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ທີ່ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່, grandma, grandpa, Ellis

Weeks ago, I was looking for a copy of Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott from my grandfather’s old library. Grandpa Gilbert P. Ellis had a library that he gave me in the early 1990s. These books and his desk are treasures that will stay with me until the day I die. As a kid, I used to sit in his

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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” ບົດ

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Many Zimmermans always believed my great-grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman was married five times. ຢ່າງ​ໃດ​ກໍ​ຕາມ, Parker was married three times to Victoria Harris, Mellie Bollinger and Lydia Margaret “Dollie” ບົດ. It was actually Parker’ sister-in-law Amanda Isabelle “Mandy” ບົດ, who was married five times. Mandy was born in Illinois on July 16, 1877 ເຖິງ​ແມ່ນ​ວ່າ George Washington Story ແລະ 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 “Uncle 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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ພໍ່​ຕູ້​ຂອງ​ຂ້າ​ພະ​ເຈົ້າ​ເປີດ​ເຜີຍ 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 ແລະ​ພັນ​ລະ​ຍາ​ຂອງ Dolly ລາວ​ທີ​ສາມ. ພໍ່​ຕູ້​ຈະ​ເກີດ​ມາ​ເດືອນ​ພຶດ​ສະ​ພາ 28, 1913. Harry is a bit of a mystery as he died around the

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Julius Johannpeter (1875-1961)

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Julius “Uncle Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Uncle Jules” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “<ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "342​" bbox_y = "1060​" bbox_w = "24​" bbox_h = "20​" fsize fweight = "14​" = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ​ສີ​ຟ້າ = "210​" = "31​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = "” <ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "375​" bbox_y = "1060​" bbox_w = "80​" bbox_h = "20​" fsize fweight = "14​" = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ​ສີ​ຟ້າ = "210​" = "31​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = ", my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee had the challenge of raising her two-year-old son Gilbert as a single

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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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Customer Service Lessons from Grandpa

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ໃນ​ທ້າຍ​ຊຸມ​ປີ 1990, ພໍ່​ຕູ້​ຂອງ​ຂ້າ​ພະ​ເຈົ້າ, Gilbert Ellis, ໄດ້​ດໍາ​ລົງ​ຊີ​ວິດ​ກັບ​ປ້າ Maureen ແລະ​ລຸງ Dale ຂອງ​ຂ້າ​ພະ​ເຈົ້າ. ພວກ​ເຂົາ​ເຈົ້າ​ໄດ້​ຕັດ​ສິນ​ໃຈ​ທີ່​ຈະ​ໃຫ້​ມີ​ຂະ​ຫນາດ​ໃຫຍ່ garage / ຫຼົ່ນ​ລົງ​ການ​ຕິດ​ຕັ້ງ, ດັ່ງ​ນັ້ນ​ພໍ່​ຕູ້​ແລະ​ລຸງ​ຂອງ​ຂ້າ​ພະ​ເຈົ້າ​ຈະ​ມີ​ກອງ​ປະ​ຊຸມ. ພວກ​ເຂົາ​ເຈົ້າ​ໄດ້​ຫຼົ່ນ​ລົງ​ສະ​ແລະ​ມີ​ສ່ວນ​ຮ່ວມ​ຂອງ​ບໍ​ລິ​ສັດ​ໄຟ​ຟ້າ​ທ້ອງ​ຖິ່ນ​ເພື່ອ​ດໍາ​ເນີນ​ການ​ໄຟ​ຟ້າ​ກອງ​ປະ​ຊຸມ. Uncle Dale had to run some errands on

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<ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "925​" bbox_y = "1976​" bbox_w = "13​" bbox_h = "19​" fsize = "13​" fweight = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ = "255​" ສີ​ຟ້າ = "255​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = ". Louis Holidays With The Mosblechs

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Mosblechs ມີ​ຄອບ​ຄົວ​ຂະ​ຫນາດ​ໃຫຍ່​ຫຼາຍ​ເປັນ​ລະ​ບຽບ. grandfather ທີ່​ຍິ່ງ​ໃຫຍ່​ຂອງ​ຂ້າ​ພະ​ເຈົ້າ Eduard Mosblech ແມ່ນ​ຫນຶ່ງ​ໃນ​ສິບ​ສອງ​ເດັກ​ນ້ອຍ. Eduard ໄດ້​ເດັກ​ນ້ອຍ fourteen ແລະ​ອ້າຍ​ນ້ອງ​ຂອງ​ຕົນ​ໄດ້​ສິບ​ສອງ​ແລະ thirteen ເດັກ​ນ້ອຍ​ຕາມ​ລໍາ​ດັບ. ໃນ​ຂະ​ນະ​ທີ່​ຂ້າ​ພະ​ເຈົ້າ​ໄດ້​ຍັງ​ບໍ່​ທັນ​ສາ​ມາດ​ທີ່​ຈະ​ກວດ​ພິ​ສູດ​ຂະ​ຫນາດ​ຂອງ​ການ​ອື່ນໆ​ສອງ​ຄອບ​ຄົວ, both Mom and I remember it the same way. Grandma Ellis had

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Herman Johannpeter (1878 – 1921)

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When I started researching the family history, I only knew about two of my great-grandmother Caroline “<ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "342​" bbox_y = "1060​" bbox_w = "24​" bbox_h = "20​" fsize fweight = "14​" = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ​ສີ​ຟ້າ = "210​" = "31​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = "” Ellis’ nee Johannpeter’s siblings. My grandfather told me a lot about his Uncle “ເພດ​ຜູ້”, 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. Grandpa

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