Hattie May Story (1896 – 1917)

amanda-and-george-steen

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

بانٹیں
» مزید پڑھیں

George Washington Story (1843 – 1903)

amanda-and-george-steen

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, ایلی نوائے, 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,

بانٹیں
» مزید پڑھیں

Amanda Isabelle “Mandy” کہانی

amanda-and-george-steen

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

بانٹیں
» مزید پڑھیں

Julius Johannpeter (1875-1961)

johannpeter-family

جولیس “انکل جولس” Johannpeter was born in St. چارلس, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “انکل جولس” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “لی” 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

بانٹیں
» مزید پڑھیں

John Riley Collects Poll Tax

john-riley-poll-tax-book

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

بانٹیں
» مزید پڑھیں

Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter Kimker

elmer-and-babe-kimker-house-5000-block-emerson

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

بانٹیں
» مزید پڑھیں

ایڈارڈ Mosblech (1884 – 1956)

great-grandpa-mosblech-ad

Eduard Mosblech is my maternal great-grandfather. Eduard was born in St. لوئس, 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

بانٹیں
» مزید پڑھیں

Herman Johannpeter (1878 – 1921)

johannpeter-family

When I started researching the family history, I only knew about two of my great-grandmother Caroline “لی” ایلس’ nee Johannpeter’s siblings. My grandfather told me a lot about his Uncle “سٹڈ”, 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. دادا

بانٹیں
» مزید پڑھیں

Oscar and Dorothy Von Burg

oscar-von-burg

Uncle Oscar Von Burg and Aunt Dorothy Von Burg nee Mosblech were my grandparents’ closest friends. دادی ایلس اور چاچی ڈوروتی بہنوں کے بارے میں ایک سال اور ایک نصف کی طرف سے عمر میں الگ کیا گیا. وہ بہنوں ڈیٹنگ کر رہے تھے جب دادا ایلس اور انکل آسکر قریبی دوست بن گئے. Neither Uncle Oscar nor Grandpa danced, so they would escort Grandma and Aunt

بانٹیں
» مزید پڑھیں

آرتھر سی. Clemmings (1913 – 1992)

eduard-magdalena-and-family

آرتھر سی. Clemmings جمعرات کو پیدا ہوا تھا, اپریل 3, 1913 سینٹ میں. لوئس, MO. At the start of World War II, Uncle Art enlisted in the United States Army as a private. وہ ایک نیم ہنر مند دھاتی کارکن کے طور پر مقرر کیا گیا تھا. بھرتی کی اپنی مدت, جس میں ستمبر کو شروع کر دیا 2, 1942, جنگ کے علاوہ چھ ماہ کی مدت کے لئے تھا.

بانٹیں
» مزید پڑھیں
1 2 3