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. Pada Mac 31, 1902, 27-year-old Parker married his second wife, 22-year-old Mellie Bollinger.

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St. Louis Holidays With The Mosblechs

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The Mosblechs mempunyai keluarga yang sangat besar sebagai peraturan. Moyang saya Eduard Mosblech adalah salah satu daripada dua belas anak-anak. Eduard mempunyai empat belas anak-anak dan saudara-saudaranya, masing-masing dua belas dan tiga belas kanak-kanak mempunyai. Walaupun saya masih belum dapat mengesahkan saiz lain dua keluarga, kedua-dua ibu dan saya ingat dengan cara yang sama. Grandma Ellis had

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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 “Punk”, 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 – Tahun Bad Untuk Parker Zimmerman

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1909 mungkin tahun yang paling teruk dalam hidup Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman ini. Beliau kehilangan kedua-dua anak perempuan sepuluh bulan lamanya Ida Mei Zimmerman dan isteri keduanya Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Sebelum kematian Parker dalam Cape Giraurdeau Tornado daripada 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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Pada November 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 and Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 children. The St. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church

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