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Pearl Clements (1921-1972)
Pearl Clements was born August 15, 1921 in Missouri. She was the youngest of six children born to parents Franklin L. Clements and Ida May Propst. Pearl is first found in the 1930 census. The family is living in Randolph Township, St. Francois County, Missouri. They are renting a house in a single family dwelling and paying $10 per month for rent. Sometime in the 1940′s Pearl married Harry Milton Eggers in Missouri. Together they had four children together, [...]
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Sophia “Sophie” I Faehnle (1889-1954)
Sophia “Sophie” I. Faehnle was born on October 27, 1889 in Nebraska. She was the second youngest of five children born to parents Gottfried “Godfrey” Frederick Faehnle and Caroline Sophia Kraemer. Sophie is found for the first time in records in 1910 in the federal census. She is listed as being divorced by this time and lists her occupation as a shoe worker at a factory. She is living with her family at 3578 Indiana Avenue, St Louis, Missouri which is [...]
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Harry Henry Milton Eggers (1913-1976)
Harry Henry Milton Eggers was born on August 22, 1913 in Dittmer, Missouri. He was the oldest child of three to parents John Henry Eggers and Sophia “Sophie” I. Faehnle. He was baptized on August 31, 1913 at St. Martin’s Church in Dittmer, MO. In the 1920 census, Harry is living with his parents on the Faehnle family farm at 216 Dittmer Road in Jefferson County, along with his grandmother, mother of Sophie Faehnle, Caroline Kraemer Faehnle. In 1930, Harry is listed as [...]
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John Henry Eggers (1880-1973)
John Henry Eggers was born on July 5, 1880 in Meramec, Jefferson County, Missouri. He was the oldest of six children born to parents, Heinrich Christoph Friedrich Eggers and Wilhelmina “Mina” Springmeyer. John barely missed being on the 1880 census as he was born only five days after his family was surveyed. We first find records of John in 1900. He is living at home with the family and lists his occupation as farmer, as does one of his brothers and his father. [...]
