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. Walau bagaimanapun, 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 kepada George Washington Story dan Malinda Davis walaupun

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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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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 “Lee” Johannpeter, 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. Salah satu mekanisme yang digunakan kerajaan untuk mengutip bayaran untuk jalan raya

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Pelajaran Khidmat Pelanggan daripada Atuk

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Di akhir 1990-an, datuk saya, Gilbert Ellis, tinggal dengan Mak Cik Maureen saya dan Uncle Dale. Mereka telah membuat keputusan untuk mempunyai garaj / bangsal besar dipasang, jadi datuk dan bapa saudara saya akan mempunyai bengkel. Mereka mempunyai kandang dipasang dan terlibat sebuah syarikat elektrik tempatan untuk menjalankan elektrik ke bengkel yang. Uncle Dale had to run some errands on

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St. Louis Holidays With The Mosblechs

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The Mosblechs mempunyai keluarga yang sangat besar sebagai peraturan. Moyang saya Eduard Mosblech adalah salah satu daripada dua belas anak-anak. Eduard mempunyai empat belas anak-anak dan saudara-saudaranya, masing-masing dua belas dan tiga belas kanak-kanak mempunyai. Walaupun saya masih belum dapat mengesahkan saiz lain dua keluarga, kedua-dua ibu dan saya ingat dengan cara yang sama. 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 “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. Datuk

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