Mellie Zimmerman’s Wash Day Accident

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My great grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman married three times. After a couple of months marriage to Victoria Harris during 1897 in Franklin County, Missouri, Parker moved to Bollinger County, Missouri to be closer to his family. His parents, Samuel and Sarah Zimmerman, lived in Dongola, Bollinger, Missouri. Vào ngày 31, 1902, 27-year-old Parker married his second wife, 22-year-old Mellie Bollinger.

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1909 – Một năm Bad Đối với Parker Zimmerman

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1909 có lẽ là năm tồi tệ nhất của cuộc sống Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman. Ông bị mất cả hai đứa con gái mười tháng tuổi của ông Ida May Zimmerman và người vợ thứ hai Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Trước khi chết của Parker trong Cape Giraurdeau Tornado của 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. Trong 1909, Ollie would lose his mother, when 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. Trong nhiều năm qua, 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. 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” Story

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Many Zimmermans always believed my great-grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman was married five times. Tuy nhiên, Parker was married three times to Victoria Harris, Mellie Bollinger and Lydia Margaret “Dollie” Story. It was actually Parker’ sister-in-law Amanda Isabelle “Mandy” Story, 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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Ông nội của tôi 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 và người vợ thứ ba của ông Dolly. Ông nội sẽ được sinh ra tháng 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 và Tornado của 1949

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Ông nội lớn của tôi Parker là nạn nhân của một trong những thảm họa tự nhiên lớn nhất để đạt Cape Girardeau, MO, các 1949 cơn lốc xoáy. Nó tấn công thành phố vào ngày thứ Bảy, Có thể 21, 1949 khi 06:54 p.m. Qua 7:00 tội, Parker Zimmerman đã chết tại 74 tuổi. I always found my great grandfather interesting because he led such a varied life

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