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In the Beginning
Elvira de Guia Zamora: Reflection on my Infancy and Toddlerhood focusing on Physical and Cognitive Development

  I interviewed my mom who ...
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WISDOM OBUDIGHA:

 BIRTH OF WISDOM OBUDIGHA



 WISDOM OBUDIGHA was born on the 5th of May 1987 into the home of Mr.&Mrs. Samuel Gabriel Obudigha

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Catherine Browning McFarlane:

"A View From My Window" ~ the ploughman’s daughter in the big house



 As a child of 13 I drew a picture for my mother and called it "A View From My Window". I had a room in the "big house" where I went ...
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Elizabeth: In the Beginning

My childhood was not the best but not the worst, i grew up with my mom and real dad. my real dad was in the military. he was very very strict ...
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Shondra:

 Pure Souls: A Journey to Purity



On a stormy spring day in May of 1969, was a first-born daughter to a couple who lived in the small town of Kiel, Wisconsin. My dad has ...
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DONTAE CAUSEY:

 



DONTAE CAUSEY BORN ON DEMECBER 21 1986 IN MILWAUKEE WICSION better known by his stage name Dontae and chris is an American R&B AND Gospel Artist singer-songwriter DONTAE MOVE TO HAMILTON ...
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Paul M. McLaughlin:

 Your background isn’t as important as what you do with your future



Paul M. McLaughlin. Paul and his twin sister almost lost their life from Severe Child ...
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Nivison Daley Son:

 This is a story no one would believe, so I finally had to write it to believe it myself.



 

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Chelsea Taylor:

 In The Beginning



 I was born in Little Rock, AR at the childrens hospital.

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Rev. Theresa M. Lister:

 I had a wonderful childhood,



I had a wonderful childhood, I  grew up in foster home, never knew my parents, My first foster home was in los angles and my mom was(high-yellow) and my father was dark ...
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Christy Johns:

New Addition to the Family



Born in Glendale, raised in West Covina on a half acre filled with every imaginable fruit tree in the back yard. My grandpa and my wonderful father built me one of ...
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A New Beginning:

 



This is the beginning of a life from hell that I will never wish on any living sole an this earth.  A memory that will never be forgotten. Their were ...
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Joseph Busuttil:

MY LIFE BY JOE BUSUTTIL



 

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DEVONTE ERVIN:

 Just b chllien mah homies try to kick it but no i dont play soccer




 Well my childhood was very great play lots of sports during my elementary and middle school years well I attend Arsenal Techical High schol I'm a freshman Played football ,baseball, and basketball. I get good grades. Well when I;m in my neighborhood me nd my bro' Be clowin Doing crazi stuff

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charlotte gibbs:

 The Life of Charlotte Heller-Gibbs



 I was born to Darlene and Willie Gene Heller on May 17, 1977. Entering into a world of love, joy and peace, at a  young age. Not knowing that saddness, hardship, ...
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Michael Della Penna III:

 Michael Della Penna III for Mayor of Salisbury, Maryland



      I was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1947.  I attended Catholic school until the age of thirteen, then moved to Essex, Maryland where I attended Stemmers Run Junior High School ...
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Florence Louise Light Manning Flynn:

Florence Louise Light Manning Flynn



Florence Louise Light was born on December 17, 1928, youngest child of John James Light (1899-1990) and Florence Mildreth Casey (1907-1981) in Astoria, New York. She had one brother, John "Jack" Light (1926-1982).

Her nickname was "Sis". When she was asked who gave her this nickname and why, she replied "The Campbell Soup Kid".

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Connie Vilas-Tolopilo:

 



Connie was born in Galicia, Spain on April 1, 1919.

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Anna McDonald-Katcher:

 



I don’t know where Ann was born.  She was born May 9, 1927

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Glenn Warren Katcher:

 



I don’t know where Glenn was born! He was born on June 10, 1923

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Sienna Michelle Tolopilo:

 



 Sienna was born in Glendale, CA -lives in Santa Clarita,

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Barbara Tolopilo:

 



 I was born in Charles City, IA

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Laressa:

 



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Gregory Beauchamp:

In loving memory of gregory Areue beauchamp Jr’s 05-06-1981 to 12-31-2002  



The last thing Gregory Beauchamp did was get ready for a New Year’s Eve party . He was walkung to an over-the- Rhine bar with friends,two of whom were men dressed ...
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Kathleen M. Plona Rogers:

