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. Hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 31, 1902, 27-year-old Parker married his second wife, 22-year-old Mellie Bollinger.

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St. Hnub caiv Louis nrog lub Mosblechs

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Cov Mosblechs muaj tsev neeg loj heev li txoj cai. Kuv yawg Eduard Mosblech nws yog ib tug me nyuam kaum ob. Eduard muaj kaum plaub ntawm cov me nyuam thiab nws cov kwv tij muaj kaum ob thiab tsug kaum peb cov me nyuam feem. Txawm kuv tsis tseem tau los xyuas qhov luaj li cas lwm ob tse neeg, leej niam thiab kuv nco ntsoov nws tus ib yam nkaus. 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 Padilla P. Ellis, leej twg yog kuv yawg. 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, Pioneer cua

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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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151 St. Louisians Wed on Thanksgiving

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Cov ntaub ntawv Missouri rau kev muab lais xees sib yuav nyob rau hauv ib hnub yog lawm hnub Wednesday, Kaum ib hlis 23, 1904 los ntawm 151 cov niam txiv ntawm cov me nyuam. Louis, leej twg xav mus khi cov pob caus Thanksgiving hnub 1904. Cov ntaub ntawv teev ib hnub twg yog 117 cov niam txiv teev nyob rau hauv St. Louis ua ntej Thanksgiving 1903. Txoj kev ncaj ncees rau cov kev sib raug zoo, R.J. Carroll, set up shop in

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1909 – Lub xyoo Parker Zimmerman phem

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1909 muaj tej zaum lub xyoo Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman lub neej phem. Nws poob lawm ob nws kaum hli qub ntxhais Ida yuav Zimmerman thiab nws niam thib ob Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Ua ntej Parker tus tuag hauv lub dhaus Cape Giraurdeau khaub lig cua ntawm 1949, nws yuav los ob leeg ntau dua nws cov me nyuam. Ob leeg yog cov laus. Kuv yeej tsuas xav txog tej yam li ib 1909

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St. Francis de Sales Dedicated rau 1908

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Nyob rau lub kaum ib hlis 1908, peb bishops thiab ib abbot St nplooj siab. Francis de Sales Church, “cov Cathedral rau sab qab zog me nyuam. Louis”. Ua tau los pab cov neeg nyob German Catholic cog hauv St. Louis, lub tsev teev ntuj loj loj yuav tau ua rau ntau tsev neeg xws li kuv yawg tsev, Eduard thiab Magdalena Mosblech, thiab lawv 14 cov me nyuam. Cov me nyuam. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church

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Tus 14 Mosblechs

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Nyuam qhuav, Kuv yog searching kev qhia txog kuv tus txiv ntxawm Great Francis’ neej rau kuv phauj Great Rosemary Kalt. Cas kuv pheej nrhiav tau lwm yog ib qho kev npaj txhij txog genealogy cov khoom muaj nqis, ib daim duab nyob rau hauv lub Xya hli ntuj 5 ib tsab ntawm tus me nyuam. Louis Star-sij hawm ntawm kuv pog thiab 12 ntawm lub 14 Cov me nyuam Mosblech. I had never seen a picture of my great grandparents, Eduard

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Ollie J. Zimmerman (1906 – 1977)

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Ollie J. Zimmerman yog tus thib peb tub yug los rau kuv great-yawg Parker L. Zimmerman thiab nws niam ob E-mail Bollinger. Ollie thiab nws tus muam ntxaib Dollie yug rau ob hnub tim 27, 1906 los yog tim 27, 1907. Vim Ollie lub headstone hais tias “1906”, Kuv yuav nrog hnub tim 27, 1906 raws li nws lub hnub yug. Nyob rau hauv 1909, Ollie yuav poob nws niam, when Mellie

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