the annotated ancestor

Friday, July 18, 2008

Dear Dede,

I believe my history might be lacking a chronology. My memory of these dates is approximate:

Poplar, Montana - 1919 - 1921

2926 West River Road, Minneapolis - 1922. My grandparents' home.

??? Hague Avenue, St. Paul 1923.

3xx Brimhall Avenue, St. Paul 1923 - 1924 .

At age 5, I started kindergarten at Randolph Heights grade school and then we moved to

367 South Snelling, St. Paul 1924 - 1926. Our new address was only a block away, but I now attended Mattocks, a new school.

400 Macalester Street, St. Paul 1926 - 1946. This was my home address until after army service.

I was 7 years old when we moved to our Macalester house, one block from Mattocks, my school until 7th grade when I attended University Junior High School for three years. For senior high school I chose Humboldt, where my dad was teaching. I graduated in 1937.
I worked for my Uncle Sal in commercial photography for one year after high school. Then I was off to Brooklyn and Pratt Institute, 1938 - 1941; WWII service, July 18, 1941 to January 3, 1946.