קאַמבאַט ספּאָרט היסטאריקער און מאַרשאַל קינסטלער
Posts about my paternal lineage, the Deweese and Zimmerman families.
My great grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman married three times. After a couple of months marriage to Victoria Harris during 1897 in Franklin County, מאַזעראַ, Parker moved to Bollinger County, Missouri to be closer to his family. His parents, Samuel and Sarah Zimmerman, lived in Dongola, Bollinger, מאַזעראַ. אויף מאַרץ 31, 1902, 27-year-old Parker married his second wife, 22-year-old Mellie Bollinger.
1909 איז מיסטאָמע די ערגסט יאָר פון פּאַרקער לאָנזאָ באַטאָר זימערמאַן ס לעבן. ער פאַרפאַלן ביידע זיין צען חודש אַלט טאָכטער ידאַ מייַ זימערמאַן און זיין רגע פרוי מעלי באַלינגער זימערמאַן. איידער פּאַרקער ס טויט אין די קאַפּע גיראַורדעאַו טאָרנאַדאָ פון 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. איך קענען בלויז ימאַדזשאַן ווי שווער 1909
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. אין 1909, Ollie would lose his mother, ווען מעליע
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. פֿאַר יאָרן, I could not find my great-grandmother Dollie Zimmerman nee
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. האַטי ס מוטער מאַרגאַרעט אָדער געשטארבן אין געבורט צו האַטי אָדער געשטארבן
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, יללינאָיס, 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,
Many Zimmermans always believed my great-grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman was married five times. אָבער, 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 צו George Washington Story און Malinda Davis כאָטש
מיין זיידע פראַנק אָ. זימערמאַן ס אָולדאַסט ברודער איז ראבערט האַראָלד “פּלאָגן” זימערמאַן. זיי האבן אַ פיר עלטער האַלב-ברידער און שוועסטער און אַ פאַרשטאָרבן האַלב-שוועסטער אָבער הארי איז דער ערשטער קינד פון פּאַרקער ל. זימערמאַן און זיין דריט פרוי דאַלי. גראַנדפּאַ וואָלט זיין געבוירן מייַ 28, 1913. Harry is a bit of a mystery as he died around the
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. איינער פון די מעקאַניזאַמז גאַווערמאַנץ געניצט צו זאַמלען פיז פֿאַר וועג
מיין גרויס זיידע פּאַרקער איז די קאָרבן פון איינער פון די גרעסטן נאַטירלעך דיזאַסטערז צו שלאָגן קאַפּע גיראַרדעאַו, מאָ, די 1949 טאָרנאַדאָ. עס שלאָגן די שטאָט אויף שבת, מייַ 21, 1949 בייַ 06:54 פּ.ם. דורך 7:00 פּיעם, פּאַרקער זימערמאַן איז געווען טויט אין 74 יאָרן פון עלטער. I always found my great grandfather interesting because he led such a varied life