Julius Johannpeter (1875-1961)

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Julius “Uncle Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, MO op maart 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 “Luwte” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee stond voor de uitdaging om haar tweejarige zoon Gilbert als alleenstaande groot te brengen

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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. Een van de mechanismen die overheden gebruikten om wegenbelasting te innen

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St. Louis Holidays With The Mosblechs

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De Mosblechs hebben zeer grote gezinnen in de regel. Mijn overgrootvader Eduard Mosblech was een van de twaalf kinderen. Eduard had veertien kinderen en zijn broers hadden respectievelijk twaalf en dertien kinderen. Hoewel ik nog niet in staat om de grootte van de andere twee families verifiëren zijn, zowel moeder en ik herinner me het op dezelfde manier. 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 “Luwte” Ellis’ nee Johannpeter’s siblings. My grandfather told me a lot about his Uncle “Stoeterij”, 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. Opa

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