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. One of the mechanisms governments used to collect fees for road

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Customer Service Lessons from Grandpa

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Pada akhir 1990-an, kakekku, Gilbert Ellis, tinggal bersama Bibi dan Paman Maureen Dale. Mereka telah memutuskan untuk memiliki garasi besar / gudang diinstal, jadi kakek dan paman saya akan memiliki lokakarya. Mereka memiliki gudang dirakit dan terlibat sebuah perusahaan listrik lokal untuk menjalankan listrik ke bengkel. Uncle Dale had to run some errands on

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St. Louis Holidays With The Mosblechs

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The Mosblechs memiliki keluarga yang sangat besar sebagai aturan. My kakek buyut Eduard Mosblech adalah salah satu dari dua belas anak. Eduard memiliki empat belas anak-anak dan saudara-saudaranya memiliki dua belas dan tiga belas anak-anak masing-masing. Sementara saya belum dapat memverifikasi ukuran dua keluarga lainnya, baik Mom dan aku 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. Kakek

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The Lost Mosblech suster

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Ketika saya tumbuh dewasa, Saya sering mendengar Nenek Ellis, Alvina M. Mosblech Ellis, berbicara tentang dua saudara perempuannya hilang. Dia kehilangan kakak tertuanya Margaret dan adiknya Loretta sebelum ulang tahunnya ke-40. Margaret B. Mosblech adalah yang pertama dari empat belas anak yang lahir Eduard dan Magdalena Mosblech. Great Aunt Margaret was born on June 10, 1908. As

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