My childhood wasn’t mine



My childhood was less than perfect. I’m mostly relieved I can’t remember most of it. But the good stuff sticks with me. The stuff that made me smile. Even the ugly ...
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Ella Glover:

 



I turned 50 this year and have made it a goal to write my life story. I want to write it now while I can still remember! I was born Ella ...
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Desiree Dawn:

Desiree Dawn Biography



which is alma mater ...
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Roberto Carlos Gonzales III -Fiánce R&B Singer: Fiance R&B Singer

Fiánce Bio: Fiánce Started His Career & Musicianship From The Age Of 11 "Its Was Just Something I Wanted To Do Dance,Sing & Act!"Fiánce Popularity Got Him To Reach His Dreams.Fiánce ...
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Alejandro Ramon Alcala: In the Beginning

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Carolyn:

 My Childhood Was A Mixture Of Joy And Sorrow.



My childhood was a mixture of joy and sorrow. I was born in November of 1962 to Joyce Ann Holloway and Fountain Holloway. My understanding is that we lived with my father’s parents. My father was mentally ill with several trips in and out of mental hospitals.

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Sandra Hardy:

My Earliest Recollections In Life



My earliest recollection in life is of a cat having kittens in our cellar and my grandmother told me I couldn’t watch.  Which of course made me all the more want ...
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Corrina Cop Rain McFarlane:

Guest At The Mouth of the Womb



 

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Dana Bartlett:

 



 

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Peggy Cartwright: My Memory Goes Way Back!

In the beginning, indeed. My memory goes way back, as I remember being born. When I was a child I had nightmares often, and no one understood why. I was from ...
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Joanna Faye Kester:

MY MOTHER HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY HERO



I realize ...
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Anita:

 These Are The Loves Of My Life Andrea (R) And Tian (L)



I was born early and I only weighed 3 lbs.  I was 14 inches long.  That was in 1951. All I could ever say is I must have had a heck ...
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Amber:

 



In the beginning what happin when I got my dog was ................................... there were alot of dogs big ones small ones any poodle you want plus a fluffly one. I named my dog ...
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Betty Endrek:

My family goes way back in Hancock County history



We had a Byal Chapel that belonged in the Presbyterian Church and there is a Byal Avenue in town, and there is a Byal section of the town that is called ...
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Ron Westerman: In the Beginning

Enter story here...My parents were Claude and Elenor Westerman.  I was born mid-November 1930 at Illinois Masonic Hospital in Chicago.  My father was an engineering student at Armour Tech.  Following my ...
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Jane Carol Burling:

THE DREAM AND REALITY



Once upon a time a princess was born to an American family.  Royalty isn’t always about bloodlines, sometimes it is about the big plans you have made for yourself and sometimes ...
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Living The American Dream:

The beginning



This is the beginning of my life story. As the third son of two Ukrainian immigrant parents who raised six children in the Greatest country in the world, I have lived ...
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Bari Bailey:

A Lady Trucker



Clinging to Dad’s leg, he encouraged me but it wasn’t quite enough. My Kindergrten Teacher found  her way to get my attention elsewhere and Dad was finally able to sneak out. For me, ...
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Jason Teague:

Life As A Son,Man,and Minister CHAPTER ONE:JUST A KID



I WAS THE SEVENTH CHILD OF THE CHILDREN, AND I WILL TELL YOU I ...
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Demetria Carter: In the Beginning

My childhood was very interesting.  My parents made sure I was loved and knew that I am an important part to society. I was extremely spoil. In fact, if you didn’t know any ...
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John Matson:

"Well, my sisters say THIS!" or "My sisters say THAT!"



My parents were John and Anna Matson, both born in Minnesota to Swedish immigrants.  Their parents were ...
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Dorothy Gibson: My Father Was The Postmaster For 50 Years

Well, my mother and father were married September the 12th, 1917, and we lived in Garner, North Carolina. He had a drugstore in town originally, and he went from the drugstore ...
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Eugene C. Robertson:

“It’s amazing… the things you forget to ask your parents about.”          



