George Washington Story (1843 – 1903)

Amanda-und-George-Steen

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” Geschichte

Amanda-und-George-Steen

Many Zimmermans always believed my great-grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman was married five times. Jedoch, Parker was married three times to Victoria Harris, Mellie Bollinger and Lydia Margaret “Dollie” Geschichte. It was actually Parker’ sister-in-law Amanda Isabelle “Mandy” Geschichte, who was married five times. Mandy was born in Illinois on July 16, 1877 an George Washington Story und Malinda Davis

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Marie H. "Babe" Johannpeter Kimker

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. Louis, Missouri on June 17, 1903. “Babe” was the second child and first daughter born to my second great-uncle Julius “Onkel Jules” Johannpeter and his wife Bertha Johannpeter nee Horst. My grandfather Gilbert Ellis spent a lot of his time with Uncle Jules family, while he was growing up. Grandpa Ellis’ father

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Robert Harold “Harry” Zimmerman (1911-1936)

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Mein Großvater 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 und seine dritte Frau Dolly. Großvater geboren werden sollte Mai 28, 1913. Harry ist ein bisschen rätselhaft, da er um die herum starb

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Julius Johannpeter (1875-1961)

Johannpeter-Familie

Julius “Onkel Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Onkel Jules” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “Lee” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee stand vor der Herausforderung, ihren zweijährigen Sohn Gilbert als Single großzuziehen

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John Riley Collects Poll Tax

John-Riley-Umfragesteuerbuch

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. Einer der Mechanismen, die Regierungen nutzen, um Straßengebühren zu erheben

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Customer Service Lessons from Grandpa

Opa-Ellis-1999

In den späten 1990er Jahren, mein Großvater, Gilbert Ellis, war mit meiner Tante und Onkel Maureen Dale leben. Sie hatten beschlossen zu haben, eine große Garage / Schuppen installiert, so Opa und mein Onkel würde eine Werkstatt haben. Sie hatten den Schuppen zusammengesetzt und einen lokalen Elektrofirma engagiert, um Strom in die Werkstatt laufen. Uncle Dale had to run some errands on

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St. Louis Holidays With The Mosblechs

200-Block-of-Schirmer

Die Mosblechs haben sehr große Familien in der Regel. Mein Urgroßvater Eduard Mosblech war eines von zwölf Kindern. Eduard hatte vierzehn Kinder und seine Brüder hatte zwölf und dreizehn Kinder bzw.. Ich habe zwar noch nicht in der Lage, die Größe der beiden anderen Familien überprüfen, sowohl Mama und ich erinnere mich, es ist die gleiche Art und Weise. Grandma Ellis had

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Herman Johannpeter (1878 – 1921)

Johannpeter-Familie

When I started researching the family history, I only knew about two of my great-grandmother Caroline “Lee” Ellis’ nee Johannpeter’s siblings. My grandfather told me a lot about his Uncle “Jules”, Julius Johannpeter. Grandpa lived with Uncle Jules from the time he left Missouri Military Academy in 1932 until he married my grandmother, Alvina Ellis nee Mosblech in 1938. Opa

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