Marie H. „Iubire” 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’ tată

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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 “Sub vânt” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee a avut provocarea de a-și crește fiul de doi ani, Gilbert, ca necăsătorit

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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. Unul dintre mecanismele pe care guvernele le-au folosit pentru a colecta taxe pentru drumuri

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Customer Service Lessons from Grandpa

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La sfârșitul anilor 1990, Bunicul meu, Gilbert Ellis, locuia cu mătușa Maureen mea și unchiul Dale. Ei au decis să aibă o mare garaj / șopron instalat, așa bunicul și unchiul meu ar avea un atelier de lucru. Ei au avut vărsat adunat și angajat o companie electric local pentru a rula de energie electrică la atelierul. Uncle Dale had to run some errands on

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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 “Sub vânt” Ellis’ nee Johannpeter’s siblings. My grandfather told me a lot about his Uncle “Herghelie”, 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. Bunic

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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. Bunica Ellis și mătușa Dorothy s-au surori separate în vârstă de aproximativ un an și jumătate. Bunicul Ellis și unchiul Oscar au devenit prieteni apropiati atunci cand au fost intalniri surorile. Neither Uncle Oscar nor Grandpa danced, so they would escort Grandma and Aunt

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