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. Marca 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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Prvý bratranec môjho starého otca, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, bol jedným zo sv. Louis’ priekopníci lietadiel. Julius, ktorý bol v rodine známy ako “Punks”, v polovici 20. rokov 20. storočia vstúpil do leteckej národnej gardy. Bol by poverený ako poručík. Július lietal na lietadlách pre vojenský aj civilný letecký zbor. Väčšina mužov v jeho jednotke, medzi ktoré patril aj Charles

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St. Francis de Sales Dedicated in 1908

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Novembra 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 a Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 children. St. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church

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