Hattie May Story (1896 – 1917)

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My great grandmother Lydia Margaret “Dollie” Story Zimmerman’s youngest sister Hattie May Story was born on August 20, 1896. Hattie was Dollie’s half-sister as she was the daughter of George Washington Story and his second wife Margaret Sweat. Dollie’s mother was George Story’s first wife Malinda Davis. Hattie’s mother Margaret either died in giving birth to Hattie or passed away

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George Washington Story (1843 – 1903)

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My second great-grandfather George Washington Story was born in August 1843 to Gilford Dudley Story and his second wife Nancy Jane Story nee Womack. George was born in Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Illinois, USA. He was the fourth of Dudley’s and Nancy’s nine children. George Washington Story married his first wife and my second great-grandmother Malinda Davis on November 26, 1863,

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Amanda Isabelle “Mandy” Гісторыя

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Many Zimmermans always believed my great-grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman was married five times. Аднак, Parker was married three times to Victoria Harris, Mellie Bollinger and Lydia Margaret “Dollie” Гісторыя. It was actually Parker’ sister-in-law Amanda Isabelle “Mandy” Гісторыя, who was married five times. Mandy was born in Illinois on July 16, 1877 to George Washington Story and Malinda Davis although

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Julius Johannpeter (1875-1961)

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Julius “Дзядзька Жуль” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Дзядзька Жуль” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “Сховішча” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee had the challenge of raising her two-year-old son Gilbert as a single

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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. One of the mechanisms governments used to collect fees for road

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter Kimker

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. Луіс, Missouri on June 17, 1903. “Babe” was the second child and first daughter born to my second great-uncle Julius “Дзядзька Жуль” 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. Дзядуля Ellis’ father

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Eduard Mosblech (1884 – 1956)

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Eduard Mosblech is my maternal great-grandfather. Eduard was born in St. Луіс, Missouri on October 24, 1884, to German immigrants Gustave Mosblech and Bertha Mosblech nee Monse. Often written as Edward but pronounced like putting together aid and ward, Eduard was as unique as his name. I struggled with writing much about him because the stories I heard about him

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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 “Сховішча” Эліс’ nee Johannpeter’s siblings. My grandfather told me a lot about his Uncle “Jules”, 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. Дзядуля

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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. Бабуля Эліс і цётка Дораці былі сёстры падзеленыя ва ўзросце прыкладна паўтары гадоў. Дзядуля Эліс і дзядзька Оскар сталі блізкімі сябрамі, калі яны сустракаліся сястры. Neither Uncle Oscar nor Grandpa danced, so they would escort Grandma and Aunt

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Arthur C. Clemmings (1913 – 1992)

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Arthur C. Clemmings нарадзіўся ў чацвер, Красавіка 3, 1913 ў Санкт-. Луіс, Місуры. At the start of World War II, Uncle Art enlisted in the United States Army as a private. Ён быў прызначаны ў якасці полуквалифицированной слесарам. Тэрмін яго залічэння, якая пачалася верасня 2, 1942, быў на час вайны плюс шэсць месяцаў.

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