 My childhood was a happy childhood.  It seems that all my relatives lived next door, across the street, or lived with us...Grandmas grandpas, aunts, uncles cousins. It was a happy time.  Even through ...
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Fred First:

The Long Way Home



It could not have been any harder to leave one of the children behind when we moved away. I know that parting with our dog was one of the most agonizing ...
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Faye Stone:

During WWII, Dad was a Pilot, Mom Was a Paramedic



My father was in the air force; my mother was English. My father was stationed in England. I believe my mother worked on the Base Exchange, the store. Dad was Italian, ...
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Nancy Tucker:

Years of Music, Wildlife, Sports, and the Outdoors



I grew up in Coulee Dam, Washington. I lived there until I was about six. When I was six, we moved to HungryHorse,Montana. This was very near Glacier National Park. We ...
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Michael Popovich:

I Came From a Wealthy Family in Yugoslavia



I WAS BORN JUNE 1, 1893 IN A JUGOSLAVIAN VILLAGE OF SVINICA. MY FATHER WAS NAMED JACOB AND MY MOTHER WAS CALLED MILIA. I WAS THE FIRST BORN FOR THEM. THEY ...
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Dorothy Zeyen:

My 1930’s Los Angeles: Japanese Farmers, Hollywood, and Driving with Dad in the Model T Ford



I was born in East Los Angeles, about eight miles east of Los Angeles in a little town called Montebello. It’s between Los Angeles and Whittier. I was born in 1923. ...
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Virginia Congdon Robertson:

I Grew up in a Ranching Family



My full name is Virginia Mae Fisher Congdon Robertson. My father was John W. Fisher and my mother was Marie Holt Fisher. My dad was farming. He was the youngest of four ...
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Emilia Gallegos:

High above Mazatlán, a Beautiful Ranch



In Mexico my family was well-to-do; we had a huge ranch.  It was my grandmother’s ranch. It ...
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Sylvia Zensen:

Living life to it’s fullest in Sonoma County, CA



I enjoy many things... art, music, theatre, nature, gardening, family and friends.

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Jean Disher:

My Father is a Pioneer in Many Areas



My parents lived in Antigo for a number of years. My father, Darwin Hintz,  lived out on a farm and my mother was worked as   with the agricultural extension office. She was a ...
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Elizabeth Lucille Rozelle:

Growing up in Hancock County, Ohio



My maiden name is German, but amazingly enough we are French, almost full-blooded French. I don’t speak it anymore, but at one time that was about all that was spoken in ...
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Vern Tucker:

My First Four Years Were In Seattle



College of San Mateo for one ...
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Zora Thompson:

My early years



Children: Joe Jr, Martha, Emily, Bill, Sara, Joan, Diane, ...
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Walta Lou Wilcox:

My Parents Wanted a Boy, but they Got Me



We grew up very low-middle class.   My father was a barber and my mother was a substitute teacher who then went into the homes.  She taught handicapped children…oh what are they ...
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Val Wiese:

I Come From a Family of Mormon Pioneers



My ...
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Than Bischoff:

My Father Worked for Southern Pacific Railroad



I grew up at 386 Wilde Avenue near South San Francisco. We lived there for five years. My father worked for the southern Pacific railroad; it was ...
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Sylvia Wall:

Memoir of a Lifelong Teacher



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Suzanne Millar:

The Millar Family Gets Together for a Reunion



I am Susanne M. Millar, born Susanne Elizabeth McDonell, in San Francisco, CA on April 4th, 1968 (the same unhappy day that MLK was shot). I was born at Letterman Hospital ...
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Sharon Abernethy:

Santa Cruz, Los Gatos, and Oregon



My name is Sharon Abernethy and I am the mother of five. I live in Santa Cruz, California and I’ve lived here almost all my life, except for a stint in ...
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Scott Bloom:

My Neighborhood Was Full of Kids



I remember it being a lot of fun. I have an older brother, Ashley, who is three years older, and a younger brother Michael who is four years younger. And I ...
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Ruth Schimpl-Gremling:

My Dad Was a Postal Worker



Yes, I was the second child in our family. The first child was Marion Gilmore, now Marion is Nefferd. She still lives here in Lima and has a large family. ...
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Ruth Sampson:

I Loved Working on Grassland Farm



In my family, there were four of us, three girls and a brother. Margaret was the oldest; I was second, then Robert and then Mary Louise. We grew up on a ...
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Ron Lyons:

My Life has Been an Adventure



If my life were a book, the headline would have to have the word “adventure” in it. My life has been an adventure, and that wasn’t an accident. I just like adventure.

