Card Night at the Ellis Home

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In the late 1960s and early 1970s, my grandparents used to host a monthly card party with three of Grandma Ellis’ sisters and their husbands. Uncle Tony and Aunt Agnes Giraudo, Uncle Oscar and Aunt Dorothy Von Berg along with Uncle Art and Aunt Betty Clemmings would join Grandma and Grandpa to play Pinochle. Each family would host one

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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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Oscar and Dorothy Von Burg

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Uncle Oscar Von Burg and Aunt Dorothy Von Burg nee Mosblech were my grandparents’ closest friends. Grandma Ellis ແລະ​ປ້າ Dorothy ໄດ້​ເອື້ອຍ​ນ້ອງ​ທັງ​ຫລາຍ​ແຍກ​ໃນ​ອາ​ຍຸ​ສູງ​ສຸດ​ໂດຍ​ປະ​ມານ​ຫນຶ່ງ​ປີ​ແລະ​ເຄິ່ງ​ຫນຶ່ງ​ເປັນ. Grandpa Ellis ແລະ​ລຸງ Oscar ໄດ້​ກາຍ​ເປັນ​ເພື່ອນ​ມິດ​ທີ່​ໃກ້​ຊິດ​ໃນ​ເວ​ລາ​ທີ່​ພວກ​ເຂົາ​ເຈົ້າ​ໄດ້​ຊ່ວຍ​ເອື້ອຍ​ນ້ອງ. Neither Uncle Oscar nor Grandpa danced, so they would escort Grandma and Aunt

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Arthur C. Clemmings (1913 – 1992)

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Arthur C. Clemmings ເກີດ​ໃນ​ວັນ​ພະ​ຫັດ, ເມ​ສາ 3, 1913 ໃນ St. Louis, <ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "761​" bbox_y = "745​" bbox_w = "23​" bbox_h = "20​" fsize fweight = "14​" = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ = "255​" ສີ​ຟ້າ = "255​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = ". At the start of World War II, Uncle Art enlisted in the United States Army as a private. ພຣະ​ອົງ​ໄດ້​ຖືກ​ມອບ​ຫມາຍ​ເປັນ​ພະ​ນັກ​ງານ​ໂລ​ຫະ​ເຄິ່ງ​ຊໍາ​ນິ​ຊໍາ​ນານ. ໄລ​ຍະ​ຂອງ​ພຣະ​ອົງ​ຊ່ອຍ, ເຊິ່ງ​ໄດ້​ເລີ່ມ​ຕົ້ນ​ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ກັນ​ຍາ 2, 1942, ນີ້​ແມ່ນ​ສໍາ​ລັບ​ໄລ​ຍະ​ເວ​ລາ​ຂອງ​ສົງ​ຄາມ​ບວກ​ກັບ​ຫົກ​ເດືອນ.

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The Lost Mosblech Sisters

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When I was growing up, I often heard Grandma Ellis, Alvina ຜູ້​ຊາຍ. Mosblech Ellis, talk about her two lost sisters. She lost her oldest sister Margaret and her little sister Loretta before her 40th birthday. Margaret B. Mosblech was the first of fourteen children born to Eduard and Magdalena Mosblech. Great Aunt Margaret was born on June 10, 1908. As

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151 <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​; = ". Louisians Wed on Thanksgiving

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The Missouri record for issuing marriage licenses in one day was broken on Wednesday, ເດືອນ​ພະ​ຈິກ 23, 1904 ໂດຍ 151 couples in St. Louis, who wanted to tie the knot on Thanksgiving Day 1904. The previous one day record was 117 couples set in St. Louis prior to Thanksgiving 1903. The Justice of the Peace, R.J. Carroll, set up shop in

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