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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Giulio “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 “Sottovento” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee ha dovuto affrontare la sfida di crescere suo figlio Gilbert di due anni da 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 dei meccanismi utilizzati dai governi per riscuotere le tasse per le strade

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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 “Sottovento” 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. Nonno

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Arthur C.. Clemmings (1913 – 1992)

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Arthur C.. Clemmings è nato il Giovedi, Aprile 3, 1913 St. Louis, MO. All'inizio della seconda guerra mondiale, Lo zio Art si arruolò nell'esercito degli Stati Uniti come soldato semplice. Egli è stato assegnato come operaio metallurgico semi-qualificati. Il suo mandato di arruolamento, che ha avuto inizio nel settembre 2, 1942, sia per la durata della guerra più sei mesi.

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