Mellie Zimmerman’s Wash Day Accident

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My great grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman married three times. After a couple of months marriage to Victoria Harris during 1897 in Franklin County, Missouri, Parker moved to Bollinger County, Missouri to be closer to his family. His parents, Samuel and Sarah Zimmerman, lived in Dongola, Bollinger, Missouri. Martxoan 31, 1902, 27-year-old Parker married his second wife, 22-year-old Mellie Bollinger.

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F.W. Johannpeter and 1883 Bar Incident

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Frederick William Johannpeter (1839 – 1915) was my second great grandfather on my mother’s side. He died 4 months before the birth of his grandson, Gilbert P. Ellis, who was my grandfather. Since he died before my grandfather was born, I had very limited information on him, when I started researching the family history. Grandpa didn’t have any verbal history

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Julius W. Johannpeter, Air Pioneer

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My grandfather’s first cousin, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, was one of St. Louis’ airplane pioneers. Julius, who was known in the family as “Punks”, joined the Air National Guard in the mid-1920s. He would be commissioned as a Lieutenant. Julius flew planes for both the military and civilian air corps. Most of the men in his unit, which included Charles

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1909 – A Bad Urtea Parker Zimmerman For

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1909 zen ziurrenik Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman bizitzaren urteko txarrena. Bere alaba biak hamar hilabeteko zaharra Ida maiatzaren Zimmerman eta bere bigarren emaztea Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman galdu zuen. Parker Cabo Giraurdeau of Tornado batean hil aurretik 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909

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St. Francis de Sales Dedicated in 1908

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Azaroaren on 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Louis”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Louis, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Eduard eta Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 children. St du. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church

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