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 “Sotavento” 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. Uno de los mecanismos que utilizaron los gobiernos para recaudar tarifas por las carreteras.

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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 “Sotavento” Ellis’ nee Johannpeter’s siblings. My grandfather told me a lot about his Uncle “Semental”, 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. Abuelo

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151 St. Louisians Wed on Thanksgiving

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El récord de Missouri para la expedición de licencias de matrimonio en un día se rompió el miércoles, Noviembre 23, 1904 por 151 parejas en St. Louis, que quería casarse en el Día de Acción de Gracias 1904. El récord anterior era cada día 117 parejas establecidas en St. Louis antes de Acción de Gracias 1903. The Justice of the Peace, R.J. Carroll, set up shop in

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