Hattie oppure morì

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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” Storia

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

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My grandfather 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 and his third wife Dolly. Grandpa would be born May 28, 1913. Harry è un po' un mistero poiché è morto in giro

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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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