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miserystate t1_isyp39x wrote

You’re thinking of southern Missouri, Florissant is right next to the city limits of St. Louis.

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julieannie t1_isysp34 wrote

Unfortunately I do genealogy with the Florissant area being one of my focuses and there’s a lot of endogenous old Catholic families. Not as bad as the small Catholic towns in Lincoln and St. Charles County but a decent amount.

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oedipus_wr3x t1_isyv3u2 wrote

Don’t forget the Lutherans, too! My grandmother was from Ferguson, and her grandparents were cousins.

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miserystate t1_isyt68q wrote

Not surprising. People who were born here, tend to not move out, especially the oldest generations. Florissant is very old city.

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