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- NOTE 1./ E-mail From: Jeane Buell [mailto:[email protected]] to Melanie Maasdam on 11-1-2008
I have no idea who Gramps visited in Canada...The only sister I recall of his was "Teed", obviously a nickname...she was married to Charlie...she died first..then Charlie left your Dad $1,000.00 in his will.. that was how we bought the house on Huntdale! Mac was ticked off..she felt Joe should have gotten it!.. Look at the hand painted mug & bowl ( pink) that one(? )of the sisters painted for "Patsy McGarrity" (on the bottom) It was thought your dad would be a girl!
Also Dorothy Simmons was Gram's step-daughter. She & Maggie were in an auto accident in Long Beach & she was a paraplegic from it. I think she was a librarian??? Had 2 daughters, I think....Dorothy , I understand, in her younger adult years, was quite a party girl..also would ride a board behind a boat, before skis!!! She introduced some guy ( w/ money...he owned the water taxies to the gambling ship in Long Beach Harbor) that really took a liking to your dad & could recognize the mechanical genius that he was. Uncle Ernie!...I think that's what your dad called him... He bought your dad his first tools,, etc... You must remember, your dad was a very lonesome little boy..only child...His dad & mom really didn't pay that much attention to him.. thank God for Gram... After she divorced Fred(?) Simmons she lived between the homes of Emma & Maggie... Maggie lived in Butte, Montana...I don't have any idea where Joe is buried...Would Kathy know?.... Also, Gram died at the former T.B. Hospital in Long Beach & was a 'Ward' of the County ..i.e..no money/insurance. The only Cemetery at that time was the one on Cherry in Long Beach.. Sorry, Babe.. It's so long ago.
When Joe married Mac...your dad was in the Service..so they went on with their lives & virtually ignored us later. ... Mac had 2 sisters that married well..so there was that sister competition. they all lived in beautiful homes, etc...
Marilyn & Jackie were Mac's daughters..really neat!..Jackie was married to Myron..no children. He had a mentally retarded brother. It was thought then that it might run in the family..etc... Marilyn was married to Wally..had one daughter, Terry... Joe disowned her because she got pregnant before marriage...Recall the large picture that Eleanor McGarrity sent you ? She thought it was one of Emma McGarrity??? It was Teed!!... so if you look for that.. I remember seeing it 'cause Eleanor thought that you should have it since you named your baby Emma!
Maggie's daughters were named Diana & Patricia...Don't recall the last name..possibly later..
Diana married in Long Beach when you were about 2 yrs. old..small wedding, reception at a posh hotel in Long Beach..Villa Rivera.. on Christmas Day...You & Mike were so good!!.. We were so proud! Conner!!!! That was the last name! Could be Connors????
Papa just remembered the mane of the Cemetery on Cherry.. Sunnyside Mausoleum!!!
He also remembered the largest cemetery in the I.A. area...Forest Lawn... that's probably where Emma is buried... Try to Google them....
Hope that helps....Just seeing all those pictures that you have, from Mike's stuff was so neat./.so many I didn't recall.
Isn't it antiquated the way they did the census back then.. I remember people coming, door to door, getting information & also what large items you had bought..personal income tax had to be paid on it... Weird!!!!
If I recall anything else..I'll let you know.. Besure to print this off for your records!!
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1929 - Aft 2008 (> 80 years)
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