DAD'S FAMILY FROM 1929




THIS IS MY DAD'S FAMILY FROM 1929 AT THEIR HOME ON DOUGLAS STREET IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. THEIR IS HIS DAD PETE, MOM KATHERINE, DAD, SISTERS LOU AND DOROTHY, AND IN FRONT BROTHER STANLEY. THIS WAS TAKEN JUST BEFORE THEY MOVED TO THEIR FARM JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY, WHERE DAD LEARNED FARMING. THEY DID QUITE WELL DURING THE DEPRESSION WITH MY GRANDMA RUNNING A BUSSINESS FROM THE FARM. SHE AND DAD WOULD GO INTO TOWN AND SELL THEIR EGGS AND SOME CHICKENS FROM THEIR FORD MODEL T. ALSO MY GRANDMOTHER LENT MONEY TO SOME OF HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY -- THEY RAN A BLUEBERRY FARM IN SOUTH HAVEN. MY GRANDPA WAS FROM LITHUIANA AND GRANDMA WAS FROM POLAND. THEY CAME OVER TO AMERICA BETWEEN 1905 AND 1910.

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