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Robert Hutchinson:

I Was Born On Our Farm in Louisiana



I was born in our farmhouse, and delivered by the only doctor in Denham Springs, my uncle. He was the country doctor. I grew up on that farm. My mother was Irish ...
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Robert Ede:

Real Estate is in My Blood



My father was a subdivider of real estate. Of course in 1929 that part of his business just completely collapsed. Nobody wanted to buy lots because they were going to build ...
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Robert Berryessa:

A Lineage that Goes Back to the Founding of California



I’m Spanish – Basque on my father’s side. The origins of the Basque people are unknown. My blue green eyes are telltale. The DNA is different from any known race on ...
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Rikki Willett:

My Mother Was Pivotal in My Life



I was the oldest; I was born when my mother was nineteen and a half years old. My dad was 25. My parents gave me a great childhood; I was really ...
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Rick James:

Dad Was an Actor in TV and Western Movies; Mom was a Real-Life Native American Indian Princess



As a very young child I was raised out in the country. My dad was an actor in movies and TV shows. He was a horseman from the east coast. He ...
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Richard Magen:

The Life and Times of a Kid from Philly



Most of my recollections begin when I was ten or eleven years old. I grew up in west Philadelphia until I was seven years old. I grew up in a Jewish ...
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Ralph Hempfling:

Mom Died When I was 16



Well, about Delphos I don’t remember much because I was only four when we moved away. We moved to Landeck and then onto a farm. We lived in town in Delphos, ...
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Ralph Appio:

I was born in the original Palo Alto Hospital



I was born in the original Palo Alto Hospital. This was three Palo Alto Hospitals ago. We bought a ranch in Los Altos in 1933 or 1934. It backed the creek ...
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Phoebe Katherine Cookson Plassman:

Dad “Bribed” Me with a Typewriter



Dad was a tenant farmer and we lived on the farm. In the winter, he worked at Cooper Tire and Rubber. When I was nine, the family who owned the farm ...
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Phil Camacho:

The Great Depression: My Dad Gets Lucky and Lands a Good Job



I was born here in Santa Cruz on this side of the freeway from the Salz Tannery. My dad used to work at ...
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Peggy McGovern:

During the Great Depression, we Lived on $30 a Week



I lived in one particular ...
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Pauline Dora Zeltner:

My Parents Immigrated to the US in the Early 1920’s



My name is Pauline. I have a middle name I never liked but I was named after my mother, actually her name was Doris, but somehow it got shortened to Dora ...
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Norma Starr:

We All Worked on Grandma’s Farm



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Niswander & Bowers:

We Were Two of Seven Children



Born ...
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Monserrat Sanz:

Growing up near Guadalajara, Spain



My mother, my sister and I would ...
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Bozitza Popovich:

The Story of a Serbian Immigrant



Children: Dorothy, ...
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Bob Stahl:

I Grew Up in a Jewish Family Outside of Boston



My parents still live outside of Boston. I grew up in a middle-class Jewish home. During the time I was growing up ...
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Bob Newman:

Around Lawrence, Kansas, I was Known As ’Bad News’ Newman



I went to grammar school and high school in Lawrence, Kansas. I worked my way through high school by working in a bank. During these days, no one had much money. ...
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Bertine Hancock:

My Parents Were Hard Workers



There’s a statue up in the Courthouse of John Hancock ...
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Bequia Cooper:

In Winter, there Weren’t Enough Scarves to Go Around, So Mother Bundled Me Up in a Dish Towel



We learned to love ice. It’s very, very cold in Bismarck. There are sub-zero temperatures with wind-chill that takes you away, way below zero. We grew up on the ice skating ...
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Bernie Miller:

I Am the Son of a Ditch Tender



My full name is Bernard Lawrence Miller. I was born March 20, 1921 right here in Hanford, California. I had two older brothers but they have both passed away now. My ...
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Bernard "Barney" Bricmont:

USA, Europe, then--Just Before WWII-- Back to the USA



My father was born in Campbell. But at sixteen years of age his father had ten acres of grapes in Campbell. He was a bricklayer in San Francisco. He and his ...
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Barry Morris Brooks:

I Always Loved the Stage



My first seven years were in Sacramento. I remember the earthquakes as a kid. Another thing that stands out is that I broke both of my arms when I was little. ...
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Ann Urbanski:

