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Family History in 2017

4 entries, newest first.

Entries

Family History · Reflections · Stories · Bonnie · Dec 13, 2017

Christmas Letter 2017

Welcome, all wonders in one night! Eternity shut in a span! Summer in Winter! Day in Night! Heaven in Earth and God in Man! Great little one whose all-embracing birth…

Family History · Bonnie · Nov 8, 2017

1955 - Family Celebrations

Although Mom’s parents had come from New England, she was a Michigan girl, raised in Ferndale on East Woodland Avenue. Dad was originally from Bellaire (“up north”) but…

Family History · Bonnie · Sep 24, 2017

1954 - Life at Home and at a New School

Garry, Dottie, and I were blessed to live in a kind, loving family, as the majority of children in America did during those years. Mothers mostly stayed at home and…

Family History · Bonnie · Sep 15, 2017

Clawson 1953

I am hoping to share, each week, a little of my personal history of growing up in Clawson, Michigan. Our first home was in Berkley, Michigan, where Mom and Dad built a…