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The Will of Caroline Tönebön-Konz – A ten year Probate battle
Probate on her Will lasted ten years with numerous challenges and court cases. The case book, 120+ pages in length, is noteworthy with several oddities.
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Henry T Zimmer – police chief, state senator, humanitarian, forgotten
Henry T Zimmer is long forgotten. Which is a shame, because for 40+ years in the early 20th century he was a prominent presence in the lives of Kansas City citizens.
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Wilhelmina “Minnie” Toeneboehn – Pioneer Woman of the Kansas Prairie
To the best of my knowledge, Minnie never had a telephone, never had a driver license, never owned a car, never traveled on public transportation, never had a job outside the home, and never had a TV. Yet, she had a most extraordinary life.
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Charles Francis Bull Family – adultery, arrests, prison, exoneration, missing persons, fraud, aliases – the complete story
This is the incredibly complicated, multi-layered, almost implausible story of a San Francisco family at the turn of the 20th century.
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Bruce Brynolf Bogren – a police cold case?
Bruce Bogren, about 1960, abandoned his family and disappeared. How can someone in this modern age of computerised location records, completely disappear?
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Ray C Baldwin Ford Dealership – Wamego, KS 1951-1953
Here is a short biography of Ray C Baldwin (the author’s father) and a complete newspaper archive history of Baldwin Motors, a Ford Dealership in Wamego, KS, 1951-1953. Located at: 519 Lincoln St, Wamego, KS
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Raymond C Baldwin in the Merchant Marines – letters from wives
Raymond C Baldwin (1919-1970) (the author’s father) enlisted with the Merchant Marines in early 1942. He served on at least seven merchant ships between 1943 and 1947. While honorably serving his country during WW2, he managed to avoid financially supporting his two wives and families back in Ohio.
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Toeneboehn Gardening/Urban Farming History – St. Louis and Kansas City
The Toeneboehn’s / Tonebon’s immigrated from Germany to St. Louis in the 1850’s. By the 1870’s, the family were established urban farmers in St. Louis.
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Toeneboehn Immigration Story – overland by wagon train
Family lore is that the Toeneboehn’s / Tonebon’s traveled from New Orleans to Minnesota to join a wagon train. The wagon train was ambushed by Indians resulting in the deaths of some family members.
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