Dad Was a Meat Cutter and We Moved Around a Lot



Well I hate to say this but my real name is Annjeanette Urbanski. Now my maiden name was Rooney, so that wasn’t too bad, but right now social security and everybody ...
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Anne Phipps:

I Am a Maid of Kent



I have all my initial horse experiences there with fox hunting and trekking. We had a huge horse ...
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Angelo Grova:

How a Poor Kid from Sicily Migrated to the US



I love Sicily. I’d live there 6 months of the year in my home town if I could. It ...
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Analydia Scoggins:

I Grew Up in pre-Castro Cuba



I understand that my father’s name came from the Catalonia area of Spain. My mother’s family comes mainly from Galicia and Asturias in Spain. But that was generations before I was ...
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Aldo Cooper:

Dad Ran the Car Ferry between Florida and Havana, Cuba



When I was born, my dad was a chief engineer in the merchant marine. He used to run the car ferry between Key West, Florida, and Havana, Cuba. Of course when ...
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Florence Hunter:

I Was Born on the Day of the Great Biblical Flood



I was born in Deshler, Ohio, in Henry County. I was born on February 17th, and that happens to be the date, the day, that the flood came in the bible. ...
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Elnora Taylor:

Papa Was a Rolling Stone



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Edward John McInerney:

I Was One of Those Quiet, Reserved Kids



I went to San Clemente Elementary school in Corte Madera, CA until third grade then moved and went to Greenbrae from third grade to sixth grade. Then I went to Kentfield ...
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Eddie Rojas:

A Rattlesnake Bite Changed the Makeup of My Family



I was born in Caterinas, Texas. Then from there my mother took me over to stay with my grandmother close to Laredo, Mexico - to keep my grandmother company. It was ...
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Doug and Ginger Levick:

I’m 71 Years Old Today



Hard to believe it, I’m 71. I never thought I’d be as active and able as I am at this age. When you think about somebody 70 years old they seem ...
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Doris Robertson-Polley:

My Ancestors Arrived on the Wagon Train



My maternal grandmother was a McCord. The McCord family came to California via wagon train, and they ended up in Bakersfield. But Alice McCord, who was her grandmother, was a young ...
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Diana Celeste:

A Short History of Me



Bookkeeper ...
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Don George Alexander:

I Was the Oldest of Five Children, and Probably the Orneriest



Well, my dad was a pattern maker and he worked at several jobs. At one time he was superintendent of the Clay Pot Company that made clay pots that they melted ...
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Denise Morra:

Falling Asleep to Movie Soundtracks and Puerto Rican Music



We lived on the fifth floor of an apartment building in New York. The steps were marble; it was a beautiful building, but it was right above a movie theater. Across ...
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Jeremy Lezin:

Growing up in a Small Beach Town



My dad is ...
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Debra Hummel:

This Story Starts on Ellis Island



My name is Debra Hummel. My maiden name is Koch, and I am 53 years old. I was born October 30, 1953 in Racine, Wisconsin, and even though I only lived ...
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Darwin Hintz:

We Did Most of our Farm work by Hand



Growing up was rather difficult. There were no close neighbors so you ...
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Dale Townsend:

A Lovely Setting in a Farm Hamlet



I always say to my kids ...
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Chris Beaudoin:

From Newton, Massachusetts to Saratoga, California



In the summer of ’56 my dad was reassigned by General Electric’s public relations department to the growing atomic energy part of GE in California. So they moved out here to ...
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John Donovan:

Growing Up in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania



I was the only boy in our family. I had five sisters. For the first six years of my life, I was the pet of the family. My dad was afraid ...
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Jim McGovern:

I was a typical child of the depression



I was a typical child of the depression. We didn’t have any money. My father had come out of WWI working part-time as a taxi cab driver. He didn’t own the ...
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George Newell:

Nearly Born in the Back Seat of a Cab



My mother says I was born in the hospital but almost born in the backseat of a taxi cab. On the way to the hospital, the cab came to a railroad ...
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George Dunn:

My Dad Ran the Bank in Hoytville until the Depression



When I was ...
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Frank Maxwell: About the Time I was Born, They Were Building Wagons in Stoughton

About the time I was born they were building wagons in Stoughton, and manure spreaders. These were used before trucks got some prominence. My ...
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Mickey Frazer:

A Wyoming Ranch Family



I was born in Missouri, but then we moved to Wyoming with my sisters. I have two sisters: Tracy and Tina, but I’m the only living child. I am the oldest....
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Mel Wilcox:

We Moved From Farm to Farm



In his early days my dad worked at National Carbon in Fostoria at night and farmed in the daytime. We moved around a lot from school to school because he would buy an older farm and fix it up and then sell it and move on to another older farm and start over again.

