Aksidente sa Araw ng Paghuhugas ni Mellie Zimmerman

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Ang aking lolo sa tuhod na si Parker L. Tatlong beses na ikinasal si Zimmerman. Pagkatapos ng ilang buwang kasal kay Victoria Harris noong 1897 sa Franklin County, Ilog ng Misuri, Lumipat si Parker sa Bollinger County, Missouri upang maging mas malapit sa kanyang pamilya. Magulang niya, Samuel at Sarah Zimmerman, nanirahan sa Dongola, Bollinger, Ilog ng Misuri. Sa Marso 31, 1902, 27-ikinasal ang taong gulang na si Parker sa kanyang pangalawang asawa, 22-taong gulang na si Mellie Bollinger.

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1909 – Ang isang Bad Taon Para sa Parker Zimmerman

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1909 noon ay marahil ang pinakamasama taon ng buhay Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman ni. Nawala niya ang kanyang kapwa sampung buwan lumang anak na babae Ida Mayo Zimmerman at sa kanyang ikalawang asawa Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Bago kamatayan Parker sa ang Cape Giraurdeau Buhawi ng 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. Sa 1909, Ollie would lose his mother, kapag si 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. I have just recently been able to find information on the Story family, one of the branches of the family my research had not turned up as much information on. Para sa mga taon, I could not find my great-grandmother Dollie Zimmerman nee

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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. Ang ina ni Hattie na si Margaret ay maaaring namatay sa panganganak kay Hattie o namatay

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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” Kuwento

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Many Zimmermans always believed my great-grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman was married five times. Gayunman, Parker was married three times to Victoria Harris, Mellie Bollinger and Lydia Margaret “Dollie” Kuwento. It was actually Parker’ sister-in-law Amanda Isabelle “Mandy” Kuwento, 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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Ang aking lolo 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 at ang kanyang ikatlong asawa Dolly. Ay ipinanganak Grandpa Mayo 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. One of the mechanisms governments used to collect fees for road

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Parker Zimmerman at ang Buhawi ng 1949

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Aking mga mahusay na lolo Parker ay ang biktima ng isa sa pinakamalaking natural na sakuna na matumbok Cape Girardeau, MO, ang 1949 buhawi. Pindutin Ito ang lungsod sa Sabado, Mayo 21, 1949 sa 06:54 p.m. Sa pamamagitan ng 7:00 gabi, Parker Zimmerman ay patay na sa 74 taong gulang. I always found my great grandfather interesting because he led such a varied life

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