HAPPY HEAVENLY BIRTHDAY TO MY MOM ~ she was born 100 years ago

 
Today would have been my Mom’s 100^th birthday
 

I’ve written several posts about my Mom and Dad.  Her mother, Florence Bowden Milne was the genealogist in the family before me.  She, my grandma, left me many wonderful pieces of family information and photographs.

 

Here is a very brief bio of my Mom:

 

Patricia Anne Milne, born 3 Oct 1924, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Her parents were Joseph Albert Milne and Florence Lenora Bowden.  Pat was the fourth and last child born to her parents.  Her siblings were Dorothy Irene Milne (1907-1920), Robert Andrew Milne (1909-1969) and Joan Esther Milne (1915-1985).  All born in Detroit.

 

Being much younger than her siblings and having never met her sister, Dorothy, who died before my Mom was born, Pat grew up spending quite a bit of time to herself.  She inherited a love of books from her mother and spent a lot of time reading.  I’m thankful that gene was passed down to me as well. She and I would pass books back & forth after reading them.  We both love mysteries and history.

 

Pat always loved animals and passed that love to us as well.  

 

My Mom was married twice.  First to Harry Norman Gould 9 Apr 1949 and second to Joseph Edward Cornelius 12 Feb 1971.

She had 3 children – her oldest, John Whitney Zimmerman, then me, then my brother Harry Norman Gould, II.

 
We lost Mom on 12 Mar 2016, at age 91.
 
HAPPY HEAVENLY
BIRTHDAY MOM!
 
 
Her are some pictures of our Mom through the years.

Patricia as a baby, as a 2 yr old in 1926 with her sister, Joan and their mother and on the bench as a 2 yr old 

Left is Pat with her Mom - the other picture has Pat being shy with the camera, standing are Florence Hunter Bowden (her maternal grandmother), Joan, her sister, Susan Gillespie Milne, (her paternal grandmother), and her brother Robert

With her paternal grandmother Susan Gillespie Milne and the smaller girl is her first cousin Betty - the pic on the right standing, her mother, Florence, her maternal grandmother also Florence, here sister Joan and Pat in the front

Pat as a teenager - 14-15 yrs old

School pic on the left about age 14, photo booth photo in the middle and on the right is a picture of Pat when she was about 20 yrs old

1956 celebration of the 50th anniversary of Pat's parents
Left to right - Joseph Milne, Robert Milne, Florence Milne and Pat

3 generation photo - my Mom on the left, me and my grandmother Florence - about 1976

Pat - circa late 1970s

Christmas 2005 in Ramona, CA
L-R - Pat, Myriah, Norm & Joshua Gould, me and Melinda Davies Gould

Here we are, her 3 children, John, me and Norm - this is in 2006 when our half brother John W. Zimmerman came to meet us for the first time.  He had searched for his biological parents for 40 yrs. and finally located me via an old genealogy website.  We had always known he was out there somewhere and were thrilled to meet him.  He had a 10 yr relationship with our Mom before she passed away.

Here's Pat on her 90th birthday - 2014

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

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FUNERAL CARD FRIDAY ~ Gordon Charles Hall (1917-1966)

 

This is the front of the funeral card for Gordon

As I continue to go through my office after our move to Montana, I keep running across ancestor items I haven’t seen before.  That’s a good thing because now I can save them and hopefully pass them down to descendants.

My recent finds were 2 funeral cards from Ron’s side of the family. 

Today I will share his father’s card.

I can never bring myself to share a funeral card or other death record without sharing something about the person who died.

Here is a short biography:

Gordon Charles Hall was born 29 Jul 1917 in San Diego, San Diego Co., California.  He was the youngest of 3 children born to Charles Schuyler Hall and Daisy Fern Bright.  He was also the only child born in California.  His older siblings, Dorothy Louise Hall, born 1905 and Robert Walton Hall, born 1907, were both born in Pennsylvania.  In 1913 Charles moved with his wife and 2 children to San Diego. Gordon came along four years later. 

Gordon attended San Diego High School and San Diego State College. As a young man Gordon worked at a gas station.  This would have been in the 1940’s when they still pumped our gas.

In May 1945 Gordon enlisted in the Army and was honorably discharged in Nov 1946. 

On 22 Aug 1948 he married Dorothy Beatrice Fink in Lynwood, Los Angeles, California.  By 1950, according to the census Gordon was working as a Field Representative for Pacific Finance Corp. and living at 4339 35^th St. in San Diego, with his wife and infant son.

Gordon was very proud of his son, an only child. He participated in his son’s school and extracurricular activities. 

Sadly, on 12 Jan 1966, Gordon died suddenly while at work.  The cause of death was listed as a massive heart attack. He was only 48 yrs. old.

This left his wife, Dorothy a widow with a 15 yr old son. They managed with the help of family and friends. Dorothy worked at the old Sears on Cleveland Ave. in San Diego, at the candy counter.

Gordon is fondly remembered by his son and many other family members.

Here are some other posts I’ve written about this family that may be of interest:

WEDDING WEDNESDAY ~ Gordon Hall & Dorothy Fink Brown

ANCESTORS IN THE NEWS ~ Gordon Charles Hall – my father-in-law, makes news in high school – San Diego, CA-1935

If you are related to or connected to anyone in this blog post, please get in touch.  Let’s exchange information.