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Mattie Leeds:

There Was a Potter’s Wheel in the Garage



I was born into a Jewish family and my father worked in the meat business. We left New York City when I was about ten years old and moved to Los ...
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Matt Cocchi:

"We Were Such a Close-Knit Family We Didn’t Know We Were Poor"



My siblings include Julie, Nick, Chris, myself, Joe, Melissa, and Mimi. My father’s family is Swiss-Italian, my Mother’s family is English Dutch. They come from very large, close-knit families. My mom’s ...
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Mary Margaret Donovan:

I was very quiet and shy



I had 12 years of Catholic School and 3 Catholic Nursing school. I went to St. Veronica grade school and high school in Amerage, Pennsylvania. St Francis hospital school nursing in ...
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Marjorie Hook:

In Wyoming, the Wind Blew Six Days a Week



I’m Marjorie Hook. I was born in Wyoming 82 years ago. I went to high school in Fort Collins, Colorado. I graduated from ...
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Vince Tolaio:

I Grew Up in Santa Cruz, California



My father was born in San Francisco and moved to Santa Cruz when I was a year and a half old. He worked for a tannery in San Francisco called Eagle ...
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Marilyn Patton:

My Mother Was a Saint



My mother was a saint. She made sure we always had food on the table and kept as ...
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Mardi Brick:

My Family and Early Years



I grew up in Reno. My grandfather and grandmother died when I was quite young. They had three girls, and one ...
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Madonna Wagner:

An Ohio Family Heritage that Dates Back to the 1850s



So, and I was born in the house that was built by my grandfather, or great-grandfather maybe? It was built in 1855 and that house still stands. My father was one ...
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Lou Urbanski:

Lou’s Polish Roots in Business and Politics



My dad was Mike Urbanski. My mother was Dorothy Woodka. My mother ...
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Lenny Hobbs:

From West Virginia to Ohio



I was born in Apple Grove, West Virginia. Ill soon be 79. Apple Grove is just at crossroads. There used ...
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Larry Coppes:

At Age Eight, I Started to Work in My Dad’s House Moving Business



I have three older sisters. My dad was one of thirteen kids and his family. My grandfather’s name was Ernest Coppes. He was a pipeline dealer. He did well pipelines and ...
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Kathleen Gambogi:

Artist, music promoter, theater owner, real estate agent . And now, I live in Mexico!



I’ve been a painter off and on throughout my life. I had an art gallery in Sebastopol, ...
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June Rose Hoaglund:

My Story: June Rose Hoaglund



My ...
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Juanita Marie Schuck-Harris:

I Was one of Eleven Children



My mother’s name was Phoebe Harriet Jackson but she didn’t like being called Phoebe so she changed her name herself to Beatrice. Although, she was named Phoebe everybody called her Bea. ...
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John Urbanski:

I Was One of Five Kids, and I Loved Grandma’s Cinnamon Rolls



I don’t have a lot of distinct memories about growing up. My father’s family owned a business called the Old Dutch ...
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John Rialson:

Two Amazing Years on a Remote Chippewa Reservation



I think I had a pretty unique upbringing. Both my parents were educators. My father taught school and was the principal. My mother was a librarian. ...
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Bud Beaudoin:

Bud grew up in the French-American community in Leominster, Massachusetts.



Bud grew up in the French-American community in Leominster, Massachusetts.

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Brian Anderson:

Meet me and my family on the road



YEAR OF BIRTH 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Oakland
OCCUPATIONS Engr/Elelctrical contractor
CHILDREN 2
MARRIAGE(s) Kelly
HOBBIES beer drinkin’



Hi everyone. Click on the Leisure and Travel button at left to see one of my favorite vacation stories. I wrote it in 8/04:

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Tony Alvarez: In the Beginning

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Peggy Winkle:

My Father Was a Builder and Farmer



Father: Jess Henry Platt ...
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