קאַמבאַט ספּאָרט היסטאריקער און מאַרשאַל קינסטלער
Legacy posts previously published under the Genealogy category.
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
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, יללינאָיס, 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,
Many Zimmermans always believed my great-grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman was married five times. אָבער, Parker was married three times to Victoria Harris, Mellie Bollinger and Lydia Margaret “Dollie” Story. It was actually Parker’ sister-in-law Amanda Isabelle “Mandy” Story, who was married five times. Mandy was born in Illinois on July 16, 1877 to George Washington Story and Malinda Davis although
יוליוס “פעטער דזשולעס” Johannpeter was born in St. טשאַרלעס, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “פעטער דזשולעס” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “לי” דזשאָהאַננפּעטער, 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
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
Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. לוי, Missouri on June 17, 1903. “Babe” was the second child and first daughter born to my second great-uncle Julius “פעטער דזשולעס” 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. גראַנדפּאַ עליס’ father
Eduard Mosblech is my maternal great-grandfather. Eduard was born in St. לוי, 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
When I started researching the family history, I only knew about two of my great-grandmother Caroline “לי” עליס’ nee Johannpeter’s siblings. My grandfather told me a lot about his Uncle “שטיפט”, 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. גראַנדפּאַ
Uncle Oscar Von Burg and Aunt Dorothy Von Burg nee Mosblech were my grandparents’ closest friends. גראַמאַ עליס און אַנט דאָראַטי זענען שוועסטער אפגעשיידט אין עלטער דורך וועגן אַ יאָר און אַ האַלב. גראַנדפּאַ עליס און ונקלע אָסקאַר געווארן נאָענט פריינט ווען זיי זענען דייטינג די שוועסטער. Neither Uncle Oscar nor Grandpa danced, so they would escort Grandma and Aunt
אַרטהור C. קלעממינגס איז געבוירן אויף דאנערשטאג, אַפּריל 3, 1913 אין סט. לוי, מאָ. At the start of World War II, Uncle Art enlisted in the United States Army as a private. ער איז געווען אַסיינד ווי אַ האַלב - באָקע מעטאַל אַרבעטער. זיין טערמין פון ענליסטמענט, וואָס אנגעהויבן אויף סעפטעמבער 2, 1942, was for the duration of the war plus six months.