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

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ON THIS DATE IN OUR FAMILY - August 20th

TODAY IS AUGUST 20^th

Today is the birthday of my good friend, Pam. I thought in honor of that I would see who in my family tree was born, married or died on this date.

I use my Legacy software to create a list. Find>Detailed Search and then enter the parameters.

Let’s see what we have.  The list contains 18 individuals from our family tree which contains both mine and my husband’s family.

BIRTHS

ANKER, Martha A. - my husband’s maternal great granduncle’s wife - born 20 Aug 1890 in Germany, married Andrew Ludwig on 7 Apr 1921 in Buffalo, Erie, New York.

FORSYTH, Bradley J. - my maternal 2^nd cousin once removed - born 20 Aug 1935 in Michigan – Married Lindsay Weber 30 Oct 1987.

GOULD, Cyrus – born 20 Aug 1841 in Michigan – he is a person of interest in my search for the parents of my paternal 2^nd great grandfather, John C. Gould.

KIMBALL, Ann Eliza – maternal 3^rd great granduncle’s wife’s 1st cousin – born 20 Aug 1845 in Ohio, died 29 Mar 1916 in Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio

PRITCHARD, Thomas Alexander – my paternal 3^rd cousin’s husband’s father – born 20 Aug 1923 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, died 20 Aug 1992 on his 69^th birthday. Married Audrey Hilda Mauer.

MARRIAGES

CLARK, Henry Bryan – my 3^rd cousin 3 times removed – born 14 Jul 1888 in Nebraska and died before 1957.  Married Goldie M. Sackett on 20 Aug 1911 in Berrien County, Michigan.

FINK, Elwood Reynolds – my husband’s maternal Uncle – born 5 Nov 1912 in Ebenezer, Erie, New York, died 29 Oct 1997 in San Diego, San Diego Co., California. Married Esther May Shurgour on 20 Aug 1937 in San Diego, California.

GOULD, Theda E. – another person of interest in my search for my paternal 2^nd great grandfather John C. Gould’s parents.  She was born 16 Jan 1840 in New York and died 1 Oct 1918 in Oxford, Oakland, Michigan – she married as her 2^nd husband, Jesse G. Hosner on 20 Aug 1903 in Oxford, Oakland, Michigan.

KRAWEC, Dr. Charles – is a match to me via the DNA of his descendants.  I haven’t figured out where we connect just yet.  He was born 19 Mar 1931 in Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania and married Alicia Hedwig Slasinski on 20 Aug 1952 in Dearnborn, Wayne, Michigan.

DEATHS

BOGGS, Andrew Elliot – my maternal 4^th great grandfather, born in 1768 in Pennsylvania and died 20 Aug 1840 in Perry Township, Gallia, Ohio.  He married Hannah Jane Bowen on 6 Jan 1794 in Greenbrier Co., Virginia

CALLAHAN, Wanda Mae – my maternal 3^rd cousin twice removed.  She was born 13 Nov 1925 in Independence, Montgomery, Kansas and died 20 Aug 2014 in Bayou Vista, Galveston, Texas. She married David Walton in about 1944.

CONNORS, Leo Arthur – my maternal grandaunt’s husband’s son.  He was born 1 Jun 1907 in Michigan and sadly died 20 Aug 1907 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan at only 2 months and 19 days old.

DOTY, James – my paternal 5^th great grandfather and one of my Mayflower ancestors.  He is the 2^nd great grandson of Mayflower passenger, Edward Doty.  James was born 22 Jan 1736/37 in Plymouth, Colonial Massachusetts and died 20 Aug 1817 in Pembroke, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  He married in about 1764 Elisabeth Kempton.  They had 5 know children, one of whom was Issac, my 4^th great grandfather.

The earliest birth in this group is Cyrus Gould born in 1841.

The earliest marriage is Theda Gould in 1903.

The earliest death is James Doty in 1817.

SOME OF THE WELL KNOWN PEOPLE BORN ON AUGUST 20^th

Jacqueline Susann – 1918-1974 – author of Valley of the Dolls

Don King – American boxing promoter

Isaac Hayes – 1942-2008 – soul musician, singer-songwriter

Graig Nettles – 1944 – MLB 3^rd baseman

Connie Chung  - 1946 – American news anchor

Robert Plant – 1948 – British rock vocalist – Led Zeppelin

Al Roker – 1954 – American weatherman

Brad Avery – 1971 – Christian rock guitarist with the band Third Day

Demi Lovato – 1992 – actress

For a complete list you can click here https://www.onthisday.com/today/birthdays.php

HISTORICAL EVENTS THAT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY

• 1737 First public admittance to the Salon de Paris art exhibition at the Louvre in Paris.
• 1838 United States Exploring Expedition headed by Charles Wilkes departs for the Pacific Ocean and Antarctica.
• 1919 Anti-Cigarette League of America forms in Chicago, Illinois

I’ve highlighted the surnames included in this post.  If you find any of them are connected to you, please get in touch.  Particularly if it involves my Gould line, an ongoing brick wall for over 20 years now.

Happy hunting,

Michigan